Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic

Dacic qualified as non-European the statement of Kitarovic who said that Zagreb would have to use a fence to protect itself from the migrant tide.

Croatia is entering one of the shortest election campaigns in its history after President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic on Monday set polling day for November 8.

Now the date of the vote has been confirmed, the parties and independent candidates have 14 days to submit their applications to the State Electoral Commission, which will accept and publish all valid lists within 48 hours.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic will meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban next week to discuss the ongoing refugee crisis that has troubled the relations between two countries.

Grabar Kitarovic will pay an official visit to Budapest to ease tensions and improve traditionally good bilateral relations with Hungary.

With parliamentary elections expected in November, the economy, the refugee crisis and voter trust in the main leadership candidates are likely to dominate the debate, sayspolitical analyst.

Croat PM: "Who is that Nikolic?"

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said he "no longer wants to talk to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic."

This has been reported on Monday by the N1 broadcaster.

- I feel like wearing my opponents like medals on my suit. I don't want to talk to Vucic at all any longer - said he.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met with his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic in New York on Sunday, his media office said in a statement.

Croatia's centre-left government on Thursday offered official support to Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic in her bid to become the new UN Secretary General.

Her candidacy was unofficially raised in February and her chances appeared high, as it is thought that the next UN Secretary will come from Eastern or Southeastern Europe.

President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic has immediately rejected a petition signed by 3,200 people calling for the army to start using the Croatian WWII-era fascist chant ‘Za dom spremni’.

Countries around the world have expressed sympathy for the family of Tomislav Salopek and support for Croatia following Wednesday's report that ISIS in Egypt had executed him.

The report has yet to be confirmed.

The arbitation process between Slovenia and Croatia in the Hague over the waters of the Piran Gulf in Istria was in doubt on Friday, after the Slovene judge on the panel and the Slovenian representative resigned - and after Croatia warned it may back out of the process entirely.