Before the "Homeland War" of the 1990s, the residents of Vukovar, Croatia, thought it a peaceful city. But a devastating tragedy interceded — and three decades later, the city lives in an uneasy peace ...

Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, sparking a four-year war. While for much of the 1990s, democratically elected President Franjo Tudjman ruled the country in an authoritarian ...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that compensates the victims of rape during the country’s war for independence more than twenty years ago — a move hailed as a late ...

Croatian officials marked the 30th anniversary of Operation Plitvice against rebel Serb forces and the death of policeman Josip Jovic, who is regarded as the first victim of the 1991-95 Croatian War.

Reporting from ZAGREB, Croatia — A Croatian court on Tuesday sentenced a former Serb paramilitary commander and Australian citizen to 15 years in prison for war crimes in the 1990s, including the ...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say they have arrested two former Serb paramilitary fighters suspected of committing war crimes during the 1991-95 war. Police said on Friday the suspects are ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -- The UN's highest court has ruled it had jurisdiction to examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war. The International ...

The presidents of Serbia and Croatia on Thursday apologized at the sites of mass killings during their 1991 war in a symbolic step toward reconciliation. President Boris Tadic of Serbia, left, became ...

Excluding territorial waters, the Republic of Croatia occupies 56,538 km 2 and has a long coastline with 1,185 islands. In the latest census in 1991, the population was 4.8 million with more than 78% ...

Croatian director Antun Vrdoljak finds himself in a bind. His current project, called The General, deals with Croatia's recent past; it is meant to be a blockbuster about the exploits of Croatian ...