Expats

Balkans gay box-office hit banned in Dubrovnik [Mar 21, 2012] DUBROVNIK, Croatia (REUTERS) - Church authorities in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik have banned a Serbian comedy about Balkan war veterans and a gay parade which has been a box-office hit across the former Yugoslavia, due to its gay content and its failure to portray Serbs as aggressors in the war. [via YahooNews] More >>

After Croatia, who is next in the EU queue? [Jan 22, 2012] Voters in Croatia, part of the former Yugoslavia, go to the polls this weekend to decide whether or not to join the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Chileans guilty of 1991 arms deal [Jan 20, 2012] Chilean judges convict two former generals of selling weapons to Croatia 20 years ago during the war in the former Yugoslavia, in violation of a UN arms embargo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Yugoslavia's last PM dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] Former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the country's bloody breakup in the 1990s, has died. He was 87. [via YahooNews] More >>

Yugoslavia's last PM dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] Former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the country's bloody breakup in the 1990s, has died. He was 87. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ante Markovic, former Yugoslavia?s last prime minister, dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia?s state news agency says former Yugoslavia?s last Prime Minister Ante Markovic has died. He was 87. Markovic, a Croat, became Yugoslavia?s prime minister in March 1989, two years before the former communist country started unraveling along ethnic lines. Before he resigned in December 1991, Markovic tried to find a compromise between secessionists republics Slovenia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Balkan leaders vow to keep the peace [Jul 19, 2011] AFP/Brijuni The heads of state of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia yesterday pledged to continue on the path of reconciliation to ensure peace in the former Yugoslavia, ravaged by wars in the 1990s. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to become European Union member in 2013 [Jun 27, 2011] Croatia will become a European Union member in two years, officials said Friday, making it the first new country to join the bloc since 2007 and offering hope to other nations from the former Yugoslavia seeking to join. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to become European Union member in 2013 [Jun 26, 2011] Croatia will become a European Union member in two years, officials said Friday, making it the first new country to join the bloc since 2007 and offering hope to other nations from the former Yugoslavia seeking to join. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU leaders agree Croatia to become member in 2013 [Jun 24, 2011] European Union leaders decided Friday that Croatia will become a member of the bloc in two years, making it the first new member since 2007 and offering hope to other countries from the former Yugoslavia seeking to join. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to become European Union member in 2013 [Jun 24, 2011] Croatia will become a European Union member in two years, officials said Friday, making it the first new country to join the bloc since 2007 and offering hope to other nations from the former Yugoslavia seeking to join. [via YahooNews] More >>