Croatia news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Croatia news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Croatia media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Croatia's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 6 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 1 we place on the left, 4 near the centre and 1 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (Jutarnji list, Večernji list and Novi list), 2 news portals (Index.hr and tportal) and 1 tabloid (24sata). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Croatia, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Croatia sits in Southern Europe, on Crosswire's Europe hub. By outlets tracked it is 6th of the 16 countries in Southern Europe and 12th of the 45 across Europe, where the average is 5.9 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Southern Europe with hubs of their own are Spain (13), Italy (10), Portugal (7), Greece (6), Slovenia (6), Serbia (6), Malta (5), Cyprus (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), Montenegro (5), Albania (5), North Macedonia (4), Kosovo (3), Andorra (3) and San Marino (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Croatia's main news outlets?
Across Croatia's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Novi list; near the center, Index.hr, Jutarnji list, tportal and 24sata; on the right, Večernji list. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Index.hr is one of Croatia's most popular online news portals, publishing in Croatian. It is known for its broad coverage of domestic politics, the economy, sport, and entertainment, and for a sometimes assertive, tabloid-influenced style of reporting aimed at a wide online audience.
Jutarnji list is a major Croatian daily newspaper and news website published in Croatian. One of the country's leading broadsheets, it covers national and international news, politics, the economy, and culture, and is part of one of Croatia's largest media groups.
Večernji list is one of Croatia's oldest and best-known daily newspapers, with a substantial online presence, published in Croatian. It provides general news coverage of politics, the economy, and society, and is generally regarded as leaning toward the conservative side of Croatian politics.
Novi list is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka since 1900, one of the country's oldest. It is known for a liberal, centre-left editorial stance and regional focus on Istria and Kvarner.
tportal is a Croatian news and lifestyle portal owned by telecom operator A1 Hrvatska. It aggregates national news, culture and technology coverage and is broadly centrist.
24sata is Croatia's best-selling daily, a tabloid launched in 2005 and owned by Styria Media Group. It emphasizes news, crime and entertainment with a populist style.
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