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Eva Deutsch at home in New York, August 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 10, 2018, 10:47 pm
From WWII partisan to modern art painter: A survivor’s story in living color
Eva Deutsch Costabel survived a brutal, little-known chapter of the Holocaust for Manhattan’s painting scene. A lifetime of artwork depicts her struggles on the way
By Luke Tress
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic reviews the troops at a ceremony marking the country's 1995 victory over Serbia. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 5, 2018, 6:02 pm
Israel joins Croatian celebration of 1995 blitz; Serbia likens it to Nazi policy
US, Israeli officials take part in ceremony marking military victory that led to ethnic cleansing of 200,000 Serbs
By AP
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, left, and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic pay a tribute at the memorial in the shape of a flower for the victims killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp which was dismantled 73 years ago in Jasenovac, on July 25, 2018. (AFP/STRINGER)
July 26, 2018, 6:47 am
Rivlin tells Croatia to ‘deal’ with its fascist past
Visiting death camp, president chides country for allowing expressions of support for pro-Nazi Ustasha regime to linger
By AFP
Croatian singer Marko Perkovic, also known as Thompson (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
July 18, 2018, 7:58 pm
Croatian team celebrates World Cup success with performance by ‘fascist singer’
According to Simon Wiesenthal Center, singer Marko Perkovic, also known as Thompson, is sympathetic to Ustasha regime
By JTA
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, from left, stand in the puring rain as they congratulate the French players after France won 4-2 in the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
July 15, 2018, 8:38 pm
France wins World Cup with 4-2 victory over Croatia
Kylian Mbappe becomes only second teenager — after Pele — to score in final of tournament; Pussy Riot protesters briefly disrupt play
By Graham Dunbar
Croatia's Ivan Perisic celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the semifinal match between Croatia and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
July 12, 2018, 12:12 am
Mandzukic breaks England hearts and fires Croatia into World Cup final
Zlatko Dalic takes his team to face France in their first-ever final, after 2-1 extra time victory over Gareth Southgate’s team; Netanyahu, wife attend match
By AFP and TOI staff
Croatia national soccer team players celebrate after a penalty is saved in a shootout during the quarterfinal match between Russia and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Fisht Stadium, in Sochi, Russia, Saturday, July 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
July 8, 2018, 12:58 am
Croatia ends Russia’s run, advances to World Cup semis to play England
Hosts were trying to make it to the penultimate round for the first time since the Soviet Union finished fourth in 1966
By TALES AZZONI
Illustrative: Members of the Jewish community walk in front of a memorial in the shape of a flower in Jasenovac on April 15. 2016. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
July 7, 2018, 4:04 pm
Australian glasses co. under fire for ad campaign filmed at Holocaust death camp
Saying it was unaware of site’s sensitivity, Valley Eyewear apologizes and takes down pictures and video shot at Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia
By TOI staff
Slain Tunisian drone engineer Mohamed Zouari. (Screen capture: Aljazeera/YouTube)
May 28, 2018, 11:00 pm
Croatia blocks extradition of suspect in killing of Hamas engineer
Bosnian national Alen Camdzic is wanted by Tunisia for his alleged role in shooting death of drone expert Mohamed Zouari
By AFP
Slain Tunisian drone engineer Mohamed Zouari. (Screen capture: Aljazeera/YouTube)
May 9, 2018, 7:41 pm
Croatia court okays extradition of alleged killer of Hamas engineer to Tunisia
Alen Camdzic, a Bosnian man being held in Croatia, is accused of taking part in shooting death of Mohamed Zouari in Tunisia; Hamas has blamed the Mossad
By AFP
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic lays a wreath of flowers during a ceremony in honor to the victims of Croatia's most brutal World War II death camp in Jasenovac, on 23 April, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
May 8, 2018, 10:07 pm
Austrian authorities under pressure to axe Nazi sympathizer event
Jewish leader calls annual memorial for Ustasha regime supporters ‘an affront to the memory of Holocaust victims’
By Agencies
Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hold a banner bearing a portrait of one of their leaders, Mohamed Zoari, who was killed in Tunisia, during a ceremony in his memory on December 18, 2016, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
May 2, 2018, 5:42 pm
One of two suspects behind 2016 hit on Hamas engineer said arrested in Croatia
Hamas and Hezbollah say Mossad agents were responsible for killing drone mastermind Mohammed Zouari in Tunisia
By TOI staff
Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, the leader of the Austrian Peoples Party, OEVP, October 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
April 24, 2018, 7:40 pm
Austria leader claims he cannot stop Croatian Nazi sympathizer event
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says state powerless to prevent a church-sponsored memorial of Ustasha regime supporters unless laws are broken
By AFP
In this photo taken Thursday, March 15, 2018, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sings along with performers wearing traditional outfits at the end of his speech outside the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
April 3, 2018, 6:19 pm
Far-right, Nazi apologist views going mainstream in much of Central Europe
In many places, the shift rightward has included rehabilitation of Nazi collaborators and a rise in anti-Semitic and anti-minority statements by officials
By Vanessa Gera and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
An Israeli F-16. (Hagar Amibar/Israeli Air Force)
March 28, 2018, 1:48 pm
Croatia set to buy aging Israeli fighter jets in $500 million deal
Israel’s used F-16 planes will replace outdated Russian-made MiG-21s, helping to modernize country’s military
By AFP
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