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Convention of Contention

These days, two Croatian politicians find themselves between the proverbial rocks and hard places, both related to a fairly simple issue of ratifying a Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. The Convention, commonly known as the „Istanbul Convention“, is a relatively straightforward convention providing more elaborate protection […]

Honeymoon wasn’t much? Just you wait…

Now that the Government had some time to settle in, we believe it is time to do some stock taking. In measuring how far the Government got by now, we might be able to see how far it is likely to go over the next couple of months.  About a month ago, PM Plenkovic said […]

Honeymoon wasn’t much? Just you wait…

Now that the Government had some time to settle in, we believe it is time to do some stock taking. In measuring how far the Government got by now, we might be able to see how far it is likely to go over the next couple of months. For now, it seems like not too […]

How Russia Bought Itself a NATO Country

No, it’s not what you think.

ICTY ends its mandate by confirming judgement against Bosnian Croats

Today, the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, the ICTY, was supposed to pass its final words. Its last ruling was to be on appeal of the six Bosnian Croats accused of war crimes. But apart from individual responsibility, this ruling had much bigger implications because the original judgement[1] included a claim that the six […]

Meet the New Government, Same as the Old Government?

Not by a long shot. Croatia finally has a new government, less than a year after the last one was sworn in. This time, although the Government is again mostly HDZ with several old names from Most, it seems to be far more stable. And it also seems to be less controversial. So what happened? […]

The Fall of the House of Cards

Last week, the complex political situation in Croatia just got more interesting. In the government meeting last Thursday, PM Plenkovic dismissed three ministers belonging to his coalition partner Most. This was in response to their lack of support to his Finance Minister Maric, of whom Most has been openly critical lately. However, the move hit […]

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