ZAGREB: Barely two months after Franjo Tudjman's death, Croatia is a different country. Years of political fear have been washed away in just a few days. Last month, parliamentary elections dealt a mortal blow to Tudjmans' monolithic party, HDZ. This week, the opposition's Stipe Mesic won Croatia's presidency. Tudjman, long an object of dread, has vanished from the political screen, taking into oblivion the ideological clutter that made Croatia a pariah state.
ZAGREB: Barely two months after Franjo Tudjman's death, Croatia is a different country. Years of political fear have been washed away in just a few days. Last month, parliamentary elections dealt a mortal blow to Tudjmans' monolithic party, HDZ. This week, the opposition's Stipe Mesic won Croatia's presidency. Tudjman, long an object of dread, has vanished from the political screen, taking into oblivion the ideological clutter that made Croatia a pariah state.