Zagreb Law School lecturer Anamarija Musa has been appointed Croatia’s first Information Commissioner, the Croatian parliament decided on Friday. In a secret ballot involving 93 of the 151 MPs, Musa received 83 votes, while HRT public television journalist Sandra Krizanec received three. Seven ballots were declared invalid. An Information Commissioner is appointed by Parliament for…
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Strategic investment projects law adopted
The Croatian parliament on Friday passed a law on strategic investment projects which is expected to create prerequisites for launching investments and expediting the issue of documents required for public and private projects of strategic interest. The law envisages criteria for defining strategic investments, managing state property, granting concessions, investors’ obligations and their execution, and…
Musa appointed Croatia’s first Information Commissioner
Zagreb Law School lecturer Anamarija Musa has been appointed Croatia’s first Information Commissioner, the Croatian parliament decided on Friday. In a secret ballot involving 93 of the 151 MPs, Musa received 83 votes, while HRT public television journalist Sandra Krizanec received three. Seven ballots were declared invalid. An Information Commissioner is appointed by Parliament for…
Unions and NGOs against planned lease of motorways
The government’s decision on the possible lease of motorways for 30 to 50 years was severely criticised by trade unions, nongovernmental organisations and experts at a panel discussion in Zagreb on Monday. They said they would put together “a broad platform” of representatives of the public, NGOs and unions to press the government to reconsider…
In favour of greater transparency of the Council of the EU
In a case brought by Access Info Europe, the European Court of Justice today rejected arguments by the Council of the European Union that it should be able to keep secret the identities of Member States making proposals in the context of negotiations on future EU legislation. This is the final ruling – by the highest court…
Ombudswoman tells parliament citizens don’t trust judiciary
Human Rights Ombudswoman Lora Vidovic said on Thursday that citizens do not trust the judiciary, saying that the government should work on strengthening that trust “In complaints we received in 2012, citizens claim that the judiciary is not transparent, that it is inefficient and corrupt and this perception must be changed,” Vidovic said in parliament…