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Croatia "to let refugees pass through on their way to West"

The police in Croatia have started transporting refugees caught illegally crossing the border and those who already crossed it to Tovarnik.

The migrants are registered in this town close to the border with Serbia. On Wednesday morning, the Croatian police confirmed that about 20 had entered the country avoiding official border crossings.

Liberland Leader Still Smiling After His Arrest

Vit Jedlicka, president of a self-proclaimed statelet on the Danube called Liberland, is in defiant and optimistic mode following his arrested on Saturday by the Croatian border police and one night's detention.

"I think we need more talks on Liberland's existence and on Liberland's borders," Jedlicka told BIRN after his release.

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

ZAGREB -- More than 140 kilograms of heroin have been seized by the Croatian police on the Bajakovo-Batrovci crossing between Croatia and Serbia.

The Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List is reporting that the value of the seized illegal narcotics is "EUR 5.5 million."

Remains of 14 Serb victims in Croatia identified

BELGRADE - The remains of 14 victims of Serb nationality, killed during the armed conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in Croatia, were identified at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminology of the School of Medicine in Zagreb, in the presence of family members.

War crimes conviction against Croat politician canceled

War crimes conviction against Croat politician canceled

ZAGREB -- Croatian Constitutional Court has overturned the ruling that the country's Supreme Court passed against Branimir Glavas.

Glavas is a former Croatian police official, army general, and member of parliament who was found guilty for committing war crimes against Serb civilians in the town of Osijek in 1991.

Stefanovic: Key attack on Kurir website came from Croatia

BELGRADE - The website of the Serbian daily Kurir was brought down due to the key attack which came from Croatia, and the Serbian police are cooperating with its colleagues so as to determine who is behind the attack, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said.

The daily Kurir reported to the Interior Ministry several attacks on the website committed on June 23-24.

Stickers confirm that Serb are underprivileged citizens

BELGRADE - The stickers with the Croatian flag used to cover the bilingual signs on government buildings in Vukovar, which were put there by members of an association of war veterans, confirm that Serbs are underpriviliged citizens in Croatia and that the law does not protect them, head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta said on Saturday.

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