Milanovic's government

But the Social Democrat leader quickly turned the tide, navigating the campaign waters to emerge as winner of the first round in December 2019.

Milanovic verbally dominated TV duels with his opponents, outshining the conservative incumbent, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic.

The saga over the payment of "per diems" to advisers in the Croatian government and state attorney's office for fictional trips will likely be resolved in the course of a wider investigation, an expert told BIRN.

BELGRADE - Miodrag Linta, president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations, said on Wednesday that Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has issued hypocritical and reckless statements about the ICTY Trial Chamber's decision that Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj must return to the court's cellblock in The Hague.