Topic: Croatia

Ireland embraces Lisbon Treaty. Will Blair be next EU president?

Ireland says 'yes' to Lisbon Treaty. Reforms will give European Union a unified foreign policy, and a permanent president.

The Clinton Tapes

Bill Clinton reveals much in 79 taped conversations with historian Taylor Branch.

After the fall of the wall: Middle Europe reemerges – sort of

The connections of the old Habsburg Empire have reappeared, post cold war, but regional identity has not.

Airline Ambassadors: Taking flight on a mission

This and other 'voluntourism' networks offer a wealth of ways to deliver goodwill.

Greece faces bleak tourism forecast

Summer bookings have dropped across Europe as travelers head to cheaper spots.

iPhone owner thinking of upgrading? Cha-ching!

Kosovo: Where hearts were won in the Balkans

Classic review: Ireland

A history of Ireland by the people who know it best - the storytellers.

Obama praises new NATO members Albania and Croatia

The countries' full membership inches the Balkans closer to the borderless idea of Europe and further from the brutal wars of the 1990s.

Obama woos Europe on Afghanistan

In Strasbourg, the US president cast the war as an international – not just American – problem.

Fight grows in Europe to safeguard a secular Sabbath

Conscience trumps convenience in push to open Sunday shopping.

Crisis chills Europe's ties to Russia

A cold, divided, and annoyed Europe struggles to find a way to prevent Russia from turning down the heat. Eastern Europe, meanwhile, continues to shiver.

Corruption in Bulgaria tests EU expansion

Frustrations mount over Bulgaria – the most violent, corrupt, and poorest of EU members. Aid is being withheld as reform promises are made (and broken). Can it be fixed?

Prominent journalist's murder roils Croatia

Croatian leaders link the car bomb that killed Ivo Pukanic to criminal underworld. It's the latest in a string of attacks that may hinder Croatia's European Union bid.

Garden 'siteseeing' around the world

Garden blogs in Croatia, New Zealand, Germany, and Canada.

World

Reporters on the job

Will Karadzic's genocide trial redeem The Hague?

The Bosnian Serb leader's arrival at the UN war crimes court offers it a second chance after the inconclusive trial of Slobodan Milosevic.

Karadzic arrest boosts Balkans, international justice

The Bosnian Serb leader, indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal on 15 counts including genocide, had been on the run for 13 years.

'New Europe' flexes its muscle at Eurovision song contest

Serbia, 2007 winner thanks to Balkan bloc, hosts Saturday's final.

As Tadic seeks coalition, new hope for Serbia

The victory of his pro-EU party Sunday defied the Western view of Serbs as unwilling to let go of historical grievances. Now, a peaceful future seems possible.

On eve of Serbia vote, E.U. pact means more aid

Serbia will sign a premembership deal with the E.U. today that could bolster trailing pro-Western parties and give it greater access to record funding for the Balkans.

U.S., Europe gulf opens at NATO summit

European objections keep Georgia, Ukraine off membership track, but US plans for missile-defense program in Europe gets an endorsement.

Divided Cypriots unite to preserve ancient Famagusta

The history of the storied port is reflected in its French Gothic cathedral, Italian Renaissance palace, Byzantine church, and Ottoman madrassah-turned-restaurant.

At NATO summit, Bush likely to get some of what he wants

His quest for more forces in Afghanistan, headway on continental missile defense may gain ground in Bucharest.