Jill LangloisJune 23, 2012 11:53

The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but local media said the bus hit a road barrier, turned over and smashed into a concrete fence on the opposite side of the road.

Michael GoldfarbJanuary 23, 2012 04:51

Croatia votes yes to EU membership

Nation at the heart of Balkan wars will become 28th member of EU this year

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Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic raises his glass of champagne after hearing the first preliminary results of the EU referendum last night (HRVOJE POLAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Croatia is a nation born in blood. 20 years ago, as former Yugoslavia broke up it was the site of the first modern Balkan war. Later it was a key player in the second Balkan war, the one in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Croatia had for years made no secret of wanting to join the EU but the union's recent troubles, particularly in the euro zone core, was expected to make yesterday's referendum a close-run thing.

It wasn't.

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