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A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

Dec. 20, 2024 11:41 AM EST

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. The attack took place around 9:50 a.m. on the last day of school before...

Police in Croatia say a teenager has injured several students and his teacher in a knife attack at his school in Zagreb

Dec. 20, 2024 05:15 AM EST
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Police in Croatia say a teenager has injured several students and his teacher in a knife attack at his school in Zagreb.

Croatia to hold a presidential election on Dec. 29

Nov. 19, 2024 15:19 PM EST

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia will hold a presidential election on Dec. 29, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced Tuesday. The government is expected on Thursday to formally schedule the vote. If no candidate wins an outright majority on Dec. 29, a runoff vote will take place...

A Croatian corruption investigation snares the health minister and several others

Nov. 15, 2024 09:13 AM EST

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's health minister and several others were detained on Friday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation launched by the European prosecutor's office, authorities said. Minister Vili Beroš, the directors of two hospitals in the capital...

Zelenskyy will present his Ukraine 'victory plan' to Western leaders but Biden meeting is postponed

Oct. 09, 2024 15:07 PM EDT

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Ukraine's president on Wednesday said he intends to present his “victory plan” to Western leaders this week, but a weekend meeting to discuss it has been postponed as U.S. President Joe Biden said he had to stay home to respond to Hurricane Milton’ s landfall in...

A van packed with migrants skids off a road in Croatia, killing 2 and injuring 25

Oct. 05, 2024 04:04 AM EDT

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A van packed with migrants slid off the road and overturned in central Croatia early Saturday, killing two people and injuring 25, including some seriously, police and doctors said. The accident happened around 1 a.m. near Peklenica, some 100 kilometers (60...