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Croatia's ex-PM, HDZ party go on trial for graft [Apr 16, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's former prime minister Ivo Sanader went on trial on Monday on charges that he and senior officials abused state funds and rigged public tenders in a case that could bankrupt the biggest party, the HDZ. "The whole indictment is fabricated and we shall prove it," Sanader told the court. The trial is the first against a political party since independence in 1991 and part ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia and the European Union: A Chance To Reconsider EU Membership [Dec 07, 2011] Kukuriku's place in the Croatian lexicon took on a fresh meaning when a new parliamentary coalition adopted the moniker before ousting the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on Dec. 4. [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 >>

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 >>

Croats vote in election likely to unseat conservative government [Dec 04, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatians are voting in an election that is expected to unseat the conservative government ahead of the country?s entry into the European Union. The vote Sunday for Croatia?s 151-seat parliament pits the governing center-right Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, against a coalition of center-left parties that has led recent opinion polls. Read full article >> [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 >>

Factbox: Main parties, issues in Croatia election [Dec 01, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday dominated by economic woes and government corruption. Here are details about the political parties vying for power and the main economic issues facing the country as it moves towards membership of the European Union in July 2013: MAIN PARTIES * CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (HDZ) After Ivo Sanader took over the centre-right HDZ in ... [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 >>