Pro-West Josipovic wins Croatia presidency

Legal scholar and left-wing opposition candidate Ivo Josipovic won Croatia’s presidential election, upsetting the capital’s popular mayor and confirming the country’s pro-Western course.

The state-run Electoral Commission said Social Democrat Mr Josipovic had 60.29% of the vote compared with 39.71% for Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic, with 99.6% of the vote counted.