Zoran Milanović

Incumbent President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said that Croatia would insist on Serbia's meeting all criteria, which, as she said, "must face its past", instead of returning to World War II, in order to "experience the catharsis of what they did to Croatia and to other neighbouring countries".

Amid an ongoing crisis in the ruling coalition in Croatia, with the junior coalition partner, the Croatian People's Party, HNS, threatening the senior Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, that it will vote against the draft budget for 2020, speculation grows about about the coalition collapsing.

Former Croatian Prime Minister and SDP leader Zoran Milanovic has been working as an adviser to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for a while.

According to the Albanian TV21 broadcaster Rama confirmed this on Thursday during a joint press conference in Tirana with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

Former Croatian Prime Minister and SDP leader Zoran Milanovic has been working as an adviser to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for a while.

Rows inside Croatia's strongest opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, have continued after the party removed two prominent MPs from their positions as deputy chair of parliament and as president of the parliamentary committee for labour, pension system and social partnership.

The Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, has remained in power after proving it still has a new majority in parliament and naming one of its MPs as the new chair of parliament, thus avoiding snap elections in June.

On Friday, it proved that it still had majority support by voting in HDZ MP Gordan Jandrokovic as the new chair of parliament.

The saga over the payment of "per diems" to advisers in the Croatian government and state attorney's office for fictional trips will likely be resolved in the course of a wider investigation, an expert told BIRN.

On Saturday, Bernardic, 36, was elected leader of the SDP, Croatia's strongest opposition party, beating opponent and former interior minister Ranko Ostojic.

Elections for a new head of Croatia's main centre-left opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, are vital no only for reviving the damaged image of the party but to restore some "balance" to Croatia's political scene, political analyst Davor Gjenero told BIRN.

Former Croatian Prime Minister and former leader of the SDP party Zoran Milanovic is offering his services as a consultant to Pristina and Tirana.

According to media reports, Milanovic wants to help them in the process of EU integration.