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Opposition leader Davor Bernardic of the liberal-left Restart coalition addresses his supporters in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, July 5, 2020. The ruling conservatives overwhelmingly won Croatia's parliamentary elections held Sunday amid a spike in new coronavirus cases as the latest European Union member state leaned further to the right. SDP leader Bernardic conceded the defeat and suggested he would resign the leadership position. (AP Photo/Daniel Kasap)

Croatia’s opposition leader stepping down after vote defeat

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Andrej Plenkovic, Croatia's Prime Minister incumbent smiles as he addresses the media in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Croatia is holding a parliamentary election on July 5, 2020, with no clear winner in sight as the ruling conservatives' bid for re-election faces a strong challenge from both liberal and right-wing groups. (AP Photo)

Croatia’s ruling conservatives win big in parliamentary vote

By SASHA KAVIC - Associated Press

Cyclists and pedestrians wait to cross a street near the electoral posters of Prime Minister incumbent Andrej Plenkovic, in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Croatia is holding a parliamentary election on July 5, 2020, with no clear winner in sight as the ruling conservatives' bid for re-election faces a strong challenge from both liberal and right-wing groups. (AP Photo/Sasa Kavic)

Croatia to hold election amid virus, political uncertainty

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Passengers disembark from a train that arrived from the Czech Republic in Rijeka, Croatia, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. A train carrying some 500 tourists from the Czech Republic has arrived to Croatia as the country seeks to attract visitors after easing lockdown measures against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo)

Prague train with 500 tourists boosts Croatia tourism hopes

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In this Friday, June 12, 2020 photo, Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts during a tennis doubles match with Jelena Jankovic against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Olga Danilovic at charity tournament Adria Tour, in Belgrade, Serbia. Novak Djokovic has tested positive for the coronavirus after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife also tested positive. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ** FILE **

Novak Djokovic tests positive for the coronavirus

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, June 14, 2020, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, centre, poses with volunteers and players after the Adria Tour charity tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. Djokovic’s charity tennis exhibition series combined with an overall softening of coronavirus restrictions in Serbia has led to a spike in the number the positive cases among professional athletes. Two tennis players ranked among the top 40 in the world and five players at Serbia’s biggest soccer club have tested positive for the virus after being involved in sporting events where fans packed into the stands and social distancing was not enforced. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Virus cases at Djokovic’s event put sports under scrutiny

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Bosnia police say 2 migrants killed in apparent clash

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Croatia leftist president protests pro-Nazi salute

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Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic, center, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, left, and Parliament speaker Gordan Jandrokovic walk away from the monument after laying flowers during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of a World War II camp in Jasenovac, Croatia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Representatives of the Croatian Jews, Serbs, Roma and anti-fascists for the first time in years agreed to join top Croatian officials at the ceremony, but warned this was because of the emergency situation over the new coronavirus and could change unless the authorities do more to curb right-wing sentiments in the country. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Victims’ groups join WWII camp commemoration in Croatia

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Croatia’s new, leftist president inaugurated

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EU court says it cannot rule on Slovenia-Croatia border row

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A police officer stands behind a cordon, after a fire at a nursing home, in Andrasevac, northern Croatia, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. A fire engulfed part of a nursing home in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least six people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nikola Solic)

Fire engulfs nursing home in Croatia, at least 6 dead

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Incumbent president and presidential candidate Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic waves to her supporters in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. A leftist Zoran Milanovic challenger won Croatia's highly contested presidential election on Sunday, beating a conservative incumbent — a rare victory by a liberal in recent votes in Central Europe. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Croatia’s ruling conservatives to analyze loss of presidency

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, file photo, presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic greets his supporters in Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia's bitterly contested presidential race is headed for a finale this weekend to decide whether a conservative or a liberal will lead the country during its first ever chairmanship over the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Leftist beats conservative in Croatia’s presidential vote

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

PM says Croatia’s EU presidency specific and demanding

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In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 photo, presidential candidate Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, left, and prime minister Andrej Plenkovic greet supporters at a rally in Zagreb, Croatia. The European Union's newest member state Croatia is holding a tight presidential election this weekend, only days before it takes over the EU presidency for the first time. Poster text reads optimism for Croatia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croatia’s presidential contest heads to Jan. 5 runoff vote

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 photo, a cyclist rides past a poster of presidential candidate Miroslav Skoro in Zagreb, Croatia. The European Union's newest member state Croatia is holding a tight presidential election this weekend, only days before it takes over the EU presidency for the first time. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croatia holds tight presidential vote before EU chairmanship

By DARKO BANDIC and JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, a migrant walks in the Vucjak refugee camp outside Bihac, northwestern Bosnia. The European Union's top migration official is warning Bosnian authorities of a likely humanitarian crisis this winter due to appalling conditions in overcrowded migrant camps in the country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Migrants huddle in the cold in makeshift camp in Bosnia

By ELDAR EMRIC and DARKO VOJINOVIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, Croatian born movie producer Branko Lustig looks on at the festival square during the Sarajevo Film Festival, in Sarajevo. Lustig, an Oscar-winning Croatian film producer and Holocaust survivor, has died at 87. The Yad Vashem center in Jerusalem said Lustig died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 in Zagreb, the capital of his native Croatia. Lustig is best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler's List” and for Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.” (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic, file)

“Schindler’s List” producer Branko Lustig dies at 87

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Croatia boasts of record tourism season

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