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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.

Croatia

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

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

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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.

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.

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Croatia

Dog helps mountaineer survive 13-hour ordeal after ravine fall

Man's warmest friend?

Serbia

Serbian president praises Russian arms shipment amid regional tensions

President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed a shipment of anti-tank missiles from Russia, yet another delivery of several from the aspiring EU member's Eastern ally.

World News

Macedonian census shows Western Balkans is depopulating fast

With EU membership hopes all but quashed, the countries of the European region are undergoing a serious population crisis, as the young and educated leave in droves.

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.

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.

World News

Violence in the Netherlands as anger at COVID measures grows in Europe

As well as three consecutive nights of violence in the Netherlands, there was also protests in Austria and Belgium.

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.

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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.

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.

World News

Romania sends patients to Italy as Croatia hits new COVID-19 record

The vaccination rate has slowed down in Romania. In other European countries, governments push for stricter measures against the unvaccinated amid soaring coronavirus infections.

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.

World News

Croatia probes reports of violent migrant pushbacks at EU border

Croatia launched an investigation after disturbing footage purported to show Croatian police beating up young migrants with sticks to push them back outside EU borders.

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.

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.

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.

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.