Prime Ministers of Croatia

Tomislav Karamarko, who also holds the position of vice prime minister, said on Tuesday that his HDZ party will initiate a motion of no confidence to oust Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic because it believes the government has become dysfunctional.

Karamarko said that his party was ready for new elections, but Croatia "does not have time for that".

Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic has called on his deputies Tomislav Karamarko and Bozo Petrov to resign, "for the sake of national interests."

Oreskovic also said he had no plans to resign himself, but that the departure of Karamarko and Petrov from the coalition government "would represent a confirmation of its stability."

The DSS has asked Aleksandar Vucic and Ivica Dacic "to say what Serbia promised" in order for chapter 23 of its EU accession negotiations to be opened.

Bozo Petrov, vice prime minister and president of the junior government party, Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, said on Friday that his ministers and MPs will vote to impeach Tomislav Karamarko, Vice-Prime Minister and president of the leading government party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Croatia for the first time this week, aiming to firm up Turkey's position in the EU - and raising hopes of trade spin-offs for Turkish exporters.

Erdogan will visit Zagreb on Tuesday and Wednesday, meeting Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic and Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic.

Croatia's Commission on Conflicts of Interest has unanimously ruled that President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic undermined the credibility of her office by depositing her unspent election campaign money in the account of her former party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

Experts worry that Zoran MIlanovic's comfortable victory of his fourth term as party president of Croatia's strongest opposition party, the centre-left Social Democratic Party, SDP, may signal a monopoly of power within the party.

Croatia's new centre-right coalition government is experiencing growing tension between the dominant Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, on one side and the Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, and Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic on the other.

Serbia's minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration says the opening of chapters 23 and 24 are awaiting the approval of Croatia.

Jadranka Jankovic spoke on Friday, in reference to Serbia's EU accession negotiations.

With no committee monitoring national security in place, owing to a row over the chair of the board, Croatia's security agencies are operating without parliamentary oversight.