ZAGREB, CroatiaZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia formally becomes the 28th member of the European Union on Monday, the bloc’s first addition since Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007. Croatia is becoming a ...

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia.

Croatia goes to the polls Sunday to elect a president who will serve as head of state of the Adriatic nation, which joined the EU in 2013. Here are five things to know about the former Yugoslav ...

CAPITAL: Zagreb, population 1 million. GEOGRAPHY: Bordered by Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro and Bosnia, Croatia is slightly smaller than Ireland and West Virginia. It has a varied landscape, ...

CAPITAL: Zagreb, population 1 million. GEOGRAPHY: Bordered by Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro and Bosnia, Croatia is slightly smaller than Ireland and West Virginia. It has a varied landscape, ...

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Following are key facts about Croatia's general election on Sunday. NUMBER OF VOTERS: 3.97 million in Croatia plus some 400,000 expatriates, mainly ethnic Croats in ...

The Balkans has always been a tough neighborhood -- a rugged, fractious crossroads between Europe and the Middle East. The infamous assassination of an Austro-Hungarian archduke by a Serbian ...