Croatia

Housing loans

03.July 2026 B. B.

Why do Serbian citizens pay significantly more expensive housing loans than Croats and Slovenians?

According to an illustrative calculation, a buyer of an apartment in Serbia could pay approximately 75 euros more in monthly installments than a buyer in Croatia or Slovenia for the same loan amount

25.June 2026 Jaroslav Pecnik

Criminal and punishment

After almost two decades of trials, the judiciary made a final decision in one of the most significant war crimes trials in Croatia. How did the case of Branimir Glavaš shape Croatian politics and the judiciary?

Between security and populism

23.June 2026 Igor Lasic / DW

Despite criticism, Croatia introduces life imprisonment

The announcement of the introduction of life imprisonment in the Criminal Code of Croatia, presented as a response to individual cases of serious murders, caused criticism from the professional public, who warned that it was a hasty and insufficiently elaborated reform.

Property of state officials

19.June 2026 B. B.

Minister Đedović Handanović no longer has a company in Croatia

The Trovački court in Zagreb announced that Dubravka Đedović Handanović "ceases to be a member of the society" Kulturistria

Minister of Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović

Property of state officials

17.June 2026 B. B.

Croatian job minister Dubravka Đedović Handanović: Brotherhood and unity in the company "Kulturistria"

While Aleksandar Vučić and Ana Brnabić throw sticks and stones at the citizens of Serbia who dare to vacation or work in "hostile" Croatia, the Minister of Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović has a business in Zagreb that she did not report at home until journalists discovered it.

Politics and economics

15.June 2026 IN THE

How to get a permit for seasonal work in Croatia and Montenegro, which are "waging a hybrid war against Serbia"

While the government presents Serbia as an "economic tiger", tens of thousands of citizens leave for seasonal work in Croatia and Montenegro every year. Waiters, cooks, receptionists and auxiliary workers in tourism are most in demand

Accident at school

09.June 2026 IN THE

Tragedy in Croatia: A student suffocated during a meal at school

During the school holidays in Velika Gorica, a tragedy occurred in which a student died, after a piece of donut blocked his airways

Export from Serbia

06.June 2026 KS

Croatia issued a warning: Salmonella in pig feed from Serbia

Since the beginning of the year, 10 warnings have been issued for products from Serbia on the portal of the European Rapid Alert System for Food

Interview: Drago Pilsel, journalist and publicist

03.June 2026 Bratislav Nikolic

I grew up with Pavelić's picture above my bed

My grandmother and my grandfather saved Pavelic after the war, they hid him from the Russians in a small Austrian town and then he got revenge on them in Argentina, when they came in 1949. So my father grew up watching and listening to that man, because he often came to my grandfather's house

Theater

27.May 2026. Marina Milivojević Madjarev

Dreams of small nations

Showcase Croatian theater

Croatia

20.May 2026. Jaroslav Pecnik

Bleiburg in the jaws of deception

Although the actual number is not known, according to Vladimir Žerjavić's reliable and careful estimates, around 50 thousand people were killed, mostly members of the NDH army, but also civilians who died in the column during the battles between the Ustasha and the partisans, as well as all those who were killed in revengeful anger after being captured.

Luka, the pizza delivery man, was killed

Croatia

19.May 2026. B. B.

Croatia appalled by the murder of a young man - why did the system fail?

Croatia is shaken by sadness and anger because a previously convicted murderer has killed again, a young man who delivered a pizza to him. The famous platitude that should offer an explanation for why the system failed - "previously known to the police", again shows the grotesque negligence of the state apparatus

Aleksandar Vučić at the Brdo - Brioni summit

Neighborly relations

18.May 2026. KS

Summit Brdo-Brioni: Known new date and venue

The summit, which was supposed to be held in May, was canceled because of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić

Chronicle

18.May 2026. IN THE

A suspect was arrested for the murder of a pizza delivery man in Croatia

The police arrested Kristijan Aleksić, the suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old delivery boy in Drniš, after an extensive search

Croatia

15.May 2026. A.M.

A girl in the center of Zagreb beat a Filipino man: The case has been shaking Croatia for days

A video of a brutal attack on a Filipino citizen in the center of Zagreb caused a storm on social networks and public condemnation. The police detained 20-year-old Matea O, who the media reports was previously under precautionary measures

Zagreb

08.May 2026. Rajna Scepanovic

The end of "Vjesnik": Demolition of the burnt newspaper symbol

After the fire and the decision to demolish the "Vjesnika" building, the symbol of Zagreb journalism disappears from the panorama of the city

Technology

04.May 2026. KS

"Pantheon" project: Croatia is planning a supercomputer for 50 billion euros

In the coming years, Croatia should get a new supercomputer, the investment of which amounts to 50 billion euros. Where are Serbia and Croatia today on the supercomputer map

Literary criticism

02.April 2026 Jaroslav Pecnik

Record(nic) and passionate readers

Tatjana Gromača, Conquering the reading space, Sandorf, Zagreb, 2025.

Collage, Aleksandar Vučić, Zoran Milanović

Serbia and Croatia

31.March 2026. KS

Unrest and instability factor: Why the meeting of the Brdo-Brioni Process was canceled because of Vučić

The summit, which should serve as a place for dialogue between the leaders of the Western Balkans and the EU, was canceled due to the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić

Landscape of Rovinj with harbor and anchored ships

Tourism

19.March 2026. NR

Jadran is looking for a hundred thousand seasons: Chefs up to 3.000 euros

The Croatian and Montenegrin tourism sectors in Serbia are looking for tens of thousands of workers for the tourist season. Chefs and pizza-masters are the most on the list, but the most applications are for maids and helpers

Croatia

18.March 2026. Jaroslav Pecnik

From relativization and normalization towards the rehabilitation of the NDH and Ustaste

Fitting into the trend and taking over the helm of the frenzied right-wing movement, Plenković's government, with the support of various veterans' associations, some of the leaders of the Catholic Church in Croatia, and the ubiquitous corruption, crime, lawlessness and all the force of other deformations, also encouraged the escalation of violence, regularly accusing the victims hypocritically.

From the new issue of "Vremena"

18.March 2026. VR

The Croats will strike one day of the week, but we have "hypersonic" missiles

No one knows whether the new Chinese missile can be mounted on the MIGs that Serbia has. But it's not hard to guess what the new gun rattle is for

Economy

16.March 2026. IN THE

New economy: Credit rating of Croatia "A", Serbia only "BBB"

While Croatia received another credit rating upgrade last week and is now at the "A" level, Serbia still has an investment grade rating from only one of the three major agencies. Analysts warn that this could mean more expensive borrowing and less access to Western financial markets

Travels

15.March 2026. S. Ć.

According to Air Serbia, Croatia is a safe destination, although according to Vučić, it is not

Air Serbia has announced two new flights to Brač, the seventh destination in Croatia, even though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that it is dangerous for Serbs there.

Aleksandar Vučić

15.March 2026. B. B.

Vučić's very dangerous statements about students, Croatia and the "colored revolution"

Aleksandar Vučić's accusations that Croatia is participating in student protests in Serbia and the so-called "colored revolution" are a form of state terrorism, says former Croatian intelligence officer Ante Letica.

Janaf

13.March 2026. Igor Lasic / DW

Games around the Adriatic pipeline: Croatia against Hungary and Slovakia

Croatia is at odds with Hungary and Slovakia over the Janaf dispute, while Brussels seems to be washing its hands of it.

Gas business

11.March 2026. NM

INA lost the dispute with MOL again: Croatia needs to pay 236 million dollars

The federal court in Washington ordered the execution of the arbitration award according to which Croatia should pay about 236 million dollars to the Hungarian oil company MOL