The initiative for a referendum against the proposed lease of motorways announced on Thursday it had collected enough signatures for the referendum against monetisation of the debt of two state-owned motorway operators. According to preliminary results, the initiative has collected 487,612 signatures, or 113,000 more than required by the law, Teodor Celakoski of the Right…
Month: October 2014
Last day of collecting signatures for referendum against leasing motorways
The “We won’t give our motorways” civil society group at midnight on Saturday ends collecting signatures for a referendum against the leasing of motorways to monetise their debts and its representatives voiced confidence that enough citizens would support the petition. “We will certainly make it. Citizens have listened to our call and there are lines…
MPs call for more resolutely punishing hate speech
Members of parliament said on Friday the situation in Croatian media was deteriorating and that local media were barely surviving, calling for more resolutely punishing hate speech and the spreading of intolerance. They were discussing the Electronic Media Council’s performance report for 2013. Milorad Pupovac of the Independent Democratic Serb Party said the situation was…
European Parliament approves new European Commission
The European Parliament approved at a plenary in Strasbourg on Wednesday a new European Commission presided over by Jean-Claude Juncker, which will take office on November 1. A total of 699 members of the European Parliament voted, with 423 in favour of Juncker’s Commission, 209 against and 67 abstentions. Addressing the European Parliament before the…
MPs call for debate on amending election rules
Some of the party groups in the Croatian parliament on Wednesday urged opening a debate on changes to electoral rules, asking Speaker Josip Leko to send all MPs a copy of a letter on that topic he received from President Ivo Josipovic. “I ask that you copy the letter and distribute it to the MPs…
Over 160,000 signatures collected so far for referendum
Since Saturday, when a referendum petition drive was launched against monetisation of the debt incurred by state-owned motorway operators, over 160,000 signatures have been collected, two activists of the civil society group that organised the drive told a news conference in Zagreb on Tuesday. Teodor Celakoski and Mijat Stanic expressed satisfaction with the pace of…