Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has said that the next parliamentary election will be held in late 2011.

Kosor's statement was published in a late night news broadcast on Croatian Television on Wednesday night, in a report on the next parliamentary election in the country.

Kosor said that she talked with Administration Minister Davorin Mlakar yesterday about the final deadline for the elections.

"The legal deadline, when all relevant parameters are taken into account, is the end of 2011, as we stated earlier," the PM said.