ZAGREB, May 20 (Hina) - The president of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and the country's premier, Ivica Racan, will be at the helm of a Croatian SDP delegation at the central celebration of the 140th anniversary of the
establishment of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP), set for 22 and 23 May in Berlin.
ZAGREB, May 20 (Hina) - The president of the Social Democratic Party
of Croatia (SDP) and the country's premier, Ivica Racan, will be at
the helm of a Croatian SDP delegation at the central celebration of
the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Social Democratic
Party of Germany (SDP), set for 22 and 23 May in Berlin. #L#
German Chancellor and SDP leader Gerhard Schroeder, who is the host
of the Berlin event, has personally invited Racan in his capacity as
Croatian PM and SDP chief.
The Croatian SDP delegation will also include the party's vice
president, Zeljka Antunovic, and an SDP MP, Mirjana Feric-Vac.
The presidency of the Party of European Socialists (PES), which
gathers Socialist, Social Democratic and Labour parties of the
European Union, last week promoted Croatia's SDP into an observer.
The party is likely to be given associate member status next spring
at a PES electoral convention.
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