Prime Ministers of Croatia

Dacic qualified as non-European the statement of Kitarovic who said that Zagreb would have to use a fence to protect itself from the migrant tide.

Croatia is entering one of the shortest election campaigns in its history after President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic on Monday set polling day for November 8.

Now the date of the vote has been confirmed, the parties and independent candidates have 14 days to submit their applications to the State Electoral Commission, which will accept and publish all valid lists within 48 hours.

Ivo Sanader, the former Croatian Prime Minister, will leave custody prison in Zagreb after posting bail, following a Supreme Court ruling passed on Thursday.

After months of work, the first glimpses of the program of the strongest opposition party, the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, have been revealed.

The daily Vecernji list on Wednesday published an overview of the HDZ's program for Croatian parliamentary elections in November, which will be presented in full on Thursday.

With parliamentary elections expected in November, the economy, the refugee crisis and voter trust in the main leadership candidates are likely to dominate the debate, sayspolitical analyst.

Croatian PM Zoran Milanovic is "intensively discussing" lifting "today (Friday) or tomorrow" his country's blockade of the border with Serbia.

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Friday accused his Serbian counterpart of holding "secret talks with Budapest and with Karamarko in Zagreb."

Tomislav Karamarko is the leader of the opposition Croatian HDZ party.

Brussels and the strongest European power centers are "strongly pressing Zagreb to open border crossings with Serbia," according to a Belgrade daily.

Ivica Dacic says Croatia "has not learned lessons from the problems so far" while the Croatian prime minister "continues to provoke Serbia with his statements."

The Serbian foreign minister and first deputy prime minister added that "the words of Zoran Milanovic do not contribute to solving the problems."

Niksic, the SDP's former secretary general and leader for the past year, was re-elected as party president for the next four years in polls on Sunday.

"This is a great victory, not only for the SDP but for Bosnia and Herzegovina as well," Niksic told a press conference on Sunday night.