Voice of America's Croatian Service signs off for the last time Wednesday, after 19 years of broadcast history that began during the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and ends with Croatia's emergence as a democratic member of the European community. VOA Director David Ensor called the service "a model of journalistic integrity that provided the people of Croatia with fair and impartial news during the dark days of civil war in the Balkans." Ensor commended the service, which he said, "served as a vital source of independent reporting and insight into American policy." Voice of America established its Croatian Language Service on February 20, 1992, a time when the most brutal war since World War II was raging in the Balkans.
