Against the Trade Secrets Directive

epa04148214 (FILE) A file photo dated 27 August 2007 shows the building of the European Central Bank (ECB) behind the Euro sign logo by artist Otmar Hoerl in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Annual eurozone inflation fell to a more-than four-year low in March increasing the pressure on the European Central Bank to act to head off fears of deflation. The region's cost of living slumped to 0.5 per cent in March compared with 0.7 per cent in February, the European Statistics Office Eurostat said on 31 March 2014. EPA/MAURITZ ANTIN *** Local Caption *** 51150520

We bring you an open letter sent to all Heads of State and Government of the European Union by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), on behalf of 52 organizations having signed it, to ask that the Trade Secrets Protection Directive, due to be examined during the next Agriculture Council on May 17, is further amended before…

Radman’s replacement Blitzkrieg against media pluralism

Zagreb, 05.07.2013 - Glavni ravnatelj HRT-a Goran Radman rekao je danas da se neæe sam povuæi s HRT-a te poruèio kako više neæe tolerirati zavjeru protiv HRT-a za koju je optužio politièare, interesne klanove i novinare koji prate HRT zbog èega su oni prije kraja napustili konferenciju za novinare. Na slici zgrada HRT-a na prisavlju. foto FaH/ Denis CERIÆ /dc

ZAGREB, March 3 (Hina) – Platform 112, an association of 60 civil society organisations, on Thursday described as a “Blitzkrieg against media pluralism” the proposal by the parliamentary committee on information, computerisation and the media that the parliament replace Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) director-general Goran Radman and appoint HRT editor Sinisa Kovacic as acting…

CJA wrote to the Croatian EMPs because of the threat to media freedom

Dear respected Croatian representatives in the EU Parliament, Although all of you have been elected as candidates of different political parties and you have various points of view, I am certain that your commitment to compliance of human rights and Constitution of the Republic of Croatia is genuine as well as respect for basic guidelines…

GONG 2011-2015: Facts against empty phrases

When harshest critics accuse GONG of doing their job properly because they work well and transparently, we can all but agree and respond with an even greater degree of transparency to the systematic contamination of public space with false data and manipulation. GONG: a self-indulgent spender or a Croatian exporter? In 2003, GONG had its…

Enough with the hatred!

Zagreb, 10.06.2013 - Hrvatski æe sabor u sutrašnjem nastavku zasjedanja razmotriti konaèni tekst zakona o porezu na dodanu vrijednost (PDV), kojim je, meðu ostalim, previðena niža stopa PDV-a za dio dnevnih novina. Arhivska fotografija od dana 31.07.2008. godine prikazuje razne dnevne novine u Hrvatskoj. foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ/ ik

In order to contribute to he recognition and condemnation of discriminatory public speech by civil society organisations and the general public, especially young people, GONG, Human rights House Zagreb and the Association for independent media culture (publisher of web portal H-Alter) are jointly implementing a project entitled Enough with the hatred!, from October 1, 2015…

Project Hands-On Policy Advocacy

In cooperation with partner organizations Association for Self-Advocacy from Zagreb and Association Terra from Rijeka GONG is implementing the project “Hands-on Policy Advocacy”. Project is financed by EU, and co-financed by Governments’ Office for Associations. Main goal of this project, led by GONG, is to empower partner organizations for policy analysis and policy advocacy through…