Patriotic Coalition

New crisis accommodation centers restricting the movement of residents might be set up outside towns and cities, a deputy interior minister has indicated.

A leading legal expert welcomed proposals for Croatia to adopt the German method of appointing judges to the constitutional court but said the chances of this reform succeeding in the current atmosphere in Croatia were slim.

Croatia's new government must tackle growing public debt and maintain the independence of the central bank, Croatia's creditors and potential investors - taking part in the South-Eastern Europe investment conference in Kitzbuhel in Austria last Thursday and Friday - have agreed.

Grabar Kitarovic on Wednesday evening named Oreskovic, a non-party candidate with a business background in the pharmaceutical industry, as prime minister designate.

Croatia's Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, has received over 3,600 comments in less than 24 hours on a Facebook page after opting to form a government with the centre-right parties.

The political deadlock in Croatia should finally be resolved on Monday when the prime minister-designate will be named, according to key negotiating political parties.

Croatia's governing centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, on Wednesday said it had accepted the key terms set by the post-election kingmaker party, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST.

After Croatia's parliamentary elections resulted in no clear winner, the ruling centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, is seeking to gather a majority in parliament to form a new government.

Croatia Grows, led by the governing Social Democratic Party, SDP, won 56 of the 151 seats in total. The minimum number of MPs needed to form a government is 76.

Opposition conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) has won most votes in Sunday's general election but remained short of outright majority in the 151-seat parliament, HINA reported.

With 99.79% of ballots counted, the HDZ-led Patriotic Coalition has won 59 seats.

The conservative opposition party in Croatia has narrowly won the country's first election since joining the European Union (EU) in 2013, as the country grapples with economic hardships and an influx of migrants.