Cock a doodle do?

the economist
Nov 6th 2011, 12:01 by T.J.

AN EXTRAORDINARY week or so in Croatia. Parliament has been dissolved and on October 31st President Ivo Josipovic called elections for December 4th. It was announced that ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) is being investigated for corruption. Ivo Sanader, the former head of the HDZ and prime minister went on trial and independent Croatia’s first interior minister was arrested on charges of murders allegedly committed in 1945. (He denies all wrongdoing)....more....
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Kosor says opposition fears HDZ's election victory

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ELECTIONS

23.07.2011 16:19

Author: Radio.net
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Saturday that the statement by the opposition coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) that none of them would form a post-election coalition with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) showed that they feared the HDZ's election victory....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/139963/Kosor-says-opposition-fears-HDZ-s-election-victory.html

SDP, HNS, IDS, HSU - joint election HQ for Constituency No. 8

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COALITION

23.07.2011 16:40

Author: Radio.net
The coalition of four opposition parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Croatian People's Party (HNS), the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) and the Croatian Pensioners' Party (HSU) -- decided at a meeting in Golubinjak Park Forest outside Delnice on Saturday to set up a joint election headquarters for Constituency No. 8, which covers Istria County and the Rijeka region....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/139965/SDP-HNS-IDS-HSU-joint-election-HQ-for-Constituency-No-8.html

Milanovic: Election date shouldn't be defined by someone's personal ambition

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16.07.2011 15:53

Author: Radio.net
The president of the strongest Opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Zoran Milanovic, said on Saturday that it was not good for Croatia to have its citizens go to the polls only at the end of the year, stressing that the election date should not be defined by someone's personal ambition, but by the interests of the state and its citizens....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/138847/Milanovic-Election-date-shouldn-t-be-defined-by-someone-s-personal-ambition.html

PM confident president will agree to election date

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ELECTION DATE
16.07.2011 16:51

Author: Radio.net
Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Saturday she believed agreement would be reached with President Ivo Josipovic and that he would accept December 4 as the date of the forthcoming parliamentary election....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/138849/PM-confident-president-will-agree-to-election-date.html

SDP, HNS criticise proposed election date

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16.07.2011 00:14

Author: Radio.net
The president of the strongest Opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Zoran Milanovic, said on Friday that the SDP was ready for elections and that it would win regardless of when they would be held, stressing however that the date the ruling coalition set today was disputable from the constitutional point of view and that it was not good given the referendum on Croatia's EU entry....more....
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http://daily.tportal.hr/138820/SDP-HNS-criticise-proposed-election-date.html

Parliamentary elections to be held on December 4

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ELECTION DATE
16.07.2011 00:07

Author: Radio.net
Croatia's ruling coalition agreed on Friday that parliamentary elections would be held on December 4, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor announced at a press conference after the meeting in the Cabinet office.

Kosor said that the agreement was reached by consensus. "There were no disputes, I am very pleased," she added....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/138819/Parliamentary-elections-to-be-held-on-December-4.html

SDP demands that elections be held in September

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NO TIME TO LOSE

10.05.2011 18:01

Author: Radio.net
MP Zeljko Jovanovic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) told a news conference in the northern Adriatic city of Rijeka on Tuesday that his party demanded that elections be held in late September - after the successful completion of Croatia's EU entry talks - so that a new government would be able to prepare a quality budget and reforms in 2012.
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http://daily.tportal.hr/127053/SDP-demands-that-elections-be-held-in-September.html

Milanovic: SDP has no interest groups behind it

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ELECTIONS

09.04.2011 17:51 Author: Radio.net

The head of Croatia's strongest opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Zoran Milanovic, said on Saturday that the key problem of forthcoming elections was to recognise "who is telling the truth and who is blowing smoke into the eyes of voters."...more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/121534/Milanovic-SDP-has-no-interest-groups-behind-it.html

Kosor: Ruling coalition is very stable

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Electoral redistricting

09.04.2011 18:03 Author: Radio.net

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said that there was no disagreement in the ruling coalition regarding planned changes to the boundaries of constituencies, and resolutely denied speculations about arguments between coalition partners....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/121535/Kosor-Ruling-coalition-is-very-stable.html

Milinovic: SDP will lose elections regardless of redistricting

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Electoral redistricting

08.04.2011 21:44 Author: Radio.net

Darko Milinovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice-President of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), said on Friday that the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) would lose the next parliamentary elections, no matter what constituencies were like....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/121472/Milinovic-SDP-will-lose-elections-regardless-of-redistricting.html

PM: Immediate elections will mean prolongation of EU entry talks

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Elections 06.04.2011 13:56 Author: Radio.net

To call immediately parliamentary elections will mean that Croatia will not succeed in bringing its European Union accession negotiations to completion now, Jadranka Kosor said during Question Time in the Sabor on Wednesday while responding to the insistence by opposition parties' deputies that the elections should be called without a delay....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/120964/PM-Immediate-elections-prolongation-of-EU-entry-talks.html

Pusic: Proposed amendment of law on constituencies against law

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Electoral redistricting

03.04.2011 17:19 Author: Radio.net

Croatian People's Party (HNS) member of Parliament Vesna Pusic said in an interview with Croatian Television on Sunday she did not believe that the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) would embark on changing the boundaries of constituencies as it would be against the law....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/120341/Pusic-Proposed-amendment-of-law-on-constituencies-against-law.html

PM responds to criticism over electoral redistricting

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Electoral rules

29.03.2011 21:00 Author: Radio.net

Responding to the opposition's criticism of proposed changes to the boundaries of constituencies, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Tuesday that "everything stays the same, but we have to follow the demands, recommendations and decisions of the Constitutional Court."...more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119518/PM-responds-to-criticism-over-electoral-redistricting.html

Friscic: HSS suggested changes in electoral areas one year ago

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Election legislation

28.03.2011 14:32 Author: Radio.net

Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) president Josip Friscic said on Monday that his party had suggested changes to the law regulating the size of constituencies, adding that the position of the HSS was that the election legislation should be modified on time, which means no later than a year before the elections....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119218/Friscic-HSS-suggested-changes-in-electoral-areas-one-year-ago.html

HNS, Labour Party slam gerrymandering as unlawful

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Election legislation

28.03.2011 16:39 Author: Radio.net

Croatian People's Party (HNS) senior official Vesna Pusic has said that redrawing the boundaries of constituencies ahead of parliamentary elections is unlawful, expressing hope that the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will scrap that plan....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119259/HNS-Labour-Party-slam-gerrymandering-as-unlawful.html

HSLS: Gerrymandering will not help HDZ and HSS

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Gerrymandering

28.03.2011 15:14 Author: Radio.net

Redrawing the boundaries of the electoral areas will help the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and its coalition partner the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) to win the next parliamentary election, the Social Liberal Party (HSLS) leader Darinko Kosor told a news conference in Zagreb on Monday....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119237/HSLS-Gerrymandering-will-not-help-HDZ-and-HSS.html

Governor Rohatinski says he has no political ambitions

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ELECTIONS

23.03.2011 13:16
Author: Radio.net

Amidst media speculation about possibilities for Croatian National Bank Governor Zeljko Rohatinski's engagement in the political life of the country, the central bank issued a statement on Wednesday recalling that already in January Governor Rohatinski stated that he had no political ambitions and that he did not want to run in the forthcoming parliamentary elections....more...

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