A former Croatian prime minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison - becoming the highest ranking official to be convicted of corruption in the country.
Ivo Sanader was found guilty of accepting a payment of 5m euros (£4m) in 2008 from Hungary's energy group MOL Nyrt in exchange for granting it full management rights over Croatia's state oil company INA.
He was also convicted of accepting 476,000 euros (£382,91£382,913) from Austrian bank Hypo Alpe Adria Group in 1995, when he was deputy foreign minister. Prosecutors described this action as "war profiteering".
After reading out the verdict, Judge Ivan Turudic speaking directly to Sanader, said: "Without a doubt, you have committed these criminal acts, abusing the powers of your office as prime minister and, earlier, as deputy foreign minister."
He is also facing a separate trial for allegedly using profits from state companies to fund his political party.
Sanader, 59, left the country in 2009 and was arrested shortly after in Austria where he was extradited back to Croatia in 2011 to face trial.
He was the leader of the Croatian Democratic Party, which has been in power for 17 of the 22 years since the end of communism in 1990.
Croatia is due to join the EU in July 2013 and Sanader's conviction is likely to be seen as proof it is cracking down on corruption.
EU officials are said to be taking a tough stance on the country's corruption problems before its joins alongside Romania and Bulgaria.
Sanader's hand-picked successor, Jadranka Kosor, launched an anti-corruption campaign which helped Zagreb complete EU entry talks in June 2011.
Sanader argued that the case against him was politically motivated. He has 15 days to appeal the verdict.
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