Government of Croatia

While visiting fire-affected areas near the Croatian coastal city of Split on Tuesday, Croatian Defence Minister and Vice Prime Minister Damir Krsticevic offered his resignation over the military's allegedly slow reaction to the blazes on the coast, Jutarnji list newspaper reported.

With the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, losing potential partners for forming a new governing majority in the Croatian parliament, new general elections seem to be a realistic scenario in the coming months, an analyst told BIRN.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said that she does not see “creeping fascism in society” or increased nostalgia for the WWII Ustasa regime, and accused Serbia of exaggerating the issue.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic has launched another "crude attack" against Serbia, says Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

Reacting to a TV interview Grabar-Kitarevic gave on Wednesday, Dacic said her claim that there was no Ustashism and fascism in Croatia was "an obvious lie."

BELGRADE - The Croats go to the polls on Sunday to choose the government for the second time in ten months.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic's constitutional and legal adviser, Vladimir Seks, was forced out on Wednesday after it emerged that he sought a pardon for a personal contact.

The inability of Croatia's competing coalitions to establish a mandate to form a new government after parliamentary elections in November finished without a clear winner could cause serious problems for the country if it drags on, experts told BIRN.

Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic says the Croatian government's response to the refugee crisis has undermined diplomatic relations with the country's neighbors.

"Of course relations have been undermined, the whole world is reporting about it, instead of us expressing solidarity," the Croatian president has been quoted as saying by the country's Hina news agency, and adding:

On a two-day visit to the Vatican, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic met Pope Francis on Thursday and asked him to visit her mainly Catholic country.

ZAGREB - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic conferred in Zagreb on Wednesday and asserted the political will for further development of the two countries' relations.