Presidential election in Croatia to be held on December 22

Croatia will hold the first round of its presidential elections on December 22, the country’s prime minister has said.

Andrej Plenkovic made the announcement on Thursday during a government session.

In the upcoming election, the incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will be up against a candidate from the Social Democrats and Croatia’s former prime minister Zoran Milanovic.

A recent opinion poll saw Grabar-Kitarovic taking the lead with 29% of the vote, while Milanovic polled at 24%.

Via Reuters/Euronews

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