Incumbent President Zoran Milanovic led the race with 49.10 percent, narrowly missing a first-round victory. The Croatian State Election Commission (SEC) announced that the presidential election will head to a runoff on Jan. 12 as no candidate secured more than half of the votes in Sunday’s election. RELATED: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic Re-Elected, According To […]

‘Croatian soldiers will not fight in foreign wars,’ he vowed. On Sunday, Croatia will hold presidential elections, with the current head of state, Zoran Milanovic, favored to win. He is positioned as a counterbalance to the conservative HDZ party, which has dominated Croatian politics for 30 years. RELATED: Croatia Dismisses Allegations of Migrant Abuse on […]

Human rights defenders claimed that Croatian border police burned asylum seekers’ belongings. On Thursday, Croatia’s Interior Ministry dismissed allegations of migrant mistreatment on the Croatian-Bosnian border, stressing that the claims by the British newspaper the Guardian remain unverified. RELATED: Heavy Rains Cause Death and Damage in Central and Eastern Europe The ministry emphasized that investigations […]