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The European Union's counter-piracy mission says that one of its warships is currently shadowing the hijacked Bangladeshi bulk carrier Abdullah as it sails toward the coast of Somalia. At least 23 crew members are being held hostage by pirates on the ship.
2024-03-13

Iran lifts travel visa requirements for tourists in 33 countries, including all Gulf states and one EU member state, Croatia.
2023-12-14

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

The European Union formally accepts Croatia as the 20th member of the Eurozone. Croatia will adopt the bloc's currency on January 1, 2023.
2022-07-12

The House of Commons votes to reject British Prime Minister Theresa May's negotiating strategy with the EU, though this motion has no legal force.
2019-02-14

The European Parliament votes to end visa-free travel for United States citizens after the U.S. government failed to agree to visa-free travel for citizens of five European Union member states, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. The resolution is non-binding.
2017-03-3

Croatia’s opposition coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union wins six out of twelve seats in the country’s first ever vote for the European Parliament, while the ruling coalition led by the Social Democratic Party manages to take five seats.
2013-04-15

In Croatia, people go to the polls to elect the first ever European MPs of the country, anticipating the formal entry of Croatia in the European Union, in July.
2013-04-14

Croatia's President Ivo Josipović and Prime minister Jadranka Kosor sign the accession treaty of Croatia to the European Union, to become the 28th member state on July 1, 2013.
2011-12-9