(30 Dec 2024)
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Zagreb, Croatia – 30 December 2024
1. Equestrian statue at Zagreb main square
2. People looking at newspapers at newsstand
3. Close of newspaper front page with picture of President Zoran Milanovic
4. Man looking at newspaper
5. Close of newspaper headline reading (Croatian) “Milanovic wins 30% more than Primorac”
6. Close of article headline with pictures of Milanovic and conservative candidate Dragan Primorac, reading (Croatian) “Milanovic triumphs, falls short of outright win by only 5,000 votes”
7. People in square
8. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Gordana Butkovic, retired economist from Zagreb:
“I’m pleased with the result. I only regret that the victory wasn’t quite at 50%, so that we wouldn’t have to go to the polls again in two weeks’ time.”
9. View of staircase leading to Dolac open air farmers market
10. Wide of farmers market
11. Sellers with produce at farmers market
12. Man cutting up pumpkins for sale
13. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Senad Hujic, runs an eco-friendly family farm in Donja Zelina:
“Others tried to sling mud at Mr Primorac, but he is, after all, a medical doctor, an educated man, and a scientist, who has achieved success in his private life. And I think he would be a good choice. I would even go so far to say that, in spite of Milanovic’s result, that he (Primorac) might win the runoff.”
14. Man buying fruit
15. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Zoran Feric, author:
“I was very happy with yesterday’s result, and perhaps a bit surprised by the huge margin for Milanovic. But, since I think he is a candidate who absolutely deserves to win another term, that was a pleasant surprise for me.”
16. Wide of farmers market
STORYLINE:
Some residents of Zagreb were on Monday reacting to the news of incumbent President Zoran Milanovic winning most of the votes in the first round of a presidential election.
Pre-election polls have predicted that left-leaning Milanovic and his main challenger Dragan Primorac – a forensic scientist with little political experience but backed by the ruling conservative HDZ party – were far ahead in front of six other candidates.
On Sunday evening Milanovic won 49% of the vote, falling short of securing outright victory by merely 5,000 votes, while Primorac trailed far behind with 19%.
They will face off again in the second round on Jan. 12.
Left-leaning Milanovic is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
He is often compared to Donald Trump for his combative style of communication with political opponents.
The most popular politician in Croatia, 58-year-old Milanovic has served as prime minister in the past.
Populist in style, he has been a fierce critic of current conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, and continuous sparring between the two has lately marked Croatia’s political scene.
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