
Little joy in Croatia as it enters the EU
There will be festivities and fireworks, but Kata Secic can't muster much enthusiasm for Croatia's historic entry into the European Union.

Thousands march for gay rights in Croatia
Several thousand people held a gay pride march Saturday in Croatia, where conservatives backed by the influential Catholic Church want to make same ...
Ronaldo gives Portugal 1-0 win over Croatia
Cristiano Ronaldo ended his season by scoring Monday in Portugal's 1-0 win in an international friendly over a Croatia team featuring 16-year-old ...

Scotland beats Croatia 1-0 in World Cup qualifier
A goal by Robert Snodgrass gave Scotland a surprising 1-0 victory over host Croatia in a World Cup qualifier Friday. Scotland's goal came in the 26th ...

Belgium beats Serbia 2-1 in World Cup qualifier
Kevin De Bruyne scored a goal and assisted on another to give Belgium a 2-1 win over Serbia Friday and the lead in its World Cup qualifying group.

UN court acquits 2 Serbs of Balkan war atrocities
A U.N. court on Thursday acquitted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary ...

AP video stringer Dragan Banovic dies
Dragan Banovic, a video stringer for The Associated Press who covered a series of wars that erupted after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, died on ...

UN court convicts 6 Bosnian Croats of atrocities
A U.N. court convicted six Bosnian Croat political and military leaders Wednesday of persecuting, expelling and murdering Muslims during Bosnia's war ...
FIFA fines Croatia for anti-Serbia chants by fans
The Croatian Football Association was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($51,500) for offensive chants by fans at a World Cup qualifying match against Serbia ...
Junior Fernandes sent to Dinamo Zagreb on loan
Bayer Leverkusen has sent Chile forward Junior Fernandes to Dinamo Zagreb on loan for a year. Fernandes has a contract with Leverkusen until 2017.

'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 ...

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ...
Croatia Airlines goes on strike over pay cuts
Croatia Airlines pilots and flight attendants went on strike Tuesday over planned salary cuts and layoffs that are part of efforts to restructure the ...

To join EU, Croatia may give up its wine
Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet.

Croatia's referendum on golf project fails
A landmark referendum held in Croatia has failed to derail plans for the construction of a large golf complex that could change the face of the ...

Croatians to vote on golf in historic referendum
In 1991, Croatians voted for independence and then last year to join the European Union. Now, in only the third referendum ever in the country, the ...

Serbia massacre puts spotlight on Balkan vet woes
Edin Kapidzic fought in Croatia's brutal war for independence and came out alive. Carrying on in peace turned out to be harder. Years after returning ...

Croatia 4th in FIFA rankings; Brazil down to 19
Croatia made a big move to No. 4 in the FIFA rankings after two World Cup qualifying wins, and tournament host Brazil dropped to No. 19 on Thursday.

Yugoslav wars left population heavily armed
The wars from 1991 to 1999 as Yugoslavia broke up took up to 200,000 lives, turned millions into refugees and left much of the region's people ...
Slovenia ratifies Croatia's EU accession treaty
Slovenia has cleared the way for Croatia's entry into the European Union after two neighbors last month resolved a banking dispute that threatened to ...

Croatia comes from behind to win 2-1 at Wales
Croatia came from a goal down to beat Wales 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday and remain just behind Belgium on goal difference in Group A.