× Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism Enjoy more articles from Flagstaff's Most Trusted Information Source. Subscribers can log in for unlimited digital access Log in Sign up {{featured_button_text}}ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — 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. With over 90 percent of the vote counted, the governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, won 66 seats in Croatia's 151-seat parliament and is likely to form a new coalition government with smaller right-wing groups. Andrej Plenkovic, the acting prime minister and HDZ leader, praised what he described as a “great result and a great victory.”"Such a result for the HDZ, which is our victory, is not only great, but an obligation,” Plenkovic said. “Of course, this is a bad result and I'm ready to go," he said.

Source: Daily Sun July 05, 2020 18:00 UTC