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. ...

Hundreds march in Croatia for safer schools after a student is killed in a knife attack

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia's capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other children were wounded in a knife attack at a school in Zagreb. Organized by teachers' unions, the march asked authorities do more to ensure that...

Rescuers reach a stranded hiker in Slovenia but another is missing during a Balkans snowstorm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A snowstorm across the Balkans brought traffic chaos, closed schools and left thousands of homes without electricity in Croatia and Bosnia on Monday, while the weather hampered efforts in Slovenia to reach two hikers stranded in the Alps. The...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...