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United Expands to New European Cities for Summer 2026
United Airlines is continuing its ambitious European expansion, announcing a series of new routes for summer 2026 that will connect the U.S. to more destinations across Europe than any other American carrier. The airline is adding four new cities...

Croatia Receives Sixth EU Recovery Fund Payment Worth €835.6 Million
The European Commission has paid Croatia the sixth installment under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, amounting to €835.6 million. “Reforms and investments linked to this payment will drive positive changes for Croatian citizens and...

Croatia, who is afraid of the wolf?
Wolf – photo courtesy of Josip Kusak Until recently, it was under strict protection, but since 2024, partly at the request of the European Commission, the wolf’s protection status has been downgraded, so today this species is potentially huntable....

Four Maltese holidaymakers who died in Croatia car tragedy named
The four Maltese citizens who lost their lives when their car plunged into the sea while on holiday in Croatia have been identified. Jeremy Gambin, 68, and his wife Lorraine (Cynthia), 67, (photo, from Facebook) both residents of Swieqi, died...

Croatia to open first virtual production facility in November 2025
The studio will be powered by 400 Ruby 2.6 LED panels from Roe Visual and the Megapixel Helios LED processing platform Croatian production company Antitalent will open the country’s first virtual production facility this year. The studio, based in...

Croatian PM angrily rejects Hungarian accusations of war profiteering
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on September 26 sharply dismissed accusations by Hungary’s foreign minister that Zagreb is exploiting the war in Ukraine for profit, insisting Croatia is a reliable neighbour and a key supplier of energy to...

A pro-EU party won Moldova’s election, but obstacles remain
Russia’s campaign to amplify societal distrust continues as EU membership talks have stalled In the end, the results were better than Moldova’s western allies had dared hope. In last Sunday’s parliamentary elections, the pro-EU party of Moldovan...

Two couples who died in horror Croatia car plunge named
The two couples who died when their car plunged into the sea while they were on holiday in Croatia have been named. Jeremy Gambin, 68, and his wife Lorraine, 67, who lived in Swieqi, died alongside Kevin Bonnici, 67, and his wife Alexandra, 66....

Croatia shifting beyond seasonal travel
by croatiaweek September 28, 2025 in News September results ‘almost fantastic’ Croatia is steadily transforming into a year-round tourist destination, Tourism and Sports Minister Tonči Glavina said at a gathering of tourism leaders in Dubrovnik to...

Novak Djokovic's new life after fleeing country from 'government smear campaign'
Harry Brent Senior Sports Writer 15:00, 03 Oct 2025 Novak Djokovic has been forced to change his retirement plans(Image: Getty Images) Novak Djokovic, the 24-time Grand Slam-winning tennis legend, has returned to action at the Shanghai Masters...

VIDEO: UEFA films feature on Zlatko Dalić ahead of his 100th match with Croatia
by croatiaweek October 3, 2025 in Sport Zlatko Dalić UEFA has filmed a special feature on Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić ahead of his 100th match in charge of the national team. Dalić will reach the milestone when Croatia face the Czech Republic in...

Pro-government campaign against student protests attempts to justify repression in Serbia
This analysis by Nataša Stanojević was originally published by the International and Security Affairs Centre (ISAC), part of the regional initiative Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub. An edited version is republished by Global Voices as part...

Croatia’s reaction to FM Szijjártó’s words: “If you visit Moscow more often than Brussels or Zagreb, you lose the moral high ground”
“If you visit Moscow more often than Brussels or Zagreb, you lose the moral high ground to accuse others of profiteering,” Croatia’s Minister of Economy wrote on social media site X, reacting to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s...

Croatia to Hungary: It’s Not Our Fault You Don’t Have a Sea
Croatian President Zoran Milanović has sharply responded to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who accused Croatia of war profiteering in the energy sector. Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Szijjártó claimed that Croatia was...

Two Maltese couples die in Croatia after vehicle falls off highway into the sea
Four Maltese people died after a vehicle they were in fell into the sea in Croatia. Croatian news outlets said that the vehicle was driving from Rijeka towards Senj when the driver lost control of the vehicle at a turn. The vehicle then crashed...

Foreign Tourists Generate 4.38 Billion Euros in Revenue in Croatia
October the 3rd, 2025 – Foreign tourists have generated an impressive 4.38 billion euros of revenue in Croatia, representative of growth of 5.9%. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Zrinka Gabelica Toplek writes, foreign tourists generated very encouraging...

Croatian Robot “Carpathia” Connects Robotics and the Nautical World
September the 28th, 2025 – The Croatian robot “Carpathia” has created a link between robotics and the nautical world, and it’s all the creation of one talented innovator from Rijeka. As Morski writes, young computer engineer and innovator Karlo...

Meta allows impersonation scams to run rampant as political deepfakes hawk phony benefits
By now, it is hardly a secret that social media, and Facebook in particular, has become a garbage dump for bad information. Already targeted by foreign actors as fertile ground in which to sow discontent and partisan hostility, its inextricable...

Updated: Four Maltese dead in car accident in Croatia
Four Maltese people have died in a car accident in Croatia, after their rental car swerved off a coastal road and plunged down a ravine and into the sea. Croatian media reported that the accident happened on Thursday afternoon on the D8 state road...
EDITORIAL: Countering Organized Political Violence, Everywhere, Part Three
Read Part One At its heart, fascism is about premising the needs of one group, often defined by race and ethnicity, over the rest of humanity; anti-fascists have always opposed this… — from “A Brief History of Anti-Fascism” by James Stout, on...