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2ND LEAD: Opposition wins election in Croatia [Dec 04, 2011] Zagreb/Belgrade (dpa) - The opposition coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won Croatia?s parliamentary election Sunday, inflicting only the second loss in two decades to the scandal-ridden ruling conservatives.Citing exit polls, state television HRT said the Kukuriku (Cock-a-doodle) coalition won 44.5 per cent of the ballots cast, twice as many as Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor?s ... [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 >>

Croatia to Ink EU Accession Treaty on December 9 [Nov 11, 2011] Croatia will sign its accession treaty to the European Union on December 9 in Brussels, the Balkan country's PM Jadranka Kosor has announced. "It is great news for Croatia, great news for the Croatian government and great news for me as the prime minister," Kosor commented after a cabinet meeting in Zagreb on Thursday, as cited by DPA. The Prime Minsiter pointed out that it was during her term ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's ruling party faces corruption probe [Oct 28, 2011] ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia's anti-corruption bureau has opened an investigation into the ruling conservative HDZ party over illegal financing, HDZ leader and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's ruling party probed over illegal finance [Oct 27, 2011] Croatia's anti-corruption bureau has opened an investigation into the ruling HDZ, a major blow to the party barely a month before elections, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor announced Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's ruling party faces corruption probe [Oct 27, 2011] ZAGREB : Croatia's anti-corruption bureau has opened an investigation into the ruling conservative HDZ party over illegal financing, HDZ leader and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's ruling party faces corruption probe [Oct 27, 2011] ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia's anti-corruption bureau has opened an investigation into the ruling conservative HDZ party over illegal financing, HDZ leader and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

"Serbia violated sovereignty of Croatia" [Oct 07, 2011] ZAGREB -- The Croatian government in Zagreb on did not back down from the draft law on the annulment of indictments issued in Serbia. Jadranka Kosor's cabinet even proposed a declaration alongside this regulation claiming that Serbia had violated the sovereignty of Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia will ?continue to celebrate Operation Storm? [Sep 23, 2011] ?IBENIK -- Croat PM Jadranka Kosor says she will not allow anyone to say that Croatia should not celebrate the day the Croat military Operation Storm was launched. [via YahooNews] More >>

Eastday-Croatia receives EU Accession Treaty text [Sep 18, 2011] Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor (R) shows the EU accession treaty as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (L) applauds in Zagreb, Croatia, September 17, 2011. The Polish Prime Minister, whose country took over the six-month rotating EU presidency earlier in July, handed over the final text of Croatia's accession treaty to the European Union to Croatian side on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia gets draft EU accession treaty [Sep 17, 2011] ZAGREB -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented Saturday the draft agreement on Croatia's EU accession to Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia says late June 'realistic' to end EU talks [May 13, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Friday that her government's goal to conclude EU accession talks by the end of June was realistic, arguing that Zagreb met criteria in key judicial reform. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Seeks to Boost Business Ties with Croatia [Apr 27, 2011] Croatia's EU prospects and ways to boost economic and trade ties with Bulgaria will top the agenda of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his one-day official visit to Zagreb on Wednesday. The Bulgarian delegation includes Minister of Economy and Energy Traicho Traikov and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov. The visit comes at the invitation of Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor who herself ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Progress made in Croatia's EU integration [Apr 20, 2011] Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor speaks during a press conference in Zagreb, Croatia, April 19, 2011.Jadranka Kosor announces that Croatia completed two more negotiations on its joining the EU on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to investigate INA trading before privatization caps [Apr 04, 2011] Croatia will await the results of an investigation into trading in INA Industrija Nafte d.d. stock before enforcing laws to limit private ownership in the oil and gas company, Bloomberg reported, citing Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia: Fresh anti-government protests [Mar 13, 2011] ZAGREB -- Several thousands of citizens protested against the government in Zagreb yesterday, demanding PM Jadranka Kosor?s resignation and early parliamentary elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's prime minister rejects opposition pressure over early elections [Mar 12, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor says she rejects opposition pressure for an early vote and will call elections only after her government completes accession negotiations with the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's prime minister rejects opposition pressure over early elections [Mar 11, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor says she rejects opposition pressure for an early vote and will call elections only after her government completes accession negotiations with the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's pm rejects opposition pressure for early election; wants to complete EU talks [Mar 11, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday rejected opposition pressure for an early election, saying she will only call a vote after her government completes accession negotiations with the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Zagreb [Feb 25, 2011] ZAGREB: Croatian police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse about 1,000 protesters who tried to approach the government building demanding resignation of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's cabinet. [via YahooNews] More >>