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Social Democrats (Croatia)
The Social Democrats () is a Croatian centre-left political party founded in 2022. The party was preceded by a parliamentary group of the same name that broke away from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia in October 2021. History The party was officially launched on July 9, 2022, and at the time of foundation was the largest opposition force in the Sabor (Croatian Parliament). The party stated they will not go against the initiatives of Croatian Democratic Union that benefit the citizens, and that they do not have plans to be obstructive. In October 2023, Social Democrats formed a political coalition with the Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party (, HSS) is an agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun Radić, Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The ... for the 2024 Croatian parliamentary elections called Our Croatia, which has since been join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davorko Vidović
Davorko Vidović (born 26 June 1956) is a Croatian politician, the current president of Social Democrats () and a member of Croatian Parliament. Vidović previously served as a Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2000 to 2003 and was elected a mayor of Sisak in 2005. In 2021, Vidović, along with several high-ranking members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (, SDP) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is Anti-fascism, anti-fascist, Progressivism, progressive, and strongly Pro-Europeanism, pro-European. The SDP was forme ... including previous party leader Davor Bernardić were expelled from party on charges of doing damage to party or refusing to respect the decisions of the party. On July 9, 2022, they founded the Social Democrats party. References 21st-century Croatian politicians People from Sisak 1956 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Croatia politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Peasant Party
The Croatian Peasant Party (, HSS) is an agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun Radić, Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that the realization of Croatian statehood was possible within Austria-Hungary, but that it had to be reformed as a Monarchy divided into Trialism in Austria-Hungary, three equal parts – Austria, Hungary and Croatia. After the creation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, the Party requested for the Croatian part of the Kingdom to be based on self-determination. This brought them great public support which culminated in 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election, 1920 parliamentary election when HPSS won all 58 seats assigned to Croatia. In 1920, disgruntled with a bad position of Croats in the Kingdom, the party changed its name into Croatian Republican Peasant Party (HRSS) and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Social Liberal Party
The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Croatia. The HSLS were established in May 1989 in Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ... as the first Croatian political party formed after the re-introduction of the multi-party system, at the time when SR Croatia was still part of SFR Yugoslavia. Following Croatia's independence in 1991 the subsequent rule of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), the HSLS were one of the dominant forces in Croatian politics, espousing a liberal and centre-left platform. The party first won elections in 2000 Croatian parliamentary election, 2000 and formed a coalition government with four other parties, including the major social-democrat party Social Democratic Party of Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Democratic Serb Party
The Independent Democratic Serb Party ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Самостална демократска српска странка, Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka, SDSS) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia representing the interests of the Croatian Serbs. It holds Progressivism, progressive, Pro-Europeanism, pro-European stances and is generally considered a Centre-left politics, centre-left party. History It was formed in 1997 and led by Vojislav Stanimirović (politician), Vojislav Stanimirović. In the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election, it beat its main rival, the Serb People's Party (Croatia), Serb People's Party (SNS), taking all three seats reserved for Serb representatives in the Croatian parliament. After the elections, the Independent Democratic Serb Party made an agreement with the winning Croatian Democratic Union led by Ivo Sanader in which they agreed on fulfilling several Independent Democratic Serb Party demands such as refugee return, strength ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Platform Of The North
The Independent Platform of the North (, NPS) is a regionalist political party in Croatia led by Matija Posavec, the prefect of Međimurje County since 2013. Its headquarters is located in Čakovec. Initially founded as an electoral list in March 2021 prior to that year's local elections, it took on its current name in July 2023. The party is positioned on the political centre and seeks to gather independent lists from the region. Posavec was previously a member of the social liberal Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) and its Međimurje branch leader, until he left in 2019. He resigned as county prefect in September 2021 after a bribery affair was revealed and he was arrested. He initially confessed to accepting a 10 thousand kuna bribe, but later retracted the confession and successfully ran for a new mandate as county prefect in a special election. He was re-elected during the 2021 Croatian local elections in the first round. NPS won two seats in the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istrian Democratic Assembly
The Istrian Democratic Assembly (, or IDS-DDI) is a centre to centre-left, regionalist, liberal political party in Croatia primarily operating in Istria County. IDS was founded on the 14 February 1990 by the writer Ivan Pauletta. IDS embraces principles of respect for human rights and freedoms, regionalism and historical characteristics of Istria, protection of private property and anti-fascism. Party advocates decentralization of Croatia, further development of the Adriatic Euroregion and the establishment of a transnational and cross-border euro-region encompassing the whole of Istria. The party president is currently Dalibor Paus, municipal mayor of Barban. IDS held the Ministry of European Integration between 2000 and 2001 in the Cabinet of Ivica Račan and Ministry of Tourism between 2011 and 2015 in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. IDS member Boris Miletić serves as current County Prefect of the Istrian County, while former prefect Valter Flego serves as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valter Flego
Valter Flego (born 15 August 1972) is a Croatian politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024. Previously he had served as the 4th prefect of Istria County from 2013 to 2019, as well as serving three terms as mayor of the town of Buzet. He is a member of the liberal Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) party. Early life and education He finished elementary school and first two years of high school in Buzet, and 3rd and 4th grade in Rijeka. After graduating from high school, he earned the qualification for a machine technician. In 1991 he enrolled in the study of mechanical engineering in the University of Rijeka, where he graduated in 1996 with special honors and became a mechanical engineer. During his studies he received the Rector's Award of the University of Rijeka as the best student of the Technical Faculty as well as the Truffle Award for Excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities from the town of Buzet. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 European Parliament Election In Croatia
The 2024 European Parliament elections in Croatia were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fourth parliamentary election since Croatia's EU accession in 2013, and the first to take place after Brexit. It is the second election in 2024, the "superelection year" for Croatia, following the April parliamentary election and preceding the presidential election. Concurrently with this election, four local elections are being held on the same day, including the mayoral election in Gospić. Background Since the previous 2019 election, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković was re-elected in both 2020 and 2024 parliamentary elections. After the latter, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who had fallen short of an absolute majority, formed a coalition government with the right-wing Homeland Movement. Electoral system Compared to last election, Croatia is entitled to one more MEP in this election, already assigned since 2020 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodna Dalmacija
(, where "Free" is an adjective) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. History was first issued on 17 June 1943 by Tito's Partisans in an abandoned stone barn on Mosor, a mountain near Split, while the city was occupied by the Italian army. The paper was later published in various locations until Split was liberated on 26 October 1944. From the following day onward, has been published in Split. Another reason for this success was the editorial policy of Joško Kulušić, who used the decline of Communism to allow the paper to become a forum for new political ideas. In the early 1990s, established a reputation as a newspaper with a politically diverse group of columnists, both left-leaning and those who supported the government. However, the ruling right-wing Croatian Democratic Union tried discredit it, calling the journalists too "liberal", "communist" or "Yugoslav". At that time it had a circulation of 90,000 to 100,000 copies. In 1992, the government init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Sabor, 2024–
The 11th Sabor was inaugurated on 16 May 2024. The assembly came into existence following the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election, early parliamentary election on 17 April 2024 and consists of 151 representatives elected from Croatian Parliament electoral districts, 10 geographical and two special electoral districts. Parliamentary officials The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Gordan Jandroković was elected on 16 May 2024 by 144 votes for and 6 against. There are currently five deputy speakers of Sabor, three from the government majority: former Speaker Željko Reiner (HDZ), Ivan Penava (DP) and Furio Radin (Italian minority representative), while the opposition deputy speakers are Sabina Glasovac (SDP) and Peđa Grbin (SDP). Composition On the basis of the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election, parliamentary election of 2024, the composition of the Sabor is as follows. There has to be noted that national minority MPs can join one other club as well beside the national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Justice
Rivers of Justice () is a Centre-left politics, centre-left political alliance in Croatia. Gathered around the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), the coalition was originally formed in 2010 as the Kukuriku coalition (). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken from a restaurant of the same name in Kastav where the coalition leaders first convened in July 2009, became well known and was eventually taken as the coalition's official name. The coalition originally consisted of four centrism, centrist and centre-left Political parties in Croatia, parties in the Croatian Parliament: the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS). The coalition won an absolute majority of seats in the 2011 Croatian parliamentary election, 2011 parliamentary election and successfully formed a Cabinet of Zoran Milanović, government led by Zoran Milano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N1 (TV Channel)
N1 is a 24-hour cable news channel launched on 30 October 2014. The channel has headquarters in Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ... and covers events happening in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. Available on cable TV throughout former Yugoslavia, N1 is CNN International's local broadcast partner and affiliate via an agreement with the London-based Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. As it is focused on the audiences of the three countries in which it is headquartered, it has three separate editorial policies, separate reporters, TV studios as well as internet and mobile platforms. In cases where news overlaps, it is presented jointly. Serbia The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
