Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia
Croatia’s Vukovar After the Fall: Despatches from the Ruins
"No one will harvest the fruits of victory because there are none; all that is left is just the bitter taste of a hangover," said a report published in Belgrade-based Vreme magazine after the fall of the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on November 18, 1991.
Croatia Commemorates 30th Anniversary of Fall of Vukovar
Police said that tens of thousands of people participated in the 'column of remembrance' procession through Vukovar on Thursday, marking the anniversary of the fall of the eastern Croatian town on November 18, 1991.
Campaign for Civilian War Victims’ Rights Launched in Croatia
Zagreb-based NGO Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past and the Serbian National Council, which represents the Serb minority in Croatia, launched a media campaign on Thursday entitled 'Justice for Victims', supporting the government's plan to pass legislation that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war.
Croatian Police Charge Men for Chanting Anti-Serb Songs
After an incident on Sunday, Orthodox Easter, in the village of Borovo in eastern Croatia, when a group of men chanted anti-Serbian songs, Croatian police announced that they will charge the suspects.
Police on Monday said that they had arrested 14 men from the Vukovar-Srijem County "on suspicion of … public incitement to violence and hatred".
Last Despatches: The Voice of a Croatian Town Under Siege
"The wounded defenders are still holding out, but the burning question is for how long… Incendiary bombs have been dropped on the city several times," Sinisa Glavasevic reported from besieged Vukovar on November 9, 1991 for Croatian Radio's 'Chronicle of the Day'.
Croatian President Backs Delay to Extended Rights for Vukovar Serbs
Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said on Thursday that she supports Vukovar's mayor, Ivan Penava, who has claimed that the extension of Serb minority rights in the town would harm ethnic relations - despite a Constitutional Court ruling saying this must be done soon.
Court Decrees More Rights for Serbs in Croatia’s Vukovar
The president of Croatian Constitutional Court, Miroslav Separovic, announced on Friday that the court had decided that the use of the Serbian language and Cyrillic script for official purposes in the Croatian town of Vukovar should be extended.
‘Increase in Threats, Hate Speech’ Against Croatia’s Serbs
The Serbian National Council, which represents the Serb minority in Croatia, recorded a rise last year in the number of threats, hate speech and violence directed against Serbs in the country.
Intolerance Towards Serbs ‘Escalates in Croatia’: Report
Hate speech, threats and violence against Serbs living in Croatia rose by 57 per cent in 2016, according to a new report by the Serbian National Council.
Croatia: Bilingual sign smashed in Vukovar again
VUKOVAR – A bilingual sign on the police station building has again been smashed in Vukovar on Friday, the Vukovar-Srem police confirmed. The same sign, containing the building name in Latin and Cyrillic scripts, has been destroyed several times before, the Hina news agency reported. The police could not confirm whether a culprit has been
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