Croatian Democratic Union

Deputies in the Federation parliament on Monday confirmed the appointments of the new entity officials as the country took another step towards forming governments after last October's elections.

The formation of the government in the Federation entity will also enable the formation of the state government, the Council of Ministers.

Grabar Kitarovic will be sworn in as president on Sunday on the St Mark's Square in Zagreb, where the Croatian government, parliament and constitutional court are located.

The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, Grabar Kitarovic won the presidential elections in January, defeating the incumbent Ivo Josipovic.

Bosnia's Central Election Commission on Wednesday confirmed the selection of Bosniak, Croat and Serb candidates for the posts of president and vice-presidents of Bosnia's larger entity.

The appointments should hasten the long-delayed formation of a government in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Zagreb county court made the ruling on Tuesday, clearing the way for Glavas to return from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he was released from jail last week.

Glavas's Facebook page posted the decision to revoke the arrest warrant on Tuesday with a picture showing a man breaking free of chains and the word "Freedom".

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta most fiercely condemned on Friday the pro-ustasha statement of Croatian MP in the European Parliament Ruza Tomasic who said that the status of national minorities in Croatia should be called off and that all members of national minorities are 'political Croats.'

An international alliance of conservative parties, the International Democratic Union, IDU, held the meeting of its Executive Committee and Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in Bosnia on Monday, in a sign of support to its local member parties and to the new EU plan for the country.

BRUSSELS - Croatia's newly elected president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has said that she will invite Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to her inauguration in Zagreb.

"It will be a good opportunity to settle some issues between our two countries," Grabar-Kitarovic told reporters in Brussels after filing her resignation to her position at NATO's headquarters on Thursday.

Croatia's cenre-left Prime Minister, Zoran Milanovic, belatedly congratulated the newly elected Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic - after a fashion - on Thursday.

"We want to once more express our gratitude to the former President, Ivo Josipovic, who in our opinion served with honour and as a role model as Croatian President," he said.

A member of the Croatian parliament and leader of the Serbian minority, Milorad Pupovac, said the result in the Croatian presidential elections could have a further negative impact on Croatia-Serbia relations.

BELGRADE - President of the Serb National Council in Croatia Milorad Pupovac has said that he expects no improvement in the relations between Serbia and Croatia in the next year.