Josip Manolic, who was Croatia’s prime minister during its break from the collapsing Yugoslavia in 1991 and who helped mobilize forces as war engulfed the region, but also faced scrutiny for past ...

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I remember lying in a grey hospital bed in Travnik, Bosnia, barely able to walk and formulate coherent sentences, with IV fluid being pumped into my tiny body. My father hovered above me, hoping the ...

The Croats, who have reached the World Cup final for the first time, have had the most success at the world's biggest soccer tournament since Yugoslavia descended into war in 1991 and spawned seven ...

The glory days of Yugoslavia soccer may be long gone, but the countries that emerged from its dissolution still have a lot of soccer talent to offer. Croatia took podium finishes at the last two World ...

To prevent comparisons with its present-day state, Croatia deliberately tries to erase the legacy of Yugoslavia and the socialist federation’s role in developing the nation’s culture, art and ...

Vinko Tavcar died last week at the age of 88. Here his daughter, Nancy, recounts her parents’ narrow escape from Yugoslavia-Croatia at the end of World War II. Crenshaw: My parents, Vinko and Ana, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Those who advocate keeping Bosnia alive fail to understand why Bosnia is now in its death throes. It is because the sovereign independent state of Yugoslavia, a state created in 1918, was cynically ...

On October 8, Croatia marks the anniversary of the 1991 declaration confirming the earlier proclamation of independence and terminating all ties with the Yugoslav state. On October 8, Croatia marks ...

Croatia declared itself an independent state Wednesday as a European Community delegation arrived in Yugoslavia to urge the country’s feuding leaders to stick together. Croatia’s declaration was ...