Croatia

Croatia is on track for EU membership, but has to do more to restructure ailing shipyards, strengthen the judiciary and fight corruption, Brussels said in its first monitoring report on the country’s readiness to join the block. “Overall, Croatia’s preparations are on track. Nevertheless, the

Borislav Mikelic will be retried at the request of his lawyer after being sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1993 in absentia. A pretrial hearing will be held on April 23

On Tuesday, Seselj stated during his closing arguments that Serbs were not the aggressors, since they had only defended their land. “Serbs were not aggressors, and I did not encourage anyone to commit

Vojislav Seselj will today continue his closing argument before the Hague Tribunal, where he is on trial for war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Seselj’s closing argument was pushed last week from Monday and Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday, after he underwent a second surgery when the defibrillator he …

Croatia has appointed its first Members of the European parliament, who will immediately have the right to participate in sessions but not to vote until Croatia joins the EU next July. The new Croatian MEPs were chosen on the basis of the last general election results held on December 4.

A mass grave has been found a few days ago in Croatia, near the town of Petrinja. Forensic experts have dug out the remains of eight people so far from the mass grave located near the town of Petrinja’s city rubbish dump.

Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović said that relations between Serbia and Croatia are better than a few years ago. Asked whether Croatia was planning on standing in

Croatian President Josipovic, speaking at a round table discussion concerning the prosecution of war crimes, expressed his dismay: “The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, and the domestic courts, release those convicted before they serve their full sentence. I do not think that is good.”

Hague Tribunal Spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said late Tuesday that Vojislav Seselj had returned from the hospital where he was transferred earlier in the day. She added and that he would begin

Croatia’s parliament, the Sabor, unanimously ratified the country’s EU Accession Treaty on Friday, 14 months before Croatia is due to join the European club as its 28th member. Croatian MPs on Friday ratified the