News archive on the topic "Croatia"

Neo-Ustashe banners appeared in fifteen cities and towns in Croatian Dalmatia, announcing that the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in the country had not ended. Right-wing radical groups of football fans “Tornado” and “Torchida” openly took responsibility for the action, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The first black banners with the caption “Our “Storm” did not stop” appeared in the largest cities of Croatian Dalmatia - Split and...

In the Croatian seaside town of Kastela near Split, a traditional carnival took place, during which participants burned figures of the presidents of Russia and Serbia. According to an ancient ritual, residents of the town burn the figures of those who “are responsible for everything bad that happened in their lives over the past year,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During the carnival in Kastela, large figures of Vladimir Putin and…

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with the “Prime Minister” of Kosovo Albin Kurti. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum in Davos, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Plenkovic said on his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter), banned in Russia, that in Davos, Switzerland, he congratulated Kurti on the liberalization of the visa regime. “I discussed with the Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti...

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic commented on the manner of the country's newly appointed Minister of Economy Damir Habiyan posing on social networks in only swimming trunks. According to the Croatian president, Habiyan is a homosexual, and he sees nothing wrong with this. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, the Croatian president was asked to comment on numerous photographs of the new Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Damir Habiyan wearing only tight swimming trunks...

The previous evening, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to declare the First Secretary of the Croatian Embassy, ​​Hrvoj Schneider, persona non grata. The Croatian diplomat worked for Western intelligence services, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Officially, the Serbian Foreign Ministry declared Schneider persona non grata in accordance with Article Nine of the Vienna Convention, which governs diplomatic relations. “During his professional activities in the Republic of Serbia, Schneider...

Sentenced in Croatia to just seven years in prison for mass murder and torture of Serbs, Croatian nationalist and army general Branimir Glavaš left for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war criminal said that he was not going to return, having, in addition to Croatian, also Bosnian citizenship, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He announced his departure on social networks, indicating that he was now in…

At the entrance to the cemetery in the Dalmatian village of Bribir and on the church fence in the parish of Ravnokotar, unknown persons painted graffiti with Ustasha symbols. This was reported by the Dalmatian diocese of the SOC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The diocese stated that Ustashe inscriptions were applied to the ancient walls enclosing the territory of the Serbian cemetery, which is part of the cultural and historical complex “Bribirska glavica” (the medieval patrimony of the Šubić princes).…

The mayor of Vukovar, leader of the right-wing radical Fatherland Movement, Ivan Penava, said that this year the traditional Column of Remembrance will be led by the Blackshirt militants of the national battalions HOS. He also approved the official poster of the celebration, which highlights the symbols of HOS and Ustaše, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Penava announced that this year the Column of Remembrance in Vukovar on the anniversary of the liberation of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People’s Army and Serbian…

In Zagreb, the issue of sending modernized Russian combat attack aircraft Mi-171Sh to Ukraine is being decided. These vehicles were delivered to Croatia in 2007 to pay off the Russian debt to Yugoslavia. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, information has appeared that Croatia may transfer its Russian-made Mi-171Sh combat attack helicopters to Ukraine. In particular, such information was provided by the analytical telegram channel...

In Greece, detentions continue of right-wing fans of Dinamo Zagreb who attacked fans of the Greek club AEK sitting in a cafe in Athens. As a result of the ensuing scuffle, one Greek was killed, and a thirteen-year-old girl who accidentally found herself in the path of the rioters was injured, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In Greece, football fans of Dinamo Zagreb from the Bad Blue Boys group continue to be caught to this day.…

The Presidents of Republika Srpska BiH and Serbia Milorad Dodik and Aleksandar Vučić laid wreaths at the memorial on Petrovac Road. In this place, on August 7, 1995, during the punitive operation of Croatia “Storm” (Oluja), aircraft bombed a convoy of Serbian refugees, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. These days, Serbs commemorate those killed during the liquidation by Croatian troops with the support of...

During his visit to Kyiv, the head of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Grlic Radman, met with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba. The guest once again expressed “unwavering support” for Ukraine and recalled the “Croatian experience of returning territories,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Following the meeting with his Croatian colleague, Kuleba announced that they had agreed on a possible...

The leader of the right-wing party Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic made accusations against the country's President Zoran Milanovic. Plenkovic demanded to explain to the public why the president “secretly” met with the pro-Russian President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, a political scandal erupted due to the recent visit of the President of the Bosnian Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik to the Croatian island...

Attempts to restore the “Croatian Orthodox Church”, which operated in the notorious collaborationist Independent State of Croatia in the former Yugoslavia, are directly related to what is happening now in Ukraine. Archpriest Darko Djogo, a Serbian theologian, professor and dean of the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Foca, told PolitNavigator about this. What is behind the intention to restore the “Croatian Orthodox Church” from the Second World War...