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CROATIA-VOTE-MESIC
Picture taken late December 27, 2009 shows actual Croatian president Stjepan Mesic, watching the first results of the presidential elections on the TV news in his presidential office in capital Zagreb on December 27, 2009. The incumbent, popular centrist Stipe Mesic, stands down in February 2010 after serving the maximum two five-year terms. The 75-year-old is credited with helping transform the former Yugoslav republic from a nationalist autocracy -- the legacy of late strongman Franjo Tudjman -- into a parliamentary democracy, curbing the president's powers. Mesic, the outgoing president, expressed regret that he had failed to get his country into the European club. Some 4.4 million people, including more than 400,000 living abroad, were eligible to vote in Sunday's election to choose a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption. AFP PHOTO/Str ---CROATIA OUT---
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Zagreb, CROATIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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27 Decembrie 2009 |
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