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Bolivia formally joins South Africa's case in the International Court of Justice regarding Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip as genocide, stating it "has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide".
2024-10-9

Croatian Defence Minister Ivan Anušić announces that the country will reintroduce a compulsory 2-month military service starting from January 1, 2025, as part of it's reform of the Armed Forces of Croatia. Conscription was previously scrapped in 2008 when Croatia shifted to a volunteer-based system.
2024-08-15

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Petrinja, Croatia, destroying half of the town. Several other cities in the country are also affected. At least seven people are killed, five of whom were in Glina, one in Petrinja, and one in Žažina. Several others are also injured.
2020-12-29

Mourners pay respects to the former head of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej in Belgrade following his death due to COVID-19. Many mourners did not wear face masks or practice social distancing, and some kissed the glass shield that was covering the patriarch's body despite warnings from the Serbian government and epidemiologists.
2020-11-21

Croatia reports its highest single day number of 358 new cases in the last 24 hours as a tricky summer tourism season brings a resurgence of COVID-19 to the Adriatic country.
2020-08-26

A meteor explodes over Croatia. The Croatian Astronomical Union say the meteor disintegrated at an altitude of at least 30 kilometers above sea level. The meteor was likely roughly 2 meters across.
2020-02-28

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the United Nations, rules that the United Kingdom should end its control of the Chagos Archipelago "as rapidly as possible". Mauritius claims the archipelago was unlawfully separated from the island nation in 1965.
2019-02-25

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
2011-06-5

Prosecutors in Croatia issue an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on suspected corruption charges. He is then arrested.
2010-12-10

The International Court of Justice rules that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence was legal, in a move that could set a precedent for unrecognised countries.
2010-07-22