Croatia votes for new government as virus woes loom

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Croatians are going to the polls today to choose a government to navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a general election campaign that has been dominated by the health crisis. The pandemic has put the European Union country's tourism-dependent economy on course for a contraction of nearly 10% - its steepest decline in decades. The ruling conservative HDZ party has been touting its relative success in containing Croatia's outbreak thus far, with an official tally of roughly 100 deaths and 3,000 infections. But a rise of cases in recent weeks, with dozens recorded daily, has renewed...

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