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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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. [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 >>

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. [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 >>