Ivan Kovacic

After Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic axed three ministers from the junior government party, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, Croatia appear set for political instability and even new elections, possibly in September, a leading politica. analyst told BIRN.

A new centre-right coalition government in Croatia under Andrej Plenkovic, president of the leading Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, was voted in by the country's parliament on Wednesday.

The coalition government of the HDZ, the centre-right Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, and all eight national minority MPs gathered the support of 91 of the 151 MPs in parliament.

After Vice-Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko accused Croatian Radio-Television of being "in the service of one party", effectively accusing it of showing opposition sympathies, some prominent journalists have expressed fears that he could be planning to purge editors and other staff at the public broadcaster to ensure favourable coverage for the government.