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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

The European Union's emergency response coordination centre issues red alerts due to extreme heat in Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, most of Italy, and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain.
2023-07-18

The European Union accepts Croatia's accession to the Schengen Area, effective January 1.
2022-12-8

A Cessna 182 takes off from Split, Croatia, and heads to Germany before disappearing from radar north from Rakovica.
2022-05-29

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

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

Croatia reopens its border with Serbia allowing thousands of refugees to cross.
2015-10-19

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