Zoran Milanovic

Croatia's political parties faced tough negotiations today to cobble together a government after the conservative opposition won a narrow election victory, heightening uncertainty in a country battling the migration crisis and recession.

Croatians voted in a general election today with conservatives aspiring to return to power as the EU nation faces a wave of migrants and slowly emerges from six years of recession.

Croats began voting today in a parliamentary election, their first since joining the European Union in 2013, and the winner faces a tough task nurturing a fragile economic recovery and dealing with large numbers of migrants transiting the country.

Croatia votes in a general election Sunday, with the nationalist conservative opposition bidding to take power from a centre-left alliance that has largely failed to implement promised reforms.

Croatians vote in a general election Sunday as the nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees -- a crisis that rival political camps have tried to exploit, while lacking concrete policy pledges to kickstart the sluggish economy.

Hundreds of migrants travelled to Slovenia today aboard a special train from Croatia, the day after some 3,000 were forced to take the same route after Hungary's new border closure.

Hungary's policy towards migrants is "unacceptable" and will not stop the flow of people, Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Tuesday.

Croatia sought to ease tensions with its former foe Serbia Friday after the EU's powerful executive intervened in a bitter row sparked by Europe's worst refugee crisis in decades.

Former Yugoslav foes Serbia and Croatia turned back the clock on 15 years of reconciliation today, trading embargoes and insults as Europe's migrant crisis damaged relations in the fragile Western Balkans.

After suddenly finding itself in the path of Europe's biggest tide of migrants for decades, Croatia said on Friday it could no longer offer them refuge and would wave them on, challenging the EU to find a policy to receive them.

Croatia said today that more than 6,000 migrants had entered the country from Serbia in little more than 24 hours, and more than 20,000 were expected over the next two weeks.

An Egyptian group allied to Islamic State has published a photograph it said showed the beheaded body of a Croatian hostage it threatened to kill last week, the SITE monitoring service said on Wednesday.

Death camp survivors, political and religious leaders joined a ceremony on Sunday to remember the tens of thousands killed at a notorious World War II camp known as the Croatian Auschwitz.

Croatia's political parties faced tough negotiations today to cobble together a government after the conservative opposition won a narrow election victory, heightening uncertainty in a country battling the migration crisis and recession.

Croatians voted in a general election today with conservatives aspiring to return to power as the EU nation faces a wave of migrants and slowly emerges from six years of recession.

Croats began voting today in a parliamentary election, their first since joining the European Union in 2013, and the winner faces a tough task nurturing a fragile economic recovery and dealing with large numbers of migrants transiting the country.

Croatia votes in a general election Sunday, with the nationalist conservative opposition bidding to take power from a centre-left alliance that has largely failed to implement promised reforms.

Croatians vote in a general election Sunday as the nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees -- a crisis that rival political camps have tried to exploit, while lacking concrete policy pledges to kickstart the sluggish economy.

Hundreds of migrants travelled to Slovenia today aboard a special train from Croatia, the day after some 3,000 were forced to take the same route after Hungary's new border closure.

Hungary's policy towards migrants is "unacceptable" and will not stop the flow of people, Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Tuesday.

Croatia sought to ease tensions with its former foe Serbia Friday after the EU's powerful executive intervened in a bitter row sparked by Europe's worst refugee crisis in decades.

Former Yugoslav foes Serbia and Croatia turned back the clock on 15 years of reconciliation today, trading embargoes and insults as Europe's migrant crisis damaged relations in the fragile Western Balkans.

After suddenly finding itself in the path of Europe's biggest tide of migrants for decades, Croatia said on Friday it could no longer offer them refuge and would wave them on, challenging the EU to find a policy to receive them.

Croatia said today that more than 6,000 migrants had entered the country from Serbia in little more than 24 hours, and more than 20,000 were expected over the next two weeks.

An Egyptian group allied to Islamic State has published a photograph it said showed the beheaded body of a Croatian hostage it threatened to kill last week, the SITE monitoring service said on Wednesday.

Death camp survivors, political and religious leaders joined a ceremony on Sunday to remember the tens of thousands killed at a notorious World War II camp known as the Croatian Auschwitz.