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'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F

6:40am July 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

Temperatures were in the triple-digits in much of the area on Tuesday and authorities warn that they could top 110 degrees F in southern Spain in the coming days.

Croatia's Minister of Interior Davor Bozinovic, left, pushes a button to lift the barrier at the Bregana border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia, accompnanied by Slovenian counterpart Sanja Ajanovic Hovnik, early on Sunday.

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Croatia rings in the New Year as a fully integrated EU member

2:19am January 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

It marked a fresh start for the small Balkan nation of 4 million that captured international attention three decades ago as the site of a brutal war that left nearly a quarter of its economy in ruins.

Argentina forward Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's first goal from the penalty spot during the World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and Croatia in Qatar on December 13, 2022.

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Messi's dream lives on as Argentina defeats Croatia to reach the World Cup final

6:12pm December 13, 2022

by Russell Lewis

Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to advance to the World Cup finals for a sixth time - and giving star forward Messi a chance to win his first title. Argentina will play either France or Morocco on Sunday.

Neymar of Brazil takes a shot against Dejan Lovren of Croatia during the FIFA World Cup 2022 quarterfinal match between Croatia and Brazil at Education City Stadium on December 09, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar.

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Croatia stuns top-ranked Brazil to advance to the World Cup semifinals

1:34pm December 09, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Croatia does it again - winning a penalty kick shootout to advance to the semifinals for the second World Cup, eliminating Brazil. Croatia's defense stymied the 5-time champions the entire match.

For nearly three centuries, the Republic of Ragusa, where modern-day Dubrovnik is centered, forced visitors to spend 40 days on the remote islands off the coast of the walled city, but in the 17th century, the city built the Lazarettos, a series of buildi

How A Medieval City Dealing With The Black Death Invented Quarantine

7:02pm July 06, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

The wealthy merchant city of Dubrovnik, in present-day Croatia, had a problem. The Black Death was killing much of Europe, but Dubrovnik didn't want to lock down and lose business.

A Froggyland diorama shows a teacher trying to control a class in which students are hitting each other with rulers, arriving late to class and balancing pencils on their noses. Each diorama displays anthropomorphized frogs in human scenes of the early 2

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Welcome To Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S.

8:00pm June 10, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

The museum features the work of a Hungarian taxidermist who created anthropomorphized exhibits. It had 50,000 visitors in 2019, but numbers fell during the pandemic and the owner now plans to sell.

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Yusuf Khan at his souvenir stand in the catacombs below Diocletian's Palace, built in the 4th century for the Roman Emperor Diocletian. It later became part of the city of Split. Khan, who has owned his stand for 20 years, typically earns $500 a day, but

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Croatia's Economy Needs Tourists. It's Now Opening The Doors To Vaccinated Americans

4:27pm May 24, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

For Croatia, the most tourism-dependent country in Europe, opening up quickly is crucial to reviving its pandemic-battered economy. Tourist numbers plummeted last year.

Croatian soldiers walk next to damaged buildings Tuesday in Petrinja, some 30 miles from the capital, Zagreb, after the town was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.

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6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia, Killing At Least 6

3:52pm December 29, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The U.S. Geological Survey said it is the largest Croatian earthquake measured on modern seismic instruments.

Syrian refugee woman cries by one of her children as she and family members arrive in an overcrowded dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast, on Saturday.

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Dozens Of Migrants Feared Dead In Aegean Sea Boat Accidents

3:17pm September 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

At least 13 refugees were killed when a ferry boat hit their dinghy and two dozen other are missing in after a boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos.

Refugees and other migrants wait to board buses at Tovarnik railway station in Croatia after crossing from Serbia on Friday. Officials say they were forced to close eight road border crossings Thursday after thousands of people entered the country when Hu

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Croatia's Army On Alert As It Tries To Slow Border Crossings

10:05am September 18, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Croatia has closed highways leading in from Serbia. And neighboring Hungary has started building a fence on its border with Croatia, in addition to two others along its borders.