#CROATIA: New Coalition Govt Formed With Rightist Party

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Croatia’s parliament on has approved a new coalition government allying the ruling conservatives with a right-wing nationalist party.

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković formed the new government with members of the nationalist anti-migrant Homeland Movement (DP) party following an inconclusive election last month.

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#NORTHMACEDONIA: Conservative Opposition Wins Elections

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North Macedonia's conservative opposition party won a decisive victory in the country's dual parliamentary and presidential elections on May 8, according to preliminary results.

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, a law professor supported by the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, won the presidency by a wide margin, ousting incumbent Social Democrat Stevo Pendarovski.

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#MONTENEGRO: Longtime President Ousted In Election By Ex-Economy Minister

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Former Economic Minister Jakov Milatovic is the new president of Montenegro, He ousts President Milo Djukanovic, who had held power for over 30 years in the Balkan nation.

CeMI : Based on 80.7% of the processed sample, the results are as follows:

Jakov Milatovic: 60.2%

Milo Djukanovic: 39.8%

Nominally pro Western, Milatovic Is supported by Serbian nationalists and pro Russian parties.

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#MONTENEGRO: Parliament Votes No Confidence in Cabinet

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Montenegro's parliament passed a no-confidence motion on the cabinet of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, proposed by 36 deputies to protest the signing of a long-disputed deal regulating ties with the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church.

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#SLOVENIA: Robert Golob Forms Government

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Parliament elected Robert Golob prime minister by a 54 to 30 vote on Wednesday, just over a month after his green Freedom Movement won the general election in a landslide on a pledge to reform politics in the country.

Immediately after being sworn in, Golob submitted his cabinet line-up to parliament with hearings of ministerial candidates before the parliamentary working bodies set to start this weekend.

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#CROATIA: Parliament Approves Euro As Legal Tender

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The Croatian parliament has passed a law on the adoption of the Euro as legal tender, with 117 MPs voting in favor, 13 against and one abstaining.

MPs rejected amendments by the Bridge Party and the Green-Left Bloc. The euro is expected to be introduced on 1 January 2023.

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#MONTENEGRO: Parliament Approves Minority Pro-EU Gov't

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Montenegrin lawmakers have approved a new, pro-Western government that promised to speed up European Union integration and make an effort to bridge a deep political divide in the small Balkan nation.

The government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazović won support from 45 lawmakers in the 81-member parliament, with three votes against. Pro-Serb groups did not attend the session.

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#ALBANIA: Parliament To Elect New President May 5th

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The first round of voting to elect Albania’s new president will take place on May 4, according to Taulant Balla, leader of the Socialist majority’s parliamentary group.

In a press conference on Monday, Balla announced he had forwarded the request to Speaker of Parliament Lindita Nikolla, and will soon begin bipartisan consultations to reach “consensus.”

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#BOSNIAANDHERZEGOVINA: Serbs Set Up Separate Legal System

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The parliament of Republika Srpska, one of the two entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, voted on Feb. 10 to set up an independent judicial system outside of the Bosnia and Herzegovina legal system, with 45 votes in favor out of 63 votes cast in the 83-seat parliament.

Lawmakers on December 10 voted 49-3 to start a procedure for Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serb-dominated entity to withdraw from the Bosnian Army, security services, tax system, and judiciary.

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#CROATIA: Senior Arrested After Threatening Prime Minister With Rotten Egg Attack Online

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A 72-year-old has been arrested for insulting Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, more precisely for saying that the Prime Minister should be hit with rotten eggs.

The insult happened on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit to Zadar County.

The senior, who was not thrilled with the impending arrival of the Prime Minister, took to the internet, writing, "He should be greeted with rotten eggs, him and his minions. No one has humiliated and betrayed Croats so much, the narcissist," the man wrote on Thursday. He was arrested the following day.

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#ALBANIA: Three Balkan Nations Sign Trade Deal

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Five new agreements were signed on Tuesday after a meeting in the Albanian capital Tirana between the leaders of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia as part of the Open Balkan initiative, which aims to replicate the Schengen Zone’s free flow of people, capital and goods, initially between the three countries but potentially across the entire region.

The agreements between the three countries covered labour market access, the interconnection of electronic identification schemes, and cooperation on veterinary medicine and food safety.

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#CROATIA: Party Leader Faces Expulsion After "Flat-Earther" Insult Against The Unvaccinated

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The founder and president of the right leaning Croatian Sovereigntest Party, Hrvoje Zekanović, is facing expulsion from fellow members after ridiculing those who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus as anti-vaxxers and "flat earthers," in both speeches on the floor of Parliament and in media appearances.

The comments came after Zekanović, a member of Parliament since 2018, himself was vaccinated. He told media that he felt compelled to speak out after hearing so many of his colleagues speaking in parliament against vaccination.

MP Marijan Pavliček, who serves in Parliament with Zekanović, said his comments were unacceptable.

"We knew for months that he had a different opinion, we knew that he was vaccinated and it is up to each individual to decide for himself. We couldn’t forgive him for calling everyone who didn’t get vaccinated anti-vaxxers, responsible for people ending up on a respirator. 

"He exaggerated on one show, where he spun a globe and called people flat earthers. On a personal level, he insulted colleagues. This decision has nothing to do with his position on vaccination. He is neither the first nor the last to be vaccinated in the party. But ridiculing all colleagues is unacceptable."

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#BOSNIA: Serb Parliament Pursues Path Towards Secession

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The Bosnian Serb parliament in Bonia-Herzegovina has adopted a set of steps that would strengthen a secessionist bid to withdraw from state-level institutions despite warnings from the West.

Lawmakers on December 10 voted 49-3 on starting a procedure for Bosnia-Herzegovina's Serb-dominated entity to withdraw from the Bosnian Army, security services, tax system, and judiciary.

They also voted on a declaration that calls for the drafting of a new constitution for the entity, Republika Srpska, and states that "all laws imposed" by the international high representative for Bosnia are "unconstitutional."

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#ALBANIA: Court Orders $474,000 Settlement To Gov't Employee Fired Over Politics

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The Court of Fier in Albania has ordered Albpetrol, owned by the Albanian government, to pay €400,000 to its former employee Marjus Isufaj and his family.

In its October 26 verdict, the court argued that Isufaj was discriminated against and fired due to his political activity with the Socialist Movement for Integration.

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#CROATIA: Prime Minister Blames Political Opponents For Police Officer's Shooting

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Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that it should be looked into whether he personally was the target of Monday's attack on the government headquarters, criticising right-wing politicians and media for spreading hatred and aggression against him.

Speaking to Croatian reporters in Brussels ahead of a two-day EU summit, Plenkovic said that the attacker who shot and seriously wounded a police officer guarding the government building in St Mark's Square in Zagreb on Monday did not get this idea on his own, but was prompted by the atmosphere in society created by ?hatemongers."

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#CROATIA: Parliament Installs New PM, Andrej Plenkovic

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Croatia’s parliament on Thursday voted in a new government under former prime minister Andrej Plenkovic, president of the leading party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

The new coalition government comprising the HDZ, two liberal formations, the Croatian People’s Party, HNS, and Reformists and all eight national minority MPs, obtained the support of 76 of the 151 MPs in parliament.

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#CROATIA: Parliament Installs Prime Minister Elected Earlier This Month

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Croatia’s parliament has approved a new government led by a conservative party that won a parliamentary election earlier this month.

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's Christian Democratic Union Party government won support in the 151-member assembly in a 76-59 vote. The remaining lawmakers either weren’t there or didn’t vote.

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#MONTENEGRO: Parliament Approves Civil Partnerships For Gay And Lesbian Couples

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Parliament in Montenegro has voted to legalize same-sex civil partnerships, becoming the first country in the region that is not a member of the European Union to recognize gay and lesbian couples in law.

Parliament passed the law with a very narrow majority of MPs from the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, the Social Democrats, the Liberal Party and the opposition Social Democratic Party. The vote was 42 to 5 in the 81-seat chamber.

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#CROATIA: July 5th Election Will Go Ahead, Despite Surge In Covid-19 Cases

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Croatian Democratic Union Party president Andrej Plenkovic says that July 5 remains to be the date of the parliamentary election, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country in recent weeks, and that wise and smart balancing was needed to do good for the economy and protect the public healthcare system.

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#KOSOVO: Top Court Delays Parliamentary Vote For New Prime Minister

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Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has suspended a parliamentary vote on a new prime minister until May 29, dashing President Hashim Thaci’s hopes for a quick resolution to a political crisis.

Kosovo’s top court made the decision on May 1 amid a national holiday and just a day before parliament was to vote on Thaci’s new choice to lead the government.

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