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Croatia opposition set to win vote on economy ticket [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in an election likely to hand power to the centre-left opposition on a mandate to overhaul the country's flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. Voters will almost certainly punish the ruling conservative HDZ -- Croatia's dominant party since independence in 1991 -- for a string of corruption scandals and rising unemployment. Polls ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia opposition on track for election victory [Dec 05, 2011] LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Croatia's center-left opposition looks set for victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, as the latest poll results show the Kukuriku coalition is expected to win 78 out of 151 seats in parliament, the BBC reported on its website Monday. With 70% of the votes counted, the ruling HDZ party looks likely to win only 48 seats. Corruption scandals and economic problems hurt ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia opposition set to win vote on economy ticket [Dec 04, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in an election likely to hand power to the centre-left opposition on a mandate to overhaul the country's flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. Voters will almost certainly punish the ruling conservative HDZ -- Croatia's dominant party since independence in 1991 -- for a string of corruption scandals and rising unemployment. Polls ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Conservatives face losing power in Croatian vote [Dec 02, 2011] DARKO BANDIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia Croatia's ruling conservatives, who have brought the country to the threshold of the European Union but are enmeshed in corruption scandals, are on course to lose power in Sunday's election. The parliamentary vote will pit the governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, against a coalition of center-left parties who have convincingly led in all ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polls predict Croatia?s ruling conservatives face ouster in national election Sunday [Dec 01, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia?s ruling conservatives, who have brought the country to the threshold of the European Union but are enmeshed in corruption scandals, are on course to lose power in Sunday?s election. The parliamentary vote will pit the governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, against a coalition of center-left parties who have convincingly led in all recent opinion polls. Read full ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia centre-left to take power as economy sinks [Dec 01, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - A centre-left opposition bloc is on course to take power in Croatia on Sunday but faces a tougher fight to revive the ex-Yugoslav republic's flagging economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. Voters look set to punish Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's conservative HDZ for corruption scandals and rising unemployment. The opposition bloc, led by the Social Democrats (SDP ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsConservatives face losing power in Croatian vote [Dec 01, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Croatia's ruling conservatives, who have brought the country to the threshold of the European Union but are enmeshed in corruption scandals, are on course to lose power in Sunday's election. [via YahooNews] More >>

Conservatives face losing power in Croatian vote [Dec 01, 2011] Croatia's ruling conservatives, who have brought the country to the threshold of the European Union but are enmeshed in corruption scandals, are on course to lose power in Sunday's election. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polls predict Croatia?s ruling conservatives face ouster in national election Sunday [Dec 01, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia?s ruling conservatives, who have brought the country to the threshold of the European Union but are enmeshed in corruption scandals, are on course to lose power in Sunday?s election. The parliamentary vote will pit the governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, against a coalition of center-left parties who have convincingly led in all recent opinion polls. Read full ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia president calls general election for December [Oct 31, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia will hold a general election on December 4, President Ivo Josipovic's cabinet said on Monday, and centre-left opposition seems poised to beat the ruling conservative HDZ party, weighed down by corruption scandals and a declining economy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsCroatian elections set for Dec. 4 [Oct 31, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Croatia will elect a new parliament in December, and polls indicate the opposition is favored to win because of ongoing corruption scandals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatian elections set for Dec. 4 [Oct 31, 2011] Croatia will elect a new parliament in December, and the opposition is favored to win because of ongoing corruption scandals involving the governing party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatian president calls parliamentary elections for Dec. 4 [Oct 31, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia will elect a new parliament in December, and polls indicate the opposition is favored to win because of ongoing corruption scandals. Croatia?s 151-seat parliament last week voted to dissolve itself, and on Monday Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said the national election will be held on Dec. 4. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>