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Former Bosnian prison camp guard sentenced for lying to get refugee status and earn US citizenship
A naturalized U.S. citizen who’s been living in Massachusetts has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for falsely claiming to be a Bosnian War refugee, when in fact he persecuted ethnic Serbs at a notorious prison camp. Kemal Mrndzic, 52, was sentenced in a Boston...
Croatia warns against travel to Serbia after 5 civil society activists were deported
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia warned its citizens Thursday to postpone unnecessary travel to neighboring Serbia after the deportation of five Croatian activists who had taken part in a meeting of civil society organizations in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. The Croatian activists...
Croatia's President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote, official results showed. ...
Croatian tennis player Donna Vekic sends a message of love to LA because of the wildfires
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Open tennis player Donna Vekic sent a message of support to her coach, Pam Shriver, and others in the greater Los Angeles area dealing with the wildfires ravaging the city — drawing a heart and writing “LA” in blue ink on a courtside TV camera after a...
Croatia's incumbent president gains most votes for re-election, but not enough to avoid a runoff
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s incumbent President Zoran Milanovic won most of the votes in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, but must face a runoff against a ruling party candidate to secure another five-year term. With nearly all of the votes counted,...
Croatia's outspoken president is seeking reelection. He faces several contenders in Sunday's vote
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s left-leaning president, an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, is running for reelection this weekend against an array of contenders, including the candidate backed by the conservative government. ...
