Croatia has made considerable efforts in recent years to improve its anti-corruption framework, the European Commission said on Monday in a report on combating corruption in the EU member states. “Croatia has made considerable efforts in recent years to improve its anti-corruption framework. However, there appears to be more emphasis on repression of corruption as…
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Lawmakers, judges, prevent referendum on Cyrillic script!
Civil society organisations involved in an initiative called “All of Us – For a Croatia of Us All” appealed to members of the Croatian Parliament and Constitutional Court judges to prevent a referendum on the official use of Cyrillic alphabet. The organisations asked the lawmakers to ensure protection of national equality in Croatia by addressing…
First integrated register of Croatia’s state property made public
The first integrated register of Croatia’s state property was inaugurated on Wednesday and made available to the public on the web site of the State Property Management Office (DUUDI). The register, which will be updated, currently contains over 380,000 different entries classified in nine categories. Among important entries in the register are about 298,000 forests…
Journalists opposed to HRT’s plan to close 11 local bureaux
The Croatian Journalists’ Association (HND) and the Journalists’ Union (SNH) on Friday strongly opposed the decision by the director-general of the public broadcaster HRT to close 11 of its local bureaux as part of the restructuring process. The downsizing is to be carried out gradually from May 1 to August 1, as a result of…
Social inequalities as the main challenge for future EU leaders
Social inequalities will be the main challenge for future European leaders, according to an EU-commissioned report released on 18 December. Europe’s economy is expected to continue its decline, and policymakers should focus on a ‘new growth paradigm’ centred on society – not growth – the report argues. The report, conducted by the think tank RAND…
Croatia, EU in 2014 – no easy task
Croatia will be able to measure the success of its European Union membership in 2014 by whether and how much more it gets from the European budget than paying into it, which is no easy task given that only a small part of available European funds is guaranteed and the bulk can be drawn only…