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Croatia votes "Yes" to joining EU in 2013: early result [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, according to preliminary official results of a referendum with 25 percent of votes counted. Sixty-seven percent voted in favor of becoming the bloc's 28th member, the state electoral commission said, more than two decades after the small Adriatic country broke away from socialist Yugoslavia. (Reporting by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatians expected to vote to join EU [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a referendum on Sunday on whether to join the European Union in 2013, with its leaders making clear the small Adriatic country has no better option despite the economic turmoil in the bloc. Opinion polls suggest the vote will pass, with the last one, released Saturday, putting support at 61 percent. Supporters say a "No" vote would leave Croatia stuck with ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Opposition poised to win Croatia election [Dec 06, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in an election likely to shift power to the centre-left opposition on a mandate to overhaul the Adriatic country's flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Economic woes prompt power shift in Croatia [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Voters handed the centre-left opposition a strong mandate on Sunday to overhaul the flagging economy before the former Yugoslav republic joins the European Union in 2013, throwing out Croatia's ruling conservatives. The opposition bloc, known as Kukuriku ('cock-a-doodle-doo'), won 76 seats in the Adriatic country's 151-seat parliament, according to official results with 50 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Govt party seen losing in Croatia [Dec 05, 2011] Reuters/Zagreb Croatia voted yesterday in an election likely to shift power to the centre-left opposition on a mandate to overhaul the Adriatic country?s flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Economic woes prompt power shift in Croatia [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Voters handed the centre-left opposition a strong mandate on Sunday to overhaul the flagging economy before the former Yugoslav republic joins the European Union in 2013, throwing out Croatia's ruling conservatives. The opposition bloc, known as Kukuriku ('cock-a-doodle-doo'), won 76 seats in the Adriatic country's 151-seat parliament, according to official results with 50 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Germans, Austrians boost Croatian tourism: official data [Jul 14, 2011] The tourism industry in Croatia, the key sector of the Adriatic country's recession-hit economy, grew in the first six months of the year, official figures showed on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>