Croatia

Destinations

Croatia drops all entry rules: Here are the 9 best places to visit

In partnership with Croatia

From castles, churches and theatres to food, wine and music, we've put together a list of nine places you should visit to get your dose of Croatian culture.

04/05/2022

Smart Regions

The Croatian incubators hatching video gaming startups

In partnership with the European Commission

Over the last five years, the region of Sisak Moslavina in Croatia has become a video gaming hub thanks to EU funding.

25/04/2022

Croatia

Crashed drone in Croatia contained 'explosives', say investigators

The aircraft is believed to have flown from the Ukrainian war zone across three countries before crashing in Croatia.

13/04/2022

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Croatia opens cannabis museum

Rituals, healing or inebriation, nutrition, clothing, fuel or construction material, the millennial history and many uses of cannabis are on display in Croatia's first museum dedicated to the plant.

31/03/2022

Real Economy

The scandal of child poverty in Europe - are governments doing enough?

In partnership with The European Commission

One in four children living in Europe is at risk of poverty and social exclusion. The EU’s Child Guarantee initiative aims to end this by putting into action the European Pillar of Social Rights on Childcare and support to children.

23/03/2022

Croatia

Large drone that crashed in Zagreb 'contained explosives'

A large Soviet-era drone that appeared to have flown from Ukraine crashed in the Croatian capital on Thursday night.

11/03/2022

Economy

Croatia pulls design for €1 coin after plagiarism allegations

It had been selected to be minted to celebrate Croatia joining the eurozone next year.

09/02/2022

Tech News

Croatia to display prices in both Kuna and Euro from September 5

In 2023, everyone will be able to exchange kunas for euros free of charge in banks, in the Croatian Post offices, and in FINA (Financial services and payment systems) branches.

18/01/2022

Croatia

Croatia's population has dropped 10% in a decade, reveals census

Croatia's government has singled out the problem as a major challenge.

14/01/2022

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Croatia police display drugs seized in two raids

Croatian police on Tuesday displayed hundreds of pounds of drugs they said were seized in two separate operations last year in a southern Adriatic Sea port close to the famous resort of Dubrovnik.

11/01/2022

My Europe Series

Meet the self-proclaimed Jihadist leading Croatia's anti-vaxxers

Marko Francišković became the unexpected leader of Croatia's massive anti-vaccination movement. Now, he is facing charges for terrorism -- but not due to his fundamentalist ideas.

06/01/2022

Croatia

Dog helps mountaineer survive 13-hour ordeal after ravine fall

Man's warmest friend?

05/01/2022

My Europe Series

'Final straw': Croatia's president accused of playing down war crimes

Once one of the most progressive voices in the country, Zoran Milanović has come under heavy criticism for a number of populist statements, culminating in the minimisation of wartime ethnically motivated murder in Zagreb.

10/12/2021

Europe News

Croatia one step closer to joining Schengen free movement area

EU governments have concluded that Zagreb is able to ensure the security of the bloc's external border, a highly sensitive topic amid renewed concerns over migration.

09/12/2021

Croatia

Europe rights court slams Croatia on Afghan family pushback

The court ruled that Croatia illegally pushed back a migrant family in 2017. A 6-year-old girl was killed by a train on the border with Serbia shortly after the removal.

18/11/2021

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Croatia commemorates 30th Anniversary of fall of Vukovar

Croatian citizens pay respect to the victims of military aggression on the town of Vukovar in 1991 – a three-month siege by Yugoslav troops and Serb paramilitaries, which ended by the fall of the town on 18 November 1991, 30 years ago.

18/11/2021

My Europe Series

Vukovar at 30: How 'Croatia's Stalingrad' still casts a long shadow

Vukovar, 'Croatia's Stalingrad', saw the first massacre of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. It would not be the last.

18/11/2021

Croatia

Former Croatian minister arrested on suspicion of EU fraud

The alleged offences were committed within the Croatian Ministry for Regional Development and EU funds.

10/11/2021

Destinations

The first digital nomad village has opened in Croatia

Croatia’s first purpose-built digital nomad village has just launched, catering to globetrotting entrepreneurs.

01/10/2021

Sport

New era, new faces, but experience was ever important at the Zagreb Grand Prix

On Day 3 of the Zagreb Grand Prix, there were gold medals for Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, France, and Russia.

26/09/2021

Croatia

Day 2 at the Judo Grand Prix in Croatia

The home nation held their own on the second day, with some fantastic sacrifice techniques all throughout the preliminaries. But all eyes were on Slovenian Andreja Leski and Georgian Tato Grigalashvili who both won gold.

25/09/2021

Sport

A new era for judo

Zagreb hosted the European Open 2021 Judo competition in Croatia. It is the first IJF World Tour event since the Tokyo Olympics. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia was there to open the event, together with the President of the International Judo Federation and the IJF Education Director.

25/09/2021

Croatia

Croatian police identify mysterious woman found in remote island area

Croatian police say they have identified a mysterious woman found on a remote part of an island as a 57-year-old Slovakian citizen.

22/09/2021

Earth News

‘Amazon of Europe’ is first UNESCO biosphere to cover five nations

Five European countries have come together to officiate the biggest transnational UNESCO biosphere reserve.

16/09/2021

Croatia

Croatia counting down to join the Eurozone from 1st January 2023

Croatia is planning to begin using the Euro as its currency on the 1st of July 2023. According to a recent study by the Croatian National Bank, 45% of people in the Western Balkan nation say they support the move.

13/09/2021

Croatia

Croatia celebrates as €420m bridge on Adriatic coast nears completion

It will connect Dubrovnik with the rest of the country and allow north-south travellers to avoid going through Bosnia.

29/07/2021