Novska


Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb.

Demographics

Novska has a total population of 13,518 in the following settlements:
In the 2011 census, 91.64% of the population were Croats and 4.74% were Serbs. In 1991 in the town lived 24,696 inhabitants, Croats 16,556, Serbs 5,402, Yugoslavs 675, others 2,063.

History

Before 1881, Novska was part of the Austrian monarchy, in the Slavonian Military Frontier, Gradiskaner Regiment N°VIII. Between 1881 and 1918, in the Požega County of the Kingdom.
According to the website of the , Željko Belina, Dejan Milić, Ivan Grgić, and Zdravko Plesec, former members of the Croatian Army, were charged with committing war crimes during the Yugoslav Wars against local Novska Serb civilians, i.e. torturing and killing Vera Mileusnić and her daughter Goranka, and a neighbour, Blaženka Slabak, in December 1991. Petar Mileusnić, Vera's husband and Goranka's father, was shot, but survived his injuries. Ultimately the charges were vacated and the defendants initially exonerated by the Croatian judiciary under that country's Amnesty law.
However, the Zagreb County Court's War Crimes Council found Belina and Milić guilty on 8 March 2013. Belina was sentenced to 10 years, and Milić to 9 years in prison. Grgić, and Plesec were not re-charged and apparently exonerated.

Transport and industry

The Croatian railway lines M103, M104 and M105 are connected with each other at the Novska railway station. All of them and the A3 motorway, which runs passes by south of the town, are part of Pan-European Corridor X. Novska is known for its steel elbow factory, Metaflex.