New Croatia President Grabar-Kitarovic urges national unity to revive economy

By Euronews

Published on 15/02/2015 - 16:25

Croatia’s first woman president was sworn into office on Sunday, calling for national unity to help revive the country’s battered economy

Croatia’s first woman president was sworn into office on Sunday, calling for national unity to help revive the country’s battered economy.

Conservative Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, 46, was addressing a gathering in Zagreb that was packed with flag-waving citizens and foreign visitors including Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Grabar-Kitarovic won January’s presidential election as a candidate for the opposition HDZ party, pledging to prod the Social Democrat-led government into doing more for the economy, which has been in recession since 2009.

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