Zagreb

A Croatian activist on Friday completed a 24-hour stay in a chicken cage in a central square in Zagreb to urge people not to eat eggs on Easter Sunday. But one man attempted to scramble the stunt. He showed up with a bag full of eggs and bombarded the caged man and other activists before police stopped him.

A Christmas gift inspired by England goalkeeper Paul Robinson’s horror own goal against Croatia has helped to boost diplomatic ties between London and Zagreb, it was reported on Thursday. The British embassy in Zagreb has printed photographs of the infamous incident on the back of an official invitation for its Christmas party.

Arsenal all but guaranteed themselves a place in the group stages of the Champions League in Zagreb on Tuesday after cruising to a 3-0 victory away to Dinamo Zagreb. A two-goal burst from Cesc Fabregas either side of a strike from Robin van Persie was just reward for the English Premiership side.

Heads of state from central and south-east Europe insisted on Friday that European Union enlargement continue and include Turkey as well as the Balkan states that emerged from the bloody wars of the 1990s. Fifteen leaders are attending a summit in Zagreb to discuss European integration and expansion

A 71-year-old woman in Croatia attacked and seriously injured another elderly woman over an alleged affair with a 78-year-old man, the daily Vecernji List said on Friday. The jealous granny in the northern town of Cakovec reportedly used a wooden stick to attack her 75-year-old neighbour.

An explosive device detonated on Monday in the mail room at the British embassy in Zagreb, injuring one person slightly, the embassy said. An embassy spokesperson in the Croatian capital said the device, which Britain’s Sky News channel described as a letter bomb, exploded at 7.30am local time.

Visitors to Croatia’s Zagreb zoo can now experience what it feels like to be a caged animal, zoo management announced on Tuesday. People will be able to walk through two cages and feel what it’s like to be held in captivity, as well as learn why humans are "the most dangerous species on the planet".

Big Sheep is challenging Big Brother as a viewing favourite for Croatians. Artist Sinisa Labrovic’s sheep are living, eating and sleeping — and even have writers reading them their works — in a ruined factory building in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, as part of an arts festival.

European soothsayers have thrown their weight behind United Nations prosecutors in their stand-off with the Croatian government over fugitive war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina, saying he is hiding in or near Croatian territory, a report said on Wednesday. Five clairvoyants were consulted by the <i>Globus</i> weekly.

A dog in north-eastern Croatia was being hailed as a hero on Monday after it reportedly raised the alarm to rescue a man who had been buried under a snow drift during a blizzard. The dog barked until his owner followed him to the place where 54-year-old Stjepan Peserlin lay unconscious beneath a pile of snow.

A Croatian priest beat a member of his parish, threatened others with a rifle and crashed his car in a night of drunken rage, press reported on Tuesday. The Slunj region’s bishop, Mile Bogovic, explained that the priest’s violent behaviour was provoked by alcohol.

He put a mask on his face, pulled out a gun and demanded money. But when the bank clerk laughed in his face, the would-be robber was so humiliated he just ran away. The 31-year-old clerk, identified only as Martina S, ”laughed aloud” at the threat from the bandit because she knew she was protected by bulletproof glass.

They bathe together in a jacuzzi, tell intimate stories and compete for a one million kuna ( 650) prize. But the health minister has warned 12 contestants of Croatia’s Big Brother television show: stop smoking, or you’ll pay for it. The minister said on Tuesday that some of the players freely smoke during the show.

Only one day into school and Armando Smiricic Runka is already the teacher’s pet. Little wonder, as he is the only pupil in his class on Premuda — a mid-Adriatic island of just 52 mostly ageing residents. But that has not deterred the government from ensuring that a teacher from the mainland arrives daily.