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Croatia's newly elected President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, is finalising preparations for her inauguration on Sunday.

The candidate of the opposition centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, she won the second round of the elections in January against the incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, by a smallest margin ever - just 32,509 votes.

Sports Illustrated offers its readers the beauty known as Emily Ratajkowski. The actress who became widely known through her part in “Gone Girl” took part in a photoshoot in Hawaii.

Turkish actor K?vanç Tatl?tu? will be a guest actor in the Irish-Canadian historical drama ?Vikings,? daily Miliyet has reported. Tatl?tu? will go to the U.S. next month to shoot scenes. 

Turkish actor K?vanç Tatl?tu? will be a guest actor in the Irish-Canadian historical drama ?Vikings,? daily Miliyet has reported. Tatl?tu? will go to the U.S. next month to shoot scenes. 

Prime Minister Victor Ponta opened the Government meeting on Tuesday announcing his visit to Washington, to meet the Secretary of Commerce and representatives of the American business environment.

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Well known Channel 4 journalist Paul Mason revealed the name of the person who “snitched” Samaras government for chosing a two month extension rather than a six month one offered by partners.
Most specifically, as he wrote on tweeter “I’ve learned that Juncker told Tsipras. Samaras was offered a 6 month extension to Troika program but asked for 2, shortening crisis timetable”.

Late on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delievered his 1.5-hour speech in Parliament outlining the government’s position on a number of matters. This inaugural speech launches a three-day debate that ends with a vote of confidence at midnight on Tuesday.

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Scenes from last night:

THE HAGUE- Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and indictee before the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), called on the ICTY Appeal Chamber to reject the appeal filed by Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz in which he called for withdrawal of the decision on Seselj's temporary release.

Serbian war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj has called Chief Hague prosecutor Serge Brammertz a 'marionette' and accused him of taking 500,000 euro as a bribe from the Croatian government.

Italian FinMin Pier Carlo Padoan and former PM Massimo D’Alema referred to the resurgent Greek economic crisis this week, with their positions hosted on Friday in Italian press.