
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 ...

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 ...
EU commission says Croatia ready for entry
The European Commission says that Croatia has fulfilled the conditions set for entry will be ready to join the 27-nation bloc as planned on July 1.

Spain, Portugal slump to draws in WCup qualifying
Spain and Portugal left themselves in dangerous territory in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup by slumping to disappointing draws on an otherwise ...

Croatia beats Serbia 2-0 in tense WCup qualifier
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 in a highly charged 2014 World Cup qualifier on Friday, the first match as independent states between the bitter Balkan foes ...

Regional soccer league mulled in the Balkans
They turned soccer stadiums into battlegrounds and then fought real wars. Now, nearly 20 years after the wars ended, the Balkan nations are mulling ...

Regional league mulled in the Balkans
They turned football stadiums into battlegrounds and then fought real wars. Now, nearly 20 years after the wars ended, the Balkan states are mulling ...
Croats, Serbs to meet in highly charged qualifier
Security will be tight and UEFA will be watching closely when Croatia and Serbia meet in a highly charged World Cup qualifier, their first match as ...
Serbia tries to ease tensions before Croatia game
Serbia coach Sinisa Mihajlovic tried to ease tensions Saturday ahead of a World Cup qualifier against bitter Balkan rival Croatia, saying his players ...

Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations
Security cameras captured the moment when a Bulgarian man disgusted by corruption in his provincial hometown quietly doused himself in gasoline and ...
Croatia orders withdrawal of its troops from Golan
Croatia's parliament has approved the withdrawal of some 100 peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights amid fears they could be targeted by Syrian ...
Croatia rejects UEFA hooliganism warning
Croatia has rejected a warning from UEFA that fan violence and racism could lead to its teams being banned from international competitions.
Ivica Kostelic to undergo knee surgery, his 10th
The Croatian ski association says Ivica Kostelic will undergo knee surgery for the 10th time of his career. Kostelic, who won a slalom race in ...
Serbia pledges to UEFA to curb fan violence
Serbia's prime minister has pledged to UEFA to curb fan violence and avoid expulsions of its teams from international competitions. Prime Minister ...
Croatia to pull its troops from Golan Heights
Croatia will withdraw some 100 peacekeeping troops from the Syria-Israel border after reports that Syrian rebels have been armed with Croatian ...

Tobacco cuisine on display at Cuba Cigar Festival
Tobacco: It's what's for dinner. A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with ...

World champ at 17: US teen Shiffrin rushes to gold
The victories and milestones just can't come fast enough for American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin. At 17, she's already a world champion — and the only ...

Shiffrin to take on idol Schild for world title
Mikaela Shiffrin will have to beat one of her idols if she wants to win the world slalom title. The American teenager leads the World Cup discipline ...

Player regrets getting entangled with match-fixing
Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start ...

Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly ...

Cilic wins Zagreb Indoors, beats Melzer 6-3, 6-1
Home favorite Marin Cilic defeated Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win his third Zagreb Indoors title. The top-seeded Croat cruised to ...
Cilic, Melzer in Zagreb Indoors final
Home-crowd favorite Marin Cilic will face fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the Zagreb Indoors final on Sunday. The top-seeded Cilic rallied ...
Cilic, Youzhny reach Zagreb Indoors semis
Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia ousted Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Friday to set up a Zagreb Indoors semifinal against defending champion Mikhail ...