Jadranka Kosor Архиве

The next parliamentary elections in Croatia will be held in late 2011, the country's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has announced.

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has announced plans for a government reshuffle before the end of the year, the daily Jutarnji List reports.

Croatia's Prime Minister Ivo Sanader suddenly resigning last year paved the way for Jadranka Kosor to become the first female PM but also to become leader of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union at a time of economic crisis, corruption scandals and ongoing talks for EU membership.

High-ranking Italian politician Gianfranco Fini, the speaker of Italy's lower house of parliament, paid an official visit to Zagreb and Pula yesterday, where he voiced his support for Croatia's efforts to join the European Union

Croatia has given up hope of completing European Union accession negotiations by the end of the year, the Croatian Times has reported.

The country’s first woman prime minister is no hard-line feminist – but her experience in the top job in politics has prompted her to speak out about the problems women face.

Throwing off their country’s reputation for passivity, a restless new generation of protesters has decided that direct action tactics yield best results.

For the first time in five months the number of registered unemployed in Croatia has dropped below 300,000.

Slovenian voters have narrowly backed an agreement with Croatia to settle a long-standing border dispute between the two countries through international arbitration.

On Sunday, Slovenia’s citizens will cast their votes in a referendum on a question of apparently modest global significance: Are you in favour of a law ratifying an arbitration agreement between Slovenia and Croatia over a minor territorial dispute?