FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic speaks on stage after entering the second round of Croatia's presidential election, at his campaign headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
ZAGREB (Reuters) - The polling stations across Croatia opened at 0600 GMT on Sunday for voters to elect the country's new president in a race pitting the candidates of the two biggest parties.
In the first round of voting two weeks ago, former prime minister Zoran Milanovic, who is Social Democrats' candidate, came first among the 11 candidates with 29.6% of votes. He finished ahead of the incumbent president, the conservative Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic with 26.7%.
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