Venice has also introduced a tax for overnight visitors. In the Netherlands, Amsterdam has long been trying to clean up a reputation for rowdy stag parties, drugs and sex that has been partly blamed on an influx of around 20 million visitors a year. Crowds of tourists on a street in Amsterdam, which has implemented … Read more
Croatia’s constitutional court ruled Friday that its populist President Zoran Milanović cannot become prime minister, Reuters reported, after national elections handed him a potentially influential role in forming the Balkan country’s next government. The April 17 election in the EU’s most recent joiner left no party able to form a government on its own, meaning … Read more
“He’s being treated like a God-given candidate, instead of everyone destroying him,” Plenković said, claiming he was being targeted by a “clique of left-wing media” trying to bring down his ruling party. Croatia’s parliamentary elections, which have been preceded by a savage campaign, will be held Wednesday. Voters will be choosing between Plenković’s ruling conservative … Read more
The current draft will be discussed by EU ambassadors Wednesday and by EU leaders Thursday. Several diplomats were optimistic the current language on Bosnia will ultimately be adopted by leaders. One diplomat from a country initially more skeptical of Bosnia’s progress to date, who was granted anonymity to discuss the topic candidly, said that the second … Read more
The court also said that if Milanović becomes “a candidate for [prime minister] of the Republic of Croatia or another public or professional duty,” it would be “incompatible with his constitutional position and powers, and the principle of separation of powers.” The center-right politician reacted to the court’s decision by posting an unusually short and … Read more
From getting picked up in the pouring rain in Milan to taking a helicopter ride over Central Park, this American woman travelling the world in search of love has certainly had her fair share of interesting dates. Anne Marie Hagerty began a ‘worldwide quest’ to find her husband two years ago after splitting from a … Read more
Beneath me spreads a verdant headland of tousled trees bounded by bright blue sea, with a tiny triangle sailing across it. I swim a few more metres and this calming panorama continues. And I swim some more and some more. I am in Europe’s longest infinity pool, at 105m it’s longer than pools at the … Read more
Real Madrid CF fans are bracing themselves for a major heartbreak that could be awaiting them at the end of the current campaign. Rumours are rife that veteran midfielder Luka Modric will be leaving the club at the end of the season, and a fitting farewell is already being prepared. The the age of 38, … Read more
STEVE CLARKE is begging Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Robert Lewandowski NOT to hang up their boots before they play Scotland. The Nations League draw saw the Scots land Portugal, Croatia and Poland in League A1. The games are scheduled for September, October and November. 5 Juan Mata pulls Scotland named out of the hat … Read more
Lex is Latin for law and the AP derives from the initials of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković — specifically from leaked WhatsApp communications featuring Gabrijela Žalac, a former minister of regional development and European Union funds in Plenković’s ruling Croatian Democratic Union coalition. Žalac is under investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for alleged … Read more
