In order to solve the problem, Austria-Hungary began digging a canal in 1892 to straighten the flow of the river.

During the Croatian War of Independence, Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian militia occupied the island.

[citation needed] In 2002 the Serbian army opened fire from the island on the prefect of the Vukovar-Syrmia County, Nikola Šafer, and his escort which included four children in time when he was going for a meeting with his colleague from Serbia.

Land registration books are managed by Croatian authorities, but the Serbian side does not recognise these ownerships.

[3] In his statement for daily newspaper Novi list in February 2012 Croatian President Ivo Josipović said that two countries need flexible solution for border disputes on Danube river that would be combination of solutions proposed by two countries.