Open Government is very likely to be democracy’s next milestone, writes Albero Abella in his blog for opengovernmentship.org “Should you care about open government?” – Abella asks and then he says – “Possibly, because it guarantees transparency and accountability. But not in my opinion. In 2014 this passive role for the citizens is not enough. The…
Month: September 2014
What does the EU consider citizens rights to be?
Democracy „the Hungarian way“ and Russia and Turkey as its role models is being discussed for quite some time now, and it raises conserns among civil society organizations in Europe, especially having in mind recent events in Hungary. Meanwhile, the EU does not have this concerns in mind – they want the new commissioner for…
Hungarian police raided the offices of two NGOs
On Monday morning 16th Hungarian police raided the offices of two NGOs, DemNet and Ökotárs, seizing computers and accusing them of financial wrongdoing. The raid comes after similar sweeps in May. A few weeks after the prime minister declared that liberal democracy is over in Hungary and Putin’s methods should be precedent, police raids started.…
Juncker unveils new European Commission
The European Commission’s President-elect, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Wednesday unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission, with Croatian Commissioner Neven Mimica being at the helm of the department of International Cooperation and Development. source: European Commission – click to enlarge “The new College will have seven Vice-Presidents, six in addition to…
Croatia’s first civil union registered in Zagreb
The very first civil partnership was formed in Croatia, under the life partnership legislation, on Friday evening when two men were registered as civil partners of each other at a ceremony in Zagreb. Public Administration Minister Arsen Bauk, who confirmed the news about the first civil union just before the start of the Social Democratic…
Journalists Association again pushes for elimination of defamation provision
The Croatian Journalists Association (HND) has reiterated its request for revoking the provision on punishable defamation from the Penal Code, and the latest call for rescinding the controversial provision came on Friday after a recent judgement by a municipal court in Zagreb that ordered the commercial RTL broadcaster to pay HRK 50,000 to Zagreb Mayor…