Recent Eurostat figures reveal that actual rental payments surged by over 40 percent in Romania and Croatia, sparking an affordability crisis driven by market financialisation and supply shortages.

Croatian police have detained a second Ukrainian national suspected of planting explosives during the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, following a German warrant.

Croatian police detained a second Ukrainian national in Pula on a European arrest warrant issued by German prosecutors investigating the 2022 Nord Stream explosions.