Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

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Europe|Sports

ATP Roundup: Francisco Cerundolo upsets Andrey Rublev at Croatia Open

Top seed Andrey Rublev of Russia succumbed to fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (6), 6-4 Friday to bow out in the semifinals of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia.

ATP Roundup: Francisco Cerundolo upsets Andrey Rublev at Croatia Open
Europe|Travel

Locals hope Croatian bay becomes world's smallest sea

Residents of a beautiful bay on Croatia's Adriatic coast are hoping that the place they have always called the Karin Sea can be officially designated the world's

Locals hope Croatian bay becomes world's smallest sea
Sports

Gavi goal against Norway sees Spain and Scotland qualify for European Championship

Gavi’s winning goal for Spain against Norway in a European Championship qualifier will likely have been cheered as wildly in Glasgow as it was in Madrid

Gavi goal against Norway sees Spain and Scotland qualify for European Championship
Business|Health|News|World

Croatia withdraws some bottled drinks and urges people to drink tap water after several fall ill

Authorities in Croatia have recommended that people drink only tap water as they investigate reports of several people getting sick or suffering throat injuries allegedly after consuming bottled beverages

Croatia withdraws some bottled drinks and urges people to drink tap water after several fall ill
Sports

Titleholder Italy joins Spain, Croatia in tough group at Euro 2024. Host Germany opens vs Scotland

Defending champion Italy has been drawn in a tough group at the 2024 European Championship with two-time winner Spain, 2022 World Cup semifinalist Croatia and Albania

Titleholder Italy joins Spain, Croatia in tough group at Euro 2024. Host Germany opens vs Scotland
Business|News

Miljenko 'Mike' Grgich, an immigrant who put Napa Valley on the world's wine map, dies at 100

Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, a celebrated winemaker who helped establish Napa Valley as one of the world’s premier wine-making regions, has died

Miljenko 'Mike' Grgich, an immigrant who put Napa Valley on the world's wine map, dies at 100
News|Political|World

Serbia protests after Croatia's foreign minister calls Vučić a Russian 'satellite' in the Balkans

Serbia has sent a protest note after the Croatian foreign minister called President Aleksandar Vučić a Russian “satellite” in the Balkans

Serbia protests after Croatia's foreign minister calls Vučić a Russian 'satellite' in the Balkans
Health|News|Political|World

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat
News|Political|World

Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that's a showdown between its president and prime minister

Croatia is voting in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centered on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister of the small European Union and NATO member

Croatia votes in a parliamentary election that's a showdown between its president and prime minister
Business|News|Political|World

Croatia's conservative PM convinced his party will soon form a new majority after inconclusive vote

Croatia’s ruling conservatives says that talks are already underway on the formation of a new governing majority following a highly contested parliamentary election that saw a far-right party emerge as a potential kingmaker

Croatia's conservative PM convinced his party will soon form a new majority after inconclusive vote
News|Political

Croatian ruling party agrees to form government with far-right party

Croatia's ruling HDZ party has agreed to form a coalition with a far-right party following the parliamentary election in April, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who also heads the

Croatian ruling party agrees to form government with far-right party
News|Political

Croatian incumbent PM Plenkovic secures mandate to form government

Croatia's incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic submitted to President Zoran Milanovic on Friday a list of lawmakers who will support his centre-right HDZ party´s new

Croatian incumbent PM Plenkovic secures mandate to form government
News|Political

Croatia gets third government led by pro-EU PM Plenkovic

The Croatian parliament on Friday approved a government dominated by the conservative pro-European HDZ party, led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, marking his third term in the

Croatia gets third government led by pro-EU PM Plenkovic
Sports

Gjasula scores own goal then last-gasp equalizer for Albania in 2-2 draw with Croatia at Euro 2024

Croatia and Albania drew 2-2 at Euro 2024 in the first-ever competitive match between the two Balkan teams

Gjasula scores own goal then last-gasp equalizer for Albania in 2-2 draw with Croatia at Euro 2024
Sports

Italy advances at Euro 2024 after Zaccagni equalizer in injury time against Croatia

Italy substitute Mattia Zaccagni has scored in the last minute of stoppage time for Italy to advance to the knockout stage of Euro 2024 with 1-1 draw against Croatia

Italy advances at Euro 2024 after Zaccagni equalizer in injury time against Croatia
Business|Technology

Croatian startup readies self-driving taxi Verne for Zagreb launch

Autonomous vehicle startup Project 3 Mobility (P3), set up by the founder of Croatian electric vehicle maker Rimac Group, presented on Wednesday its self-driving robotaxi named

Croatian startup readies self-driving taxi Verne for Zagreb launch
Sports

WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina back in Eastbourne final

No. 6 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia reached the Rothesay International final for the second straight year, rallying Friday for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win against No. 3 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy.

WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina back in Eastbourne final
Sports

Soccer-Zaccagni's stoppage-time stunner sends Italy through to last 16

Mattia Zaccagni rescued Italy with a 98th-minute equaliser as the defending champions booked their spot in Euro 2024's last 16 on Monday with a 1-1 draw in a

Soccer-Zaccagni's stoppage-time stunner sends Italy through to last 16
Sports

Soccer-Dalic cites leaky defence, ageing squad for Croatia's struggles

Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic admitted his side had not been up to their usual high standards at Euro 2024 and they would need to keep their heads in Monday's

Soccer-Dalic cites leaky defence, ageing squad for Croatia's struggles
Sports

Croatia keeps Olympic hopes alive despite loss, but fails to shut door on Doncic, Slovenia

Croatia is advancing in its bid to earn one of the final spots in the Paris Olympics’ basketball field, but not with the kind of momentum it had hoped

Croatia keeps Olympic hopes alive despite loss, but fails to shut door on Doncic, Slovenia
Sports

Tennis-Resurgent Vekic puts Sun in shade at Wimbledon to seal semis spot

Donna Vekic nearly quit tennis following knee surgery three years ago but finds herself in a first Grand Slam semi-final on her 43rd main draw appearance after

Tennis-Resurgent Vekic puts Sun in shade at Wimbledon to seal semis spot
Environment|Travel

Tourists in Croatia seek refuge in warm Adriatic waters from heatwave

Tourists in their hundreds of thousands are seeking relief this week from Croatia's scorching heatwave in the Adriatic Sea, although water temperatures are also touching all

Tourists in Croatia seek refuge in warm Adriatic waters from heatwave
Crime|Europe

Gunman kills six in Croatia nursing home shooting

A gunman entered a nursing home in northwestern Croatia on Monday shooting dead five people, including his mother, and injuring six others, a government minister said.

Gunman kills six in Croatia nursing home shooting
Crime|Europe

Suspected gunman in Croatia nursing home killings charged on 11 counts, including murder

Croatian police say a suspected gunman in a mass shooting in a nursing home in Croatia is facing 11 criminal charges after he was accused of killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding as many more

Suspected gunman in Croatia nursing home killings charged on 11 counts, including murder

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