Croatia's new leader revels in law, music
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-12 07:49
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Ivo Josipovic and his wife, Tatjana, celebrate his victory in the second round of Croatia's presidential elections at his campaign headquarters in Zagreb early yesterday. Reuters |
ZAGREB: Ivo Josipovic, a music-professor-turned-politician, will lead Croatia for the next five years after winning a run-off presidential election as the former Yugoslav republic strives to complete European Union entry talks and revive its economy. Josipovic, with the support of the largest opposition party, the Social Democrats, garnered 60.3 percent of the people's vote, results from the central electoral commission in Zagreb published on its website showed. Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic got 39.7 percent of the vote in weekend's election.
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