ZAGREB, February 12, 2018 - Speaking with the national radio broadcaster Hrvatski Radio, Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Monday that his position as the party's leader was not in question, that he was elected by all party members and that he would answer to them only. I will answer to them after the next parliamentary election, Bernardić said.

ZAGREB, February 10, 2018 - The opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) agreed on Friday to pay in installments a 9.5 million kuna debt for Zagreb mayor Milan Bandić's campaign for local elections in 2009 under a High Commercial Court ruling.

ZAGREB, February 8, 2018 - Five Croatian dailies - Novi List, Jutarnji List, Večernji List, Slobodna Dalmacija and Glas Istre - on Wednesday warned the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Presidency that over the past two months they had been exposed to "systematic and growing pressure from the SDP against journalists who report about the party's activities as well as editors, in a bid to influence the editorial polices of the biggest and most influential media outlets."

ZAGREB, February 3, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Saturday that the fees charged by firms acting as consultants in the process of restructuring of the Agrokor company were a legal rip-off and that Economy Minister Martina Dalić's claims that she had not been aware of the amount of those frees were scandalous and humiliated citizens and Agrokor employees.

ZAGREB, January 26, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) president and the presumptive leader of the opposition Davor Bernardić said on Friday that delegates to the party's reporting convention, set for mid-February, would not be able to remove him from the presidency and added that he was not considering the idea of stepping down.

ZAGREB, January 25, 2018 - The Parliamentary Committee for the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System on Thursday decided to allocate 53.76 million kuna of the budgetary funds for the work of parliamentary political parties and independent MPs.

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