VUKOVAR, Croatia – Can Vukovar also be Bykobap? Whether the name of the war-scarred town on the Danube is written in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is a sensitive question.

Vukovar was devastated by Serbian rebels during Croatia's war for independence in the 1990s. The city has been rebuilt but ethnic tensions remain.

Vukovar was a modestly prosperous, sleepy, provincial town in eastern Croatia, near the border with Serbia, noted for its picturesque baroque architecture. That was before the war for Croatia's ...

Vukovar was reduced to rubble during the war for independence with Serb-dominated Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The town has now been rebuilt, but ethnic tensions remain.

According to the Vukovar Hospital, at least 1,624 people were killed, about 7,000 were taken to concentration camps, and around 22,000 non-Serbs, mostly Croats, were deported from the city.

Srecko Matic 08/07/2018 Even 23 years after the Battle of Vukovar, a divide remains between Croats and Serbs in the city. In school, children are separated according to their ethnicity.

Martin Bell returns to Vukovar in Croatia, to mark the 20th anniversary of the siege which marked the start of the Yugoslav wars and gave the world the phrase 'ethnic cleansing'. Show more ...

According to the Vukovar Hospital, at least 1,624 people were killed, about 7,000 were taken to concentration camps, and around 22,000 non-Serbs, mostly Croats, were deported from the city.