Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave | Climate News

Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave | Climate News

ByNews Polite

Cause of blackout remains unknown, but early indications point to spike in electricity use due to severe heat enveloping the region. A major electricity blackout has hit Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and most of Croatia’s Adriatic coast, leaving people sweltering in the middle of a severe heatwave. Temperatures in…

Croatia’s top court bars President Milanovic from becoming prime minister | Politics News

Croatia’s top court bars President Milanovic from becoming prime minister | Politics News

ByNews Polite

Constitutional Court says Zoran Milanovic cannot take up PM post because he did not first step down as president. Croatia’s top court has ruled that President Zoran Milanovic, who had campaigned to become prime minister before this week’s parliamentary elections, may not head the new government. “The president has been…

Croatia ruling party heading for election win without majority: Exit poll | Elections News

Croatia ruling party heading for election win without majority: Exit poll | Elections News

ByNews Polite

Exit poll projects Croatia’s governing HDZ party on track to win 58 seats in 151-seat parliament. Croatia’s governing HDZ party is projected to win Wednesday’s parliamentary election but with fewer seats than before and without a majority, according to an Ipsos exit poll published on local Nova TV. HDZ was…