Five minutes with James Ker-Lindsay: “I have never seen the EU so utterly...
How has the refugee crisis affected countries in South Eastern Europe? In a discussion on the situation in Serbia, Croatia and Hungary, James Ker-Lindsay argues that with no country – Germany included...
View ArticleCroatian elections: a final look at the parties and the campaign
Croatia will hold a parliamentary election on 8 November. Ahead of the vote, Tena Prelec and Stuart Brown take a final look at the election campaign, providing an overview of the country’s party...
View ArticleCroatian parliamentary elections 2015: Expert reactions
Croatia held parliamentary elections on 8 November, with the two mainstream coalitions, headed by the centre-left SDP and centre-right HDZ, ending in a virtual dead heat. The HDZ’s Patriotic coalition...
View ArticleWill the ICTY’s acquittal of Vojislav Šešelj heighten tensions in the Balkans?
After the Karadžić verdict, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) delivered another highly anticipated judgment on Thursday, 31 March: after a thirteen year trial,...
View ArticleCroatia’s blocking of Serbia’s EU integration: Another case of bilateral...
Croatia, which joined the EU in July 2013, is currently blocking Serbia’s EU accession process by raising complaints over progress made in the two negotiation chapters linked to the rule of law. Marko...
View ArticleCroatia’s fallen Orešković government was a messy but healthy experiment in...
The Croatian government collapsed earlier this month, with new elections expected by September. As Višeslav Raos writes, the hung parliament that emerged from the last elections in November 2015...
View ArticleCroatian parliamentary elections 2016: voters reject the centre-left’s tilt...
Croatia held a parliamentary election on 11 September, its second election in the space of a year following the country’s previous election in November 2015. Tena Prelec and Stuart Brown write that the...
View ArticleMergers and splits: How party systems have changed in Central and Eastern...
The party systems of Central and Eastern Europe are generally viewed as being less stable than those in Western Europe, with a greater level of volatility in terms of the parties that compete in...
View ArticleCroatia’s local elections: Key takeaways and the duels to watch in the second...
Croatia held a first round of voting in local elections on 21 May, with the second round scheduled for 4 June. Tena Prelec assesses the results of the first round and previews some of the key mayoral...
View ArticleWhat to expect from the Croatian presidential election
Croatia will hold a presidential election on 22 December, with a second round of voting set for 5 January if no candidate wins a majority. Tena Prelec previews the contest and assesses what the result...
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