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Croatia

# croatia - Today’s News

Honeybees trained to find land mines in Croatia

In the last two decades, land mines have taken the lives of 316 people, including 66 de-miners.

# croatia - Friday 22 March, 2013

From The Score Balkans

Croatia and Serbia meet for the first time since Balkans war tonight

There’s lots at stake tonight in Zagreb.

# croatia - Thursday 21 March, 2013

From The Score Balkans

Dinamo v Red Star – the match that heralded war

Croatia play Serbia for the first time as independent nations in a World Cup qualifying tie tomorrow

# croatia - Tuesday 27 November, 2012

From The Score Revealing

‘I don’t want James McClean getting all the attention’ – Stephen Hunt

The midfielder believes Giovanni Trapattoni wants the best for Ireland but will not be expecting a warm ‘hello’ any time soon.

# croatia - Friday 16 November, 2012

UN

Joy in Croatia as UN war crimes tribunal overturns convictions

Tribunal overturned the convictions of two Croatian generals for murdering and expelling Serb civilians during a 1995 military blitz.

# croatia - Thursday 15 November, 2012

Croatians pray for ex-generals ahead of war crimes verdict

Two former wartime generals, still hailed as heroes in Croatia, are appealing a verdict by the UN Yugoslav war crimes court.

# croatia - Thursday 25 October, 2012

Bodies of suspected WW2 victims exhumed from mass grave in Croatia

The victims were thought to have been cadets in a Croatian military academy.

# croatia - Wednesday 26 September, 2012

From The Score Foolish

Dinamo Zagreb star hit with €100,000 fine for cracking open a beer

Croatian international Domagoj Vida made a costly decision on the team bus on Monday.

# croatia - Tuesday 25 September, 2012

From The Score Changes

Croatian football side gets female touch

NK Viktorija Vojakovac made an eyebrow-raising appointment today.

# croatia - Monday 10 September, 2012

DFA providing consular assistance after Irishman drowns in Croatia

The 28-year-old Irishman had been attending a music festival in the city of Pula.

# croatia - Wednesday 15 August, 2012

From The Score Preview

Here’s all you need to know about tonight’s international action

The Irish team’s group rivals, Germany, are in action, as they take on Argentina.

# croatia - Sunday 29 July, 2012

From The Score Reel Stories This post contains videos

Sports film of the week: Once Brothers

Grab some popcorn, turn the lights off and join us for a Sunday night movie.

# croatia - Saturday 14 July, 2012

From The Score Misfortune

Olympics: Croat high jump star Vlasic out of Games

The athlete, who won a silver medal in 2008, has failed to recover from a foot problem.

# croatia - Monday 9 July, 2012

Poznań This post contains images

Is Poznan cheating on us? Zagreb got the ‘thank you’ posters too

Poznan! We thought we had something special going on…

# croatia - Saturday 7 July, 2012

Former Serbian president shakes hand with Kosovo’s prime minister

Former president Boris Tadic said he was ready to contribute at any time towards solving the Kosovo problem.

# croatia - Tuesday 19 June, 2012

From The Score Euro 2012

Croatia fined €80,000 by UEFA for racist abuse

…which, if we’ve done our maths right, is €20,000 less than Nicklas Bendtner got for his underpants stunt.

# croatia - Monday 18 June, 2012

From The Score Review

Match report: Jesus Navas rescues Spain, Croatia bow out

Vicente del Bosque’s substitution paid off as the striker hit a late winner.

From The Score Kick It Out

Platini furious over Croatia racism charge

Meanwhile, Slaven Bilic has called for lifetime bans for those found guilty of racist chanting.

From The Score Euro 2012

Yellow cards no problem for Del Bosque

Alvaro Arbeloa and Jordi Alba are both on one yellow card, meaning they are running the risk of being suspended for the quarter-finals.

# croatia - Saturday 16 June, 2012

From The Score Probe

UEFA to investigate fresh racism claims

The European governing body is looking into reports a banana was thrown onto the pitch during Italy’s 1-1 draw with Croatia as Mario Balotelli left the field.

# croatia - Thursday 14 June, 2012

From The Score Countdown

LIVE: Euro 2012, day 7

What, it’s been a week already? All the nerve-jangling build-up to Ireland’s clash with Spain is nestled safely in here.

From The Score COYBIG

Three ways Ireland can find joy against Spain

It’s not going to be pretty, but we do have a chance of coming away with something other than a defeat against the current champions tonight.

From The Score Preview

Preview: Croatia out to seal qualification with Italian job

Slaven Bilic’s side will enter the Group C encounter full of confidence after a comfortable 3-1 win over the Ireland in their tournament opener.

# croatia - Wednesday 13 June, 2012

From The Score Laid Bare

‘My mam was mortified but she is seeing the funny side of it now’ – Eamon Keegan

The Irish fan, who has gained fame in the past few days, talks about the picture the whole country has seen.

# croatia - Tuesday 12 June, 2012

From The Score Euro 2012

With Ireland beaten, Bilic is braced for tougher tests

“We still have a great job to do, tougher test, yeah, it didn’t look easy at any point and it was very hard on the pitch.

# croatia - Monday 11 June, 2012

From The Score COYBIG

FYI: Can Ireland still qualify with four points and other Group C permutations

We’ve done the calculations so you don’t have to, looking at the various potential Euro 2012 outcomes.

From The Score Tuning In

Croatia match attracted highest RTE audience since 1994 World Cup

Over two million people tuned in to see Ireland lose their opening Group C match to Slaven Bilic’s side on Sunday night.

The 5 at 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

Electricity demand shaped by Ireland’s first Euro 2012 match

EirGrid says Sunday evening demand for electricity was influenced by people sitting down together to watch the match – and make tea at half-time.

From The Score Pointing The Way

Open road: Croatia will not fear anyone now, says Bilic

While he admitted Ireland were the better team ‘in some moments’ the coach is confident of making the knock-out stages.

# croatia - Sunday 10 June, 2012

From The Score Euro 2012

‘We gave away sloppy goals’ – St Ledger rues mistakes

The Leicester City player admitted that Ireland’s defending was poor at times in Poznan tonight.

From The Score Second Best

Match Report: Mandzukic on the double for Croatia

Two goals from the Wolfsburg striker resigned Ireland to defeat in their first Euro 2012 fixture.

From The Score Euro 2012

Ireland v Croatia: Player ratings

How did the boys fare in Poznan tonight?

The Daily Fix: Sunday

All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…

From The Score Euro2012 This post contains videos

As it happened: Ireland v Croatia, Euro 2012

Could Giovanni Trapattoni’s men get off to a winning start against Croatia this evening? Let’s find out.

From The Score Group C This post contains videos

What can Ireland learn from Croatia’s Euro 2012 qualifiers?

Finding success from crosses could be a real possibility against today’s opponents.

From The Score President In Poznan

Slideshow: Michael D. Higgins travels to Poland with Irish fans

President arrives in Poznan ahead of crunch Euro 2012 game.

From The Score Euro 2012

Behind Enemy Lines: What the Croatians are saying

We speak to Zagreb-based football writer Aleksandar Holiga about how our opponents see this evening’s Group C clash going.

From The Score Violence

Polish media report 14 arrests in Poznan ahead of Ireland game

Gazeta Wyborcza say 14 arrests were made, including three Irish people.

From The Score Countdown This post contains a poll

Poll: Where are you watching the match tonight?

We want to know where you’ll be when Robbie sticks the ball in the Croatia net?

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