ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia will try to help launch blocked European Union membership talks with Albania and North Macedonia while the country holds the EU presidency for the next six months,...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Students have returned to schools in Croatia after teachers ended their strike following an agreement with the government on a rise in salaries.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied in Croatia demanding government action against domestic violence after a man threw his four small children from a balcony, seriously...

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian deal to buy 12 used F-16 jets from Israel worth $500 million could be in jeopardy if the US does not approve of the sale, officials said Wednesday.

The tentative deal to purchase the upgraded F-16 Barak fighter jets from Israel was made earlier this year pending a U.S. approval allowing Israel to sell the American-made jets to a third party.

VUKOVAR, Croatia (AP) — Thousands of nationalists have rallied in Croatia alleging that the government is not doing enough to punish Serb war criminals from the war in the 1990s.

The protest Saturday in the eastern town of Vukovar reflects a recent rise in right-wing sentiments in Croatia, which joined the European Union in 2013.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds of workers from two major shipyards on Monday protested in the Croatian capital of Zagreb over unpaid wages and working conditions.

As a union delegation met with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, the workers shouted "out with the management" and blew whistles in front of the government headquarters.

Earlier Monday, protesting workers left a dirty diaper in front of the government building to underscore their message against the management of Uljanik Group.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia on Tuesday failed to break a deadlock over an international arbitration ruling in a long-standing border dispute that has led to tensions between the two neighboring European Union countries.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar has canceled a planned visit next week to Croatia as tensions rose over a border dispute between the two European Union neighbors.

Official STA news agency says Cerar reacted after Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told the United Nations General Assembly an arbitration ruling in the dispute was not valid.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia on Wednesday rejected a European Commission call for the implementation of an international arbitration ruling in a longstanding border dispute with Slovenia that has caused tensions between the EU neighbors.

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said the commission has no jurisdiction in border matters and insisted that territorial issues should be resolved between the two states.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international arbitration panel on Thursday granted Slovenia unhindered access to the high seas for the first time since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia as part of a ruling aimed at settling a long-running territorial dispute between Slovenia and Balkan neighbor Croatia.

It remains to be seen if the ruling can be enforced. Croatia walked out of the arbitration in 2015 and does not recognize the panel's findings.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The Croatian government has entered talks to save retailer Agrokor, the country's biggest private company and employer, from bankruptcy.

Agrokor's biggest creditor, Russian bank Sberbank, wants the Croatian government to take over the company's loan obligations before it considers further financing of the troubled company.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The junior party in Croatia's ruling conservative coalition says it is leaving the government of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic following a dispute over the finance minister.

The announcement Friday by the Most, or Bridge, party could spell the end of the governing coalition and raise prospects of another early election in the European Union country.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's prime minister moved on Thursday to replace three ministers from a junior party in the government, triggering a crisis in the ruling conservative coalition.

Andrej Plenkovic announced the dismissal of the justice, interior and environment ministers because they voted against the government decision to reject a separate opposition motion to replace the finance minister.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's parliament on Thursday adopted an emergency law to protect the economy from large company failures after the country's biggest private-owned firm accumulated huge debts.

Agrokor, the largest private retailer and food producer in the Balkans with some 60,000 staff, has struggled to pay suppliers and creditors after building up $6.5 billion (6 billion euros) in debt, or six times its equity.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's prime minister appealed to soccer fans to behave during Friday's World Cup qualifying match against Ukraine.

Andrej Plenkovic urged all state institutions to make sure that the game in Zagreb passes without incidents.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of residents of the predominantly Bosnian Croat town of Orasje protested Friday against the arrest of former members of Bosnian Croat armed forces for alleged war crimes against Bosnian Serbs in 1992.

The protests in a town square were initiated by Bosnian Croat veterans who claimed the suspects had only defended the town from Serb attacks.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Croatia's prime minister says his country will use its recent European Union admission experience to help Bosnia join the alliance as fast as possible.

Andrej Plenkovic began a two-day visit Friday, eight days after his conservative government was established. This shows how important relations with Bosnia are for Croatia, Plenkovic said after meeting with his counterpart, Denic Zvizdic.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The leader of Croatian conservatives says the group is close to reaching an agreement with a small populist party to form a coalition government following a snap election last month.

Croatian Democratic Union President Andrej Plenkovic said Friday the Most party will have four ministries in the future government and the two parties will rotate into the post of parliament speaker. Plenkovic is likely to be Croatia's new prime minister.