ZAGREB, March 22, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Thursday that his party would vote for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention despite the accompanying interpretive statement, which he described as "a useless piece of paper".

The party leadership seems intent to lose the few remaining supporters.

ZAGREB, March 20, 2018 - Opposition MPs on Tuesday submitted a motion for a no-confidence vote in Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Martina Dalić over the Agrokor conglomerate and the "consultants affair." The motion was signed by 37 MPs from six parliamentary groups and independents.

ZAGREB, March 20, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday that the agenda of his cabinet this week would most probably include the item on ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence alongside with an accompanying interpretative declaration.

ZAGREB, March 16, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Thursday that his party would support the ratification of the Istanbul Convention only if it was ratified in its integral form, without any reservations, expressing support for the fight against violence against women and discrimination on any grounds.

ZAGREB, March 13, 2018 - The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) group in the Croatian Parliament Arsen Bauk on Tuesday commended Prime Minister Andrej Plenković for insisting on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, and added that the story of gender and gender identity ended ten years ago when Croatia joined the European Union.

ZAGREB, March 11, 2018 - The strongest opposition party, the Social Democrats (SDP), unanimously adopted at its seventh convention on Saturday a new statute whereby "the party additionally democraticises itself."

ZAGREB, March 10, 2018 - Addressing the 7th conference of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which is being held under the slogan "Everything is up to us", SDP president Davor Bernardić said on Saturday that "today, the SDP is opening a new chapter of social democracy in Croatia," adding that it was important for the party to admit and critically face everything that was wrong in its work over the past several years.

ZAGREB, March 4, 2018 - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) posted a surplus of a little more than 6.5 million kuna in 2017, according to a financial statement for this ruling political party. Revenue in 2017 amounted to 50.5 million kuna, while expenditure amounted to 44 million kuna, resulting in a surplus of 6.5 million kuna, the HDZ said in a press release.

ZAGREB, March 4, 2018 - The main committee of Croatia's strongest opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Saturday adopted a draft of its new platform "For a Good Society" and put it forward to the party's convention, scheduled for next Saturday, which is expected to adopt the document.