Šibenik
Croatian Defence Minister Resigns Over Military Plane Crash
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic on Friday after a Croatian Air Force training plane crashed at Biljane Donje near the coastal city of Zadar, killing two airmen.
Croatian Serbs Attacked by Masked Assailants in Two Bars
Croatian Serb leaders condemned on Thursday two attacks by masked assailants on local Serbs watching a televised football match near the town of Knin.
The Serbs in the villages of Uzdolje and Djevrske were watching a game involving Red Star from the Serbian capital Belgrade when the attackers burst into the bars, media reports said. Five, including a minor, were lightly injured.
Croatia to Open Care Centres for War Veterans
The Croatian Veterans' Affairs Ministry and local authorities in the towns of Daruvar, Petrinja, Sinj and Sibenik signed agreements on Monday to set up new centres for people who fought in the 1991-95 war.
The centres in the four towns will provide care and assistance, basic physical rehabilitation and sporting, recreational and educational activities for Croatian veterans.
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‘Naked Truth’ of Yugoslav Prison Camp Revealed in Sibenik
Bosnian photographer Milomir Kovacevic's disturbing photographs of the former Yugoslav communist-era prison camp on Goli otok have gone on show in Sibenik as a part of an alternative festival in the Croatian town.
Yugoslav Ex-Officer Confesses to Shelling Croatian Town
In a deal with the prosecution at his trial, former Yugoslav People’s Army officer Milan Pavlovic admitted to shelling the Croatian town of Sibenik in 1991 in return for a four-and-a-half-year sentence.
Yugoslav Officer Pleads Innocent to Shelling Croatian Town
Former Yugoslav People’s Army officer Milan Pavlovic pleaded not guilty to committing crimes during an attack on the Croatian coastal town of Sibenik in 1991.
UNESCO Adds Two More Croatian Sites to Heritage List
Two more Croatian sites join UNESCO's World Heritage list in July, one from the Adriatic coastal town of Zadar and the other from the coastal town of Sibenik.
Croatian Anne Frank Tribute Commemorates Fascists’ Victims
The anti-fascist association in the town of Sibenik will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with a reading of Anne Frank’s diary after a local school director barred an exhibition about the WWII diarist.
Croatian School Removes Anne Frank Exhibition
An exhibition on Anne Frank was removed from a school in the town of Sibenik over claims the Croatian WWII fascist Ustasa fighters were depicted as villains and anti-fascist Partisans as innocents.
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Croatia Indicts Yugoslav General for War Crimes Again
Prosecutors accused retired Yugoslav People’s Army general Borislav Djukic of being responsible for deadly attacks on Croatian civilians and property in the Sibenik area during the war.