Croatia Elects First Female President

Croatian conservative opposition candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic won Sunday's presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin and will become the country's first female president. With nearly all votes counted, Croatia's election commission said Grabar-Kitarovic won 50.4 percent of the vote while incumbent Ivo Josipivic won 49.6. Grabar-Kitarovic is a former foreign minister and was Croatia's ambassador to the United States. She has promised to work to boost the...

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