Tag Archives: Croatia

Greece’s Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras will have to decide on whether to extradite a Serbian man to Croatia, where he is wanted for alleged war crimes committed in 1991, during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia, or Serbia, which lodged a similar request on October 11. The 59-year-old Serbian national was …

Read More »

Published reports about illegal pushbacks of migrants at the Greek border in the Aegean Sea as well as in Croatia should be thoroughly investigated, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said on Thursday. The Commissioner was referring to investigative reports by several European media outlets about violent migrants’pushbacks by …

Read More »

Italy ruled on Wednesday that people travelling from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain must be tested for the coronavirus on arrival, as new infections increase in the four countries which are popular holiday destinations for Italians. “We have to continue with a prudent approach to defend the results we’ve achieved …

Read More »

Bye-bye Skopelos. The sequel to the box office smash hit film Mamma Mia! is set to be filmed on the Croatian island of Vis this autumn. The Mamma Mia! sequel, which will be titled ‘Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again’ and is expected again to feature its all-star cast including …

Read More »

More than 5,000 refugees have been trapped in the ‘neutral zone’ at the borders northern borders of Greece, after FYROM closed its gates to Afghan refugees. The same has reportedly done by Serbia and Croatia. FYROM’s decision has a domino effect, as thousands of refugees arriving from the islands to …

Read More »

The European Commission increased pressure on Greece, Italy, Malta, Croatia and Hungary to register the fingerprints of all refugees and economic migrants  entering the European Union. In a statement released on Thursday, the EC threatens the 5 EU-member states with “infringement proceedings” for failing to comply with the EU directives …

Read More »

Greeks may do bad in economics but they do great in sex! However, they don’t do as good as the Croatians who top the list of the global survey conducted by the magazine “Men’s Health”. And here I have to admit that I finally understand what IMF-Head Christine Lagarde said …

Read More »

There is Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. He is apparently known for controversial comments triggering strong reactions. Whether Zizek has a weird sense of provocative humor or he believes what he says, I really cannot tell. And then there is Alexis Tsipras,  leader of left-wing SYRIZA, leader of main opposition party …

Read More »

Greece sought international aid to combat the wildfires that started on Saturday, spread to an area of  20,000 acres and burnt of rural and agricultural land, several houses, professional sites and warehouses and causing dozens of residents to flee their homes in the Eastern Attica region some 30 to 50 km away from …

Read More »

European workers and employees want money. No matter how unbelievable it sounds, workers in EU member states want to get paid for the work they do. Independently of how good or bad their work performance is. EU’s workers, employees, part-timers, one-day labourers claim, that the moment they leave home, go to work …

Read More »