ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia warned its citizens Thursday to postpone unnecessary travel to neighboring Serbia after the deportation of five Croatian activists who had taken part in a meeting of civil society organizations in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

Fed up with paying ever increasing prices at grocery stores and shopping outlets, Croatians have begun channeling their anger into a nascent boycott movement targeting retailers that shows signs of spreading across the Balkans.

January 29 (SeeNews) - Croatian oil pipeline operator Janaf [ ZSE:JNAF] has sought approval from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to execute its contract with Serbia's oil and gas company NIS [ BEL:NIIS ], which is subject to U.S. sanctions, Janaf told SeeNews on Wednesday.

Croatia has lodged a protest with Serbia after five Croatian citizens were deported from Belgrade during a civil society meeting. The incident has reignited tensions between the Balkan nations, with protests in Serbia over related governmental actions raising concerns about democratic freedoms and corruption.

Novak Djokovic was a part of the Serbian team when they won the Davis Cup title in 2010. Serbia, after knocking out the United States in the quarterfinals and the Czech Republic in the semifinals, locked horns with France in the final in Belgrade and beat them 3–2 to lift their maiden Davis Cup title.

Hungary’s perception among its neighbours is a topic of great interest, and a new survey has unveiled intriguing insights into how the country is viewed across the region.

Reversing brain drain is more than a policy challenge. It is a broader project of national renewal, requiring trust in domestic institutions and belief in a shared future.

Goals per game in the new format, up from 3.09 per game in last season's group stage. Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski and Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy are joint top scorers with nine goals each.

Serbia's ruling coalition began talks to form a new government on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned amid protests and President Aleksandar Vucic floated the possibility of a snap election in April.

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, in which nearly half a million Hungarian Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis, Tamás Léderer still can't shake the sense that the world hasn't learned from the horrors of the 20th century.

Between 2023 and 2024, the value of Serbian arms sales to Israel soared from 1.4 million euros to 42.3 million, unaffected by widespread allegations of Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Turkey carried out arrests after disaster victims’ data was stolen, while Serbia and Albania faced crackdowns over misinformation and online violence, BIRN’s digital rights monitors found in December and January.