Germanyโs old-school conservatism is well and truly over
Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votesFar-right parties could become the largest force on the right in Europe within a decade, experts have said, as mainstream conservative p…
Slovakiaโs right-wing government is spearheading a push to strengthen EU rules on unfair trading practices, saying the current reforms donโt go far enough.
Serbia’s highest state officials, without providing evidence, claim in their statements that student blockades and protests are under the influence of Western intelligence services.
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Josip Dabro apologised for behaviour the government called “inappropriate and irresponsible.”
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The students blame President Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ for corruption and nepotism.
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Josip Dabro apologized for his actions which he called “the result of a moment of thoughtlessness.”
Canonisation has long been a way for the Catholic church to shape its image. The Vatican is preparing to anoint its first millennial saint, but how does it decide who is worthy? By Linda Kinstler Continue reading…
Herbert Kickl’s rise ends a firewall that has kept populist politicians out of power in EU countries for decades.
Zoran Milanoviฤ took more than 74% of the vote and Dragan Primorac, backed by the centre-right HDZ party that governs Croatia, almost 26%.
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Croatia’s President Zoran Milanoviฤ re-elected by a landslide in Sunday run-off
Right now, Russia knows all it needs to do to prevent a country from joining is to invade and partially occupy it โ and that needs to change.
Croatia’s opposition-backed president, a critic of the European Union and NATO, has overwhelmingly won another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative HDZ party in a runoff vote, near-complete official results showed.
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic was on track for a landslide victory in the country’s presidential runoff on Sunday that will secure him a second term in the largely ceremonial post, exit polls showed.ย
Pro-Moscow candidate leads rival by almost 4:1 margin according to exit poll.
Croatiaโs populist incumbent Zoran Milanovic is expected to triumph in a presidential runoff Sunday to score a second term and obtain the necessary mandate to tackle the country’s high inflation and endemic corruption.
Polls open across Croatia as Milanovic and Primorac face off in presidential run-off
Croatia’s ‘Trump-like’ president is favourite to win run-off election
Known for his populist rhetoric, Zoran Milanoviฤ is seen by some as a credible counterweight to the ruling centre-right HDZ party.
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Often compared to Donald Trump, Zoran Milanoviฤ secured a substantial victory in the first round of the country’s presidential election. That should worry the EU.
During his fis first term Milanoviฤ has clashed with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ over foreign and public policy and has fiercely criticised the EU and NATO over their support for Ukraine.
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With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Milanoviฤ won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%.
Incumbent Zoran Milanoviฤ, a combative critic of NATO and the EU, finished well ahead of the ruling party candidate but just short of a majority.
Croatia’s President Zoran Milanovic will face conservative rival Dragan Primorac in an election run-off in two weeks’ time after the incumbent narrowly missed out an outright victory on Sunday, official results showed.
President Zoran Milanovic, in the first round, won 51.48% of the vote, while Dragan Primorac, the candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, came second with 19.29%. The election comes as the European Union and NATO member country of 3.8 million p…
Croatia’s incumbent president set for victory in first round presidential election
Croatiaโs left-leaning president, an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, is running for reelection in the Adriatic Sea state, but is unlikely to get an outright majority in the first round of voting on S…
Croatia goes to the polls Sunday to vote on the largely symbolic post of president, with outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic leading opinion polls. The election is likely to go to a run-off in two weeks.ย
The U.K. is the latest country to move toward legalizing the controversial yet evermore popular practice.
Zoran Milanoviฤ, a critic of the EU and NATO, is expected to come in first in Sundayโs presidential election.
โI do recognise the patterns: spread lies to put doubt in peopleโs minds and primarily attack female politicians,” Geese told Euractiv
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EU plans to hike airlines’ green taxes are “complete bullshit,” says lobby chief Willie Walsh.
Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basisA Ugandan athlete who arrives in London this weekend after running 7,730 miles (12,440km) from South Africa to raise awarene…
Britain and the EU would likely follow Washington in introducing sanctions against NIS, Serbian president says in TV interview.
The internal land borders will be lifted as of January.
Political uncertainty stalking the eurozone, however, is best navigated with a meeting by meeting approach.
Croatia’s PM fires health minister arrested in corruption probe
EU prosecutor’s office in Zagreb starts probe into eight people.
The announcement came shortly after the Jutarnji List daily paper reported that Beros had been taken into custody by officials from the country’s anti-corruption and organised crime bureau.
The 62-year-old suspect is suspected of killing five Croatian police and army captives held by Serb paramilitary forces in October 1991.
EU-funded projects abroad are being built by Chinese companies.
After more than half a century, the U.K. is passing sovereignty of the disputed territory back to Mauritius. Why now?
The leaders of the European Union and NATO member nation have been quarrelling for weeks over sending officers to the alliance’s mission in Germany to train Ukraine soldiers.
Brad Pitt and George Clooneyโs new film Wolfs shows that while geopolitical realities have changed, western prejudice hasnโtI recently watched the new bro-flick Wolfs . In my defence: I was sick and therefore lacking in imagination. I didnโt fall for t…
Prized Derzhprom building in Kharkiv damaged in attacks injuring 19; North Korean foreign minister heads to Russia as Nato chief says Kim Jong-unโs troops are in Kursk. What we know on day 979See all our Ukraine war coverageA Russian guided bomb attack…
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Lawmakers said there were valid doubts about whether voters could make an informed, autonomous and responsible decision on such an issue.
In Lewis Packwoodโs book Curious Video Game Machines, Voja Antoniฤ explains how he built a console and published instructions for anyone to make their ownVery few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve of…
Syria is the elephant in the room as EU leaders talk migration.
Leaders from nine Mediterranean nations, joined by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, will meet in Cyprus on Friday to discuss Middle East conflicts and migrant flows. France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, and Croatia will focus on …
Still, the 23 nominees were cleared by the institution’s legal committee for hearings in early November.
Firefighters are stoic about the risks they face but say climate change has affected every part of the jobA short drive and a world away from the tourist-thronged old town of Split, past retirees clambering out of cruise ships and stag parties stumblin…
Exclusive: photos of burnt belongings โ including documents needed to apply for asylum โ are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU bordersCroatiaโs border police force appear to be burning clothing, mobile phones and passports seized from asyl…
The Ukrainian leader has stepped up efforts to rally international backing amid doubts about future US support after the November presidential election in the United States.
At least 14 people died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and others were missing as torrential rain and landslides destroyed homes, roads and bridges across the centre of the country, officials said. Bosnia’s presidency said it had request…
At a media appearance with new Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted western delays in supplying weapons. What we know on day 954See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageNatoโs chief Mark Rutte has told Ukrainian president Volod…
The Freedom partyโs first ever victory is the latest in a string of far-right triumphs in Europe. Business as usual is not a credible mainstream responseThe sequence has become dismally familiar. Piling up votes in provincial and rural areas at the exp…
A win for the former president would surely further galvanize the bloc’s populist parties and encourage their normalization โ much as it did in the US.
Revealed: a small but growing number of Chinese people are travelling to the Balkans with the hope of getting into the EU In a sleepy Bosnian town, barely five miles from the border with the European Union, a crumbling old water tower is falling into r…
Belgrade mayor wants Titoโs remains moved back to his native Croatia, triggering a debate hotter than a Balkan summer.
A new Commission minus Thierry Breton is a much less fun Commission.
Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.
Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.
The days when Viktor Orbรกn could block negotiations on a whim should be over โ and the western Balkans should finally benefit Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine has revived EU expansion as an imperative. For years, โenlargementโ has been a low priority โ Cro…
Croatia’s victory over Poland saw the two sides go level on points in Group A1 of the UEFA Nations League.
An area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico is moving landward, and is expected to bring intense rainfallFrancine could soon be the next to be ticked off the list of Atlantic hurricane storm names this week. On Friday, a broad area of low pressure em…
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
Serbia gets pulled โ and pulls itself โ sharply between East and West. Where it ends up will help decide which Great Power emerges triumphant.
To see the kids kicking balls around at the international tournament in Croatia is more than just a joy; itโs a miracleEven though I didnโt know Graham Norton, I ended up playing simultaneous chess alongside Nemanja Vidiฤ. I should explain. A couple of…
Martin Vladimirov is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy. Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the countryโs energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, the state-owned gas monopoly BOTAล would now be able export around [โฆ]
Water scarcity, overcrowded streets and rising housing costs are infuriating locals.
Singer says she was questioned on the Srebrenica genocide and on her support for protestors opposing EU-backed lithium mining.
Beijing claims Europe is creaming off fat profits from oversubsidized cheese.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ called the anniversary a celebration of freedom.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ called the anniversary a celebration of freedom.
Slovakia and Hungary on Friday (2 August) rebuffed a European Commission suggestion that they could replace lost Russian oil supplies via an alternative route through Croatia, saying the country is unreliable for oil transit.
Commissioner for democracy and demography poised to clinch second term.
Croatia, Greece and Hungary specifically โdid not effectively investigate incidents of ill treatment and loss of life during border management,” an EU probe found.
Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of lifeAuthorities in EU member states are not doing enough to investigate credible reports of violations of human rights, including deaths, on their border…
After failing to reduce their reliance on Moscow for energy, Hungary and Slovakia now want help from Brussels.
The European Commission has initiated infringement procedures for Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden, asking them to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), according to a Friday (26 July) press release.
The trio were declared personae non gratae โdue to systematic actions to disrupt good neighborly relations.”
What we know so far about Ursula von der Leyenโs next top team.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ on Monday (22 July) criticised the mayor of tourist resort Dubrovnik for publicly using a slogan of the country’s World War II pro-Nazi regime.
The Croatian president called for gun ownership laws to be tightened after a gunman killed six people in a care home.
Five residents, including gunmanโs mother, and one employee killed in shooting in town of Daruvar, say policeA gunman has opened fire in a nursing home in Croatia, killing at least six people, including his mother, officials have said.Five residents an…
Another seven have been wounded in the shooting, of which five came in with severe injuries, according to authorities.
Firefighting crews from neighbouring Serbia, as well as Croatia and Slovenia, have joined to put out the blazes in an EU-coordinated effort after requests by North Macedonia.
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
Tourists and residents swelter in heat as temperatures rise to 44C in Spain, with forest fires in Greece and CroatiaA fierce heatwave is continuing to roll across southern and central Europe, bringing temperatures of up to 44C (111.2F) to parts of Spai…
EU leaders will fight back against โtoo powerfulโ von der Leyen as she assembles her team.
Political commitment to screening is crucial.
The latest red alert comes as a sizzling heat wave sends temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in some places.
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The tiny Western Balkan nation wants to join the EU by 2028 โ but tensions with Croatia could scupper that.
Excavators dug through piles of waste at a garbage dump surrounded by sunflower fields in Croatia on Thursday (27 June), searching for bodies of victims killed in war more than three decades ago, after remains of 10 people were found earlier this month.
‘Kill the Serb!’ ‘F**k Macedonia!’ Violent chants and regional rivalries tarnish Europe’s summer football tournament.
Viktor Portelโs film follows Czech investigator Vladimรญr Dzuro as he returns to sites of torture and death, and meets survivors as well as supporters of perpetratorsRevisiting the blood-soaked conflicts that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, …
A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday (21 June), disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave.
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro suffer simultaneous power cuts as the region swelters in a heatwave.