Croatia heads to the polls Sunday under the shadow of the coronavirus, with an uptick in cases raising pressure on ruling conservatives as they face centre-left rivals and a new nationalist party who ...

From allegations of war crime denial to the use of Nazi-era chants, members of Croatia’s Homeland Movement have been at the center of numerous far-right controversies in the country. Now they are ...

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Croatian voters will head to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election which will shape the country for the next five years. A total of 11 candidates, four of which are independent, will compete ...

A few days ago, Miroslav Skoro resigned from the position of president of the Homeland Movement party (Domovinski pokret) in Croatia, thus leaving this party, which was announced as a refreshment on ...

The residents of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, voted for change in May, turning away from a regime that had held power since 2000, whose mayor had been deeply entangled in corruption and clientelism.

Tomislav Tomasevic, new Mayor of Croatian capital Zagreb with his deputies, Danijela Dolenec and Luka Korlaeta, June 1, 2021. On 30 May, in a landslide victory, Tomislav Tomašević, the candidate of a ...

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Milan Bandic ruled Zagreb as a personal fiefdom for 20 years until his death in March. Now, two candidates are competing against both each other and his legacy. Hugging Sava River’s southern shore, ...

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ZAGREB, Croatia — The candidate of a leftist-green group has taken a strong lead in voting for the mayor of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, dealing a blow to the ruling conservatives, preliminary official ...

Milan Bandic was campaigning for a seventh term as Zagreb mayor when he died. Who will replace him and what awaits them? The death of veteran Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic has turned on its head a May ...