Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Friday named the country's first female prime minister-designate, who is to form a new government after the unexpected resignation of Ivo Sanader.

Croatian President Stipe Mesic says he is consulting political parties before appointing a successor to the prime minister, who abruptly stepped down this week.

More than one year after the brutal assault on Dusan Miljus, an investigative reporter for the Croatian daily newspaper Jutarnji List, his attackers are yet to be arrested.

I guess many of you think that the further north you travel from the Balkans, the more customs and mindsets change.

CROATIAN Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigned on Wednesday and said he was withdrawing from politics.