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Green-Left Coalition and Tomislav Tomašević take a lead in the first round of local elections in Zagreb

Mašina MašinaMay 19, 2021May 17, 2021

According to the still unofficial results of the local elections in Croatia, the support received by the green-left coalition We can! (Možemo!) announces changes on the political scene of the neighbouring country.

Workers’ struggle during the pandemic

Goran Radlovački Goran RadlovačkiNovember 27, 2020

Striking similarities were revealed among ex-Yugoslav republics during this pandemic: the burden of the crisis was placed on the workers, who, although fragmented, organized resistance all across their shared former homeland, while at the same time facing the double threat of infection and possible termination.

The green-left coalition achieves game-changing results in the parliamentary elections in Croatia

Mašina MašinaJuly 8, 2020

The green-left coalition won 7 seats at the Croatian 151-seat parliament, surprising everybody. The turnout was less than 50%, the lowest ever in Croatia’s parliamentary election. The conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the biggest chunk of the electorate, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) suffered a heavy blow to its position. Several right-wing parties won seats, too.