Commissioners’ travel expenses remain hidden from public

Access Info Europe and 53 requesters from across Europe appealed to the European Ombudsman about the European Commissions’ failure to register, process, and respond to requests for the 2016 travel expenses of EU Commissioners. Even though requests were submitted over 5 months ago the Commission has failed to process these requests in line with EU…

International solidarity with Hungarian NGOs

CROSOL – Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity joined protests across Europe to support Hungarian NGOs. Reacting to the appeal of Amnesty International and 500 European associations under the umbrella of Civil Society Europe, Prime Minister Orban said that “Soros and its affiliates are trying to undermine the capabilities of the Hungarian state to protect…

In Joint Search of the Citizen, in Spite of Obedience

On Thursday, April 13, 2017 GONG celebrated its 20th birthday. The event was marked by a conference and the accompanying cultural program held in Zagreb’s Students’ Center and attended by more than 200 activists of different generations and different struggles from Croatia and the neighbouring countries. The video in Croatian is available HERE, while the…

Regional Time-machine of Activist Practices

The conference „In Search of a Citizen: Regional Time-machine of Activist and Artistic Practices“ took place on April 13, 2017, on the occasion of GONG’s 20th birthday. The event involved 208 citizens, including 169 participants from Croatia, 10 participants from Serbia, 6 participants from Montenegro, 10 participants from Macedonia and 13 participants from Bosnia and…

Call for expressions of interest

Are you a full-stack digital agency, preferably in Croatia? Are you really good at your job? Do you have a passion for crafting software with a social purpose? Awesome. Read on. GONG is looking for a technical partner for an ambitious project called “Mosaic of Influence” — funded by Google’s Digital News Initiative, the Mosaic…

Who are the key EU conservatives and what are their ties to Croatia?

Zagreb, 02.03.2017 - Inicijativa ProlIfe.hr održala je tiskovnu konferenciju ispred Ustavnog suda odmah nakon najavljene objave Ustavnog suda RH o presudi o Zakonu o pobaèaju. Na slici predsjednik Zaklade Vigilare Vice John Batarelo sa peticijom koju æe provoditi u slijedeæih 40 dana. foto HINA/ Damir SENÈAR /ds

“As you know, we accept the claims of 21st century science, which is that life begins at conception. As Christian democrats, we also accept that we live in a pluralistic, democratic society, and that many citizens do not accept such a fact. Therefore, we need to focus on more and better education, and through it,…