The winner of Croatia’s presidential election, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic garnered 50.74% of the vote, that is 1,114,945 ballots, while the incumbent president Ivo Josipovic won 49.26% (1,082,436 ballots), the State Electoral Commission (DIP) reported on Monday after a repeated vote at a polling station in Karlovac on Sunday. Thus, the new Croatian head of state…
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Parliament Speaker announces new session of Sabor
This year’s first regular session of parliament will start on January 21 and is scheduled to run for ten weeks, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko announced after a meeting of the parliament’s presidency on Tuesday. Leko explained that now that the Christmas break was over the parliament would continue with its usual schedule of two sessions…
Road union rep not surprised by constitutional court’s decision
President of the Independent Roads Union Mijat Stanic, who was the main person behind an initiative to call a referendum against the government’s plan to lease Croatian motorways, said on Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised that the Constitutional Court had rejected a request to temporarily ban any further procedures until the referendum was finalised. “The…
Constitutional court rejects request for temporary ban on motorway lease
The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected a request by a civil society group that objects to leasing Croatia’s motorways to ban the government and transport ministry from taking any further steps in this regard until the results of a referendum are made known, stating that there are no grounds for the Constitutional Court to act…
Invalid ballots indicate reluctance of voters to back either option offered
Sunday’s presidential runoff in Croatia was marked by a high turnout as well as by a very high number of invalid ballots which analysts interpret as a statement by part of the electorate that they do not support either of the two political options offered. More than 60,000 invalid ballots were cast in the runoff…
Croatia’s first woman president wins 50.74 pct of votes
The winner of Croatia’s presidential election on Sunday, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, has won 50.74% of the vote, while outgoing President Ivo Josipovic has won 49.26%, according to the results from 99.98% of polling stations, the State Election Commission said on Monday. Grabar-Kitarovic won 1,114,865 and Josipovic 1,082,430 votes. The turnout was 59.06% and 32,435 ballots were…