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Croatia to recognise same-sex marriage [May 12, 2012] Croatia's prime minister says his country plans to recognise same-sex marriages. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia will recognize single-sex marriage, premier says [May 11, 2012] Belgrade (dpa) - Croatia plans to recognize single-sex marriages, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Friday, thereby increasing legal protection for homosexual couples."We are talking about registered partnerships, which is a somewhat higher standard than what we have now," Milanovic told reporters.Improving the legal position of homosexual couples was one of the promises made by his Social ... [via YahooNews] More >>

China's COSCO eyes main Croatian port [Apr 24, 2012] Chinese shipping giant COSCO is interested in investing in Croatia's main Adriatic port of Rijeka, a top company official said on Monday after meeting Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia bans planned far-right march [Apr 12, 2012] Zagreb (dpa) - Croatia has banned several local and European rightist parties from holding a march at the weekend in Zagreb, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said Thursday."We will not allow a rally of those calling for the toppling of the constitutional order," Milanovic said ahead of a cabinet meeting. He said some of the participants were calling for the expulsion of Serbs and Roma from Croatia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Behind The Landmark Political Corruption Case Rocking Croatia [Mar 26, 2012] The preliminary hearings for the biggest ever corruption trial in Croatia kicked off in Zagreb on March 19-21, with both the country's former ruling party and its one-time leader and prime minister due to face the music over charges that they siphoned off at least HRK70m (?9.3m) from state-owned companies to finance both lavish personal lifestyles as well as political campaigning costs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia PM says EU referendum 'millennium' decision [Dec 29, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatia has geared up the preparations for a January referendum on its EU membership, set for mid-2013, which Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic labeled on Thursday a "millennium decision" for the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's centre-left government sworn in, EU referendum set [Dec 25, 2011] ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia's new centre-left government led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic was sworn in Friday, facing the difficult tasks of leading the country out of an economic crisis and into the European Union. Shortly after the swearing in, the parliament voted to hold a referendum on Croatia's entry into the EU on January 22, a move enabling Zagreb to eventually join the bloc in mid-2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia economy in 'dangerous situation': PM designate [Dec 24, 2011] Croatia's prime minister-designate Zoran Milanovic warned Friday that his country faced a "dangerous situation" and vowed to fight the economic crisis as he presented his cabinet in parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's centre-left government sworn in, EU referendum set [Dec 23, 2011] Croatia's new centre-left government led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic was sworn in Friday, facing the difficult tasks of leading the country out of an economic crisis and into the European Union. Shortly after the swearing in, the parliament voted to hold a referendum on Croatia's entry into the EU on January 22, a move enabling Zagreb to eventually join the bloc in mid-2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's centre-left government sworn in, EU referendum set [Dec 23, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatia's new centre-left government led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic was sworn in Friday, facing the difficult tasks of leading the country out of an economic crisis and into the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia economy in 'dangerous situation': PM designate [Dec 23, 2011] Members of Croatia's new centre-left government led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic (front, C) pose for a family picture after being sworn in in Zagreb on Friday. Milanovic warned that his country faced ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>

Yugoslavia's last prime minister dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) ? Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the former country's bloody breakup in the 1990s, has died at the age of 87. [via YahooNews] More >>

Yugoslavia's last PM dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] Former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the country's bloody breakup in the 1990s, has died. He was 87. [via YahooNews] More >>

Yugoslavia's last PM dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] Former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the country's bloody breakup in the 1990s, has died. He was 87. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ante Markovic, former Yugoslavia?s last prime minister, dies aged 87 [Nov 28, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia?s state news agency says former Yugoslavia?s last Prime Minister Ante Markovic has died. He was 87. Markovic, a Croat, became Yugoslavia?s prime minister in March 1989, two years before the former communist country started unraveling along ethnic lines. Before he resigned in December 1991, Markovic tried to find a compromise between secessionists republics Slovenia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-PM pleads not guilty to more corruption charges [Nov 11, 2011] (11-10) 08:10 PST ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader pleaded not guilty Thursday to new corruption charges that accuse him of accepting a euro10 million ($13.63 million) bribe from a... [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 confirms new corruption indictment for ex-PM [Nov 09, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - A Croatian court confirmed an indictment against ex-Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Monday for allegedly taking a bribe in 2008 from Hungary's energy group MOL in return for giving it a dominant position in the Croatian oil firm INA. [via YahooNews] More >>