The movement is in stark contrast to Croatia’s recent past, when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, a Communist-run country that protected abortion rights in its constitution 50 years ago.

The party is led by the hard-line mayor of the eastern town of Vukovar, which was destroyed during Croatia's 1991 war for independence after it split from the former Yugoslavia. For the first time ...

Croatia has the oldest population in the immediate region, meaning that despite amendments, the import of foreign labour is ...

Yugoslavia was first formed as a kingdom in 1918 and then recreated as a Socialist state in 1945 after the Axis powers were defeated in World War II. The constitution established six constituent ...

1996 - Croatia restores diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. Croatia joins Council of Europe. 1997 - Tudjman re-elected as president. 1998 - Croatia resumes control over the fourth UN area ...

Post-war Croatia 1996 - Croatia restores diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. Croatia joins Council of Europe. 1997 - Tudjman re-elected as president. The EU decides not to invite Croatia to ...

As the two footballers step away, an extraordinary era comes to a close for their clubs, Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively.

Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran ... since gaining independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Primorac, 59, entered politics in the early 2000s, when he was science and education minister ...

There are many weapons kept in private homes in Croatia after the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he was "horrified and dismayed." ...

The 25-year-old died after another man, also aged 25, handed him the Yugoslavia-era weapon during ... of weapons ended up in private hands in Croatia following the country’s War of Independence ...

1996 - Croatia restores diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia. Croatia joins Council of Europe. 1997 - Tudjman re-elected as president. 1998 - Croatia resumes control over the fourth UN area ...