Europe Croatia New evidence of illegal refoulement of migrants by Croatian police, via secret Whatsapp chats, has been revealed by an investigation by Lighthouse Reports carried out in cooperation with other European newspapers
Europe Croatia After arriving unannounced in Kyiv, PM Plenkovic praised the bravery shown by Ukrainians in the resistance to Russian aggression; he reached Ukraine’s capital together with the Moldovan President and the Slovak and Slovenian Prime Ministers
Europe Croatia The Rector of the University of Zagreb and the President of the University of Regensburg signed an agreement to establish study centres in the two cities to deepen scientific and academic relations between Croatia and Germany
Europe Croatia Croatia ranks 11th in the world in terms of English proficiency among non-native speakers, while Zagreb ranks third in the list of cities, moving up two places in the EF English Proficiency Index from two years ago
Europe Croatia Zagreb's local authorities are proposing to rename four streets currently named after high-ranking officials linked to the Nazi Ustasha regime, in another move away from the historical revisionism in vogue in the 1990s
Europe Croatia Since the beginning of this year, when Croatia introduced the euro, more counterfeit banknotes have been found in the country than in the whole of last year
Europe Croatia The number of migrants entering Croatia illegally has increased since the country joined the Schengen area on 1 January; out of 2.500 in January, 1.400 applied for asylum
Europe Croatia Is coming by the end of the year VeeMee, which aims to be the largest web platform for the sale of Croatian food products, founded five years ago to increase the competitiveness of domestic agricultural production
Europe Croatia Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, who directed the award-winning Croatian film Murina, has been nominated for the best first-time director award at the Directors Guild Awards 2023
Europe Croatia On 1 January 2023, Croatia becomes the 27th country in the Schengen area, the world's largest visa free zone, with customs and border controls abolished between Croatia and other Schengen member states for persons crossing by road, rail or water
Europe Croatia Croatia is ranked 42nd in the Swiss International Institute for Management Development's 2022 World Talent Ranking, up seven places from last year
Europe Croatia Because of the way tenders are being conducted for the leasing of state farmland, 150.000 hectares - 15% of the total - could remain uncultivated for one or two years, warns the Chamber of Agriculture