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26. December 2014.

Campaigning ban in place ahead of Croatia's presidential poll on Sunday

A ban on electioneering went into force at midnight on Friday and will last until 1900 hrs Sunday when polling stations close for Croatia's presidential election in which the incumbent head of state Ivo Josipovic and three challengers are competing. Campaigning ban in place ahead of Croatia's presidential poll on Sunday ZAGREB, Dec 27 (Hina) […]

22. December 2014.

Candidates submit their financial reports

The State Electoral Commission (DIP) reported on Monday that all four presidential candidates in the coming election had on time submitted their reports on donations and expenses incurred during campaigning. In a press release DIP notes that the first unofficial results of the presidential election to be held on 28 December would be available on […]

21. December 2014.

Presidential candidates talk defence, NATO, Palestine, presidential powers

Presidential candidates Ivo Josipovic, nominated by the ruling Social Democratic Party, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, nominated by the opposition Croatian Democratic Union, Milan Kujundzic of the Alliance for Croatia and Ivan Vilibor Sincic of the Human Barrier are agreed that the president's current constitutional powers are sufficient and are against the idea to elect the president in […]

20. December 2014.

Presidential candidates submit reports on donations, campaign costs

The campaign teams of three presidential candidates - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Ivo Josipovic and Milan Kujundzic - have submitted to the State Election Commission preliminary reports on donations and campaign costs, while the team of Ivan Vilibor Sincic said on Saturday they would do so by the deadline which expires at midnight today. Josipovic has raised […]

19. December 2014.

3,779,281 eligible to vote at Croatian presidential election on 28 Dec

The Public Administration Ministry said on Friday that 3,779,281 voters are eligible to vote at the presidential election to be held on 28 December. Voters will be able to cast their ballots in Croatia or at polling stations in 50 other countries, for one of four candidates running for the presidency - Kolinda Grabar Kitarović […]

17. December 2014.

Polling booths for Croatia's presidential poll to be in 50 countries apart from Croatia

In addition to polling stations in Croatia, Croatian voters will be able to vote in the forthcoming presidential election on 28 December at 90 polling stations in 50 other countries, the State Electoral Commission (DIP) said on Wednesday. Croatian nationals eligible to vote in the presidential election will be able to vote at 15 polling […]

16. December 2014.

Sign the ECI - Stop TTIP and CETA!

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12. December 2014.

Parliament speaker thinks Sabor has done proper job this year

In the year drawing to a close, lawmakers spent 103 days in parliament and discussed 373 items on the agenda, adopted 185 laws and parliament speaker Josip Leko said that parliament had done a proper job this year in fulfilling its constitutional duty. Presenting these statistics at a press conference on Friday, Leko explained that […]

8. December 2014.

Consultations on new election law to resume this week

The parliamentary groups of the ruling coalition will this week resume talks on a new law on the election of members of parliament and attempt to formulate a joint proposal which they would propose to other parliamentary groups, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on the Constitution, Pedja Grbin (SDP), said on Monday. Although it […]

5. December 2014.

Parliamentary committee allocates funds for parties

The parliamentary committee on the Constitution on Friday decided on the allocation of funds for the financing of parliamentary parties and independent MPs who will receive HRK 5 million more in 2015 than this year. The parties will receive HRK 55 million in total, allocated according to the number of seats they had when the […]

4. December 2014.

"Ineffective municipalities and cities shouldn’t necessarily be abolished, but functional mergers are a must"

Should counties be abolished, is there a need to reduce the number of cities and municipalities and why is decentralization such a frequent buzzword? How can the power of local political bosses be curbed and the quality of governing common goods and public services increased? Are election results important for the results of LOTUS and […]

3. December 2014.

Parliamentary committee wants court to assess outsourcing referendum question

The parliamentary Committee on the Constitution proposed on Wednesday that Parliament formally ask the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the referendum question on outsourcing of non-core public-sector services. The proposal was backed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) members of the Committee. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) members did not attend, while […]

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