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Croatia votes to join EU in 2013, despite crisis [Jan 27, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday to join the European Union next year, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc and fears that membership will compromise its hard-won sovereignty. Provided all 27 member states ratify its accession, the Adriatic state will enter the EU on July 1, 2013, more than two decades after breaking away from socialist Yugoslavia and fighting a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership amid concerns [Jan 24, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should pass, but opponents have appealed to many by playing up fears that membership would end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes to join EU in 2013 [Jan 24, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc, according to preliminary official results of a referendum. [via YahooNews] More >>

After EU "Yes", Croatia needs reforms, tight budget [Jan 24, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's new centre-left government must focus on reforms to save the country's credit rating and boost the economy before joining the European Union in July 2013, after two-thirds of voters backed EU membership on Sunday, analysts said. They said there was some relief at the 66 percent referendum "yes" vote, but it was already broadly priced in, and investors wanted to see a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

After EU "Yes", Croatia needs reforms, tight budget [Jan 23, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's new centre-left government must focus on reforms to save the country's credit rating and boost the economy before joining the European Union in July 2013, after two-thirds of voters backed EU membership on Sunday, analysts said. They said there was some relief at the 66 percent referendum "yes" vote, but it was already broadly priced in, and investors wanted to see a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes to join EU in 2013 [Jan 23, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc, according to preliminary official results of a referendum. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes "Yes" to joining EU in 2013: early result [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, according to preliminary official results of a referendum with 25 percent of votes counted. Sixty-seven percent voted in favor of becoming the bloc's 28th member, the state electoral commission said, more than two decades after the small Adriatic country broke away from socialist Yugoslavia. (Reporting by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite the turmoil in the 27-state bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes to join EU in 2013 [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc, according to preliminary official results of a referendum. With 38 percent of votes counted, 67 percent had ticked 'Yes' to becoming the bloc's 28th member, the state electoral commission said, more than two decades after ?Croatia broke away from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite the turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should bring a "Yes" vote, but opponents of membership have played on fears that it will end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership amid concerns [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should pass, but opponents have appealed to many by playing up fears that membership would end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatians expected to vote to join EU [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a referendum on Sunday on whether to join the European Union in 2013, with its leaders making clear the small Adriatic country has no better option despite the economic turmoil in the bloc. Opinion polls suggest the vote will pass, with the last one, released Saturday, putting support at 61 percent. Supporters say a "No" vote would leave Croatia stuck with ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hirscher beats local hero Kostelic in Zagreb [Jan 09, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Marcel Hirscher surged back to the top of the overall World Cup standings after securing his third win of the season in the Zagreb floodlit slalom on Thursday. The 22-year-old Austrian captured the third slalom victory of his career in a combined time of one minute 51.84 seconds to lead the overall table on 525 points. Hirscher, who won another slalom in Alta Badia last month ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>

Croatia centre-left wins majority: early results [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's center-left opposition bloc won a majority in a parliamentary election on Sunday, according to preliminary official results, with some 40 percent of votes counted, the state electoral commission said. The 'Kukuriku' bloc won 79 seats in the 151-seat parliament compared with 48 for the ruling conservative HDZ, clinching a strong mandate to revive the former Yugoslav ... [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 bloc ahead in election: exit poll [Dec 04, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's centre-left opposition bloc Kukuriku led in a parliamentary election on Sunday, according to an exit poll on 25,000 voters from Nova TV released after the voting ended. [via YahooNews] More >>