
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 ...

Spain, Portugal held to draws in WCup qualifying
Spain and Portugal were held to draws Friday night that hurt their chances of qualifying automatically for next year's World Cup, while England routed ...

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 ...

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
Mikaela Shiffrin might as well be dancing or flying. That's what skiing is like for the American teenager these days. The victories and milestones ...

US teen Mikaela Shiffrin wins world slalom title
American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest women's slalom world champion in 39 years on Saturday. At the age of 17 years, 340 days, ...

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 ...

US teen Shiffrin wins WCup slalom, leads standings
Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin is living up to her billing as American skiing's next big star. She earned her second World Cup title Friday by winning the ...

Vonn returns to Europe, begins training again
Lindsey Vonn is feeling better and has returned to Europe to train. Meanwhile, it's less likely Bode Miller will race this season. Vonn started ...

Still ill, Vonn heading home for midseason break
Lindsey Vonn is heading back to the United States for an unexpected break in the middle of the World Cup ski season and is unlikely to return to ...

6 dead as heavy snow hits Balkans
Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams struggling to ...