Croatia to announce its parliamentary elections by end of June

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said on Monday (March 21st) that the date of this year’s parliamentary elections will be announced by the end of June, when the country is expected to wrap up its EU accession talks. She spoke at a meeting of her Croatian Democratic Union with coalition partners, where the main topic was to mobilise all efforts to close the remaining negotiation chapters. Josip Friscic, leader of the Croatian Peasants Party, says coalition partners have agreed to hold elections by the end of the year.