ZAGREB, May 3, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that Croatia was a responsible state which wished to open new pages of cooperation with all neighbouring countries, and rejected the "negative" and "scandalous" rhetoric coming from Serbia.

ZAGREB, May 2, 2018 - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić agreed with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday that Croatia and Serbia were not the same, stressing that the difference was that during WWII Serbia did not side with Hitler and took part in the Holocaust.

ZAGREB, May 1, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Okučani on Tuesday, at a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of Operation Flash, that Croatia and Serbia "at this moment are two worlds," declining to say whether he and President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović would discuss new diplomatic measures against Serbia as a response to Serbia's decision to declare Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krstičević persona non grata.

Harsh words from Serbia’s foreign minister.

ZAGREB, April 28, 2018 - The Croatian Journalists Association (HND) on Saturday condemned the decision by Serbian European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimović to refuse to give a statement to Croatian journalists during a meeting of senior Southeast European politicians in Slovenia on April 25.

ZAGREB, April 28, 2018 - President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said on Friday Croatia was still extending its hand for dialogue with Serbia, but added that dialogue required two parties.

ZAGREB, April 27, 2018 - The Serbian government's decision to declare Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krstičević persona non grata is not helping good neighbourly relations, as Krstičević has in no way acted against Serbia, while Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin brought Croatia's sovereignty into question, Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić said in Brussels on Friday.

ZAGREB, April 27, 2018 - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that Serbia doesn't want its relations with Croatia to continue as they are now but that Belgrade is prepared to respond with reciprocal measures to any further steps by Zagreb in order to protect the country's dignity.

Part of the government demands a tougher response to Serbia for banning Croatian Defence Minister Krstičević, while the president reportedly wants to calm tensions.

ZAGREB, April 26, 2018 - The Serbian government has decided to declare Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krstičević persona non grata, authorities in Belgrade reported on Thursday.