ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolušić, an official of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), said on Wednesday that he expected the prosecution and punishment of all involved in the fabricated text messages scandal, and another cabinet minister, Lovro Kuščević, who is also the HDZ political secretary, declined to comment on the case until the USKOK investigation was underway in this case.

ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday he expected the authorities to fully investigate "absolutely everything" in the latest "fabricated text messages" affair. He was responding to questions from the press before a meeting of his HDZ party's parliamentary group.

Brother of deputy HDZ president and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Milijan Brkić has founded a host of new companies and used them to take over commercial business premises owned by the City of Zagreb.

Karamarko may be gone, but that was not the end of internal conflicts within HDZ.

As elections get closer, history and extremism are out and economy and moderation are in.

Elections for new party leader will take place on 17 July.

All members will vote for the new party president and, if no candidate receives the majority, the second round will be held one week later.

HDZ presidency meets and reacts to resignation of their party leader.

Turmoil spreads to HDZ as well – deputy party president joins calls for Karamarko to leave the government.

After Friday’s chaos in Parliament, it is obvious that Tomislav Karamarko does not control situation within his own coalition.