GONG: Financing Election Campaigns and Conflict of Interest

Zagreb, 01.03.2013 - Prosjeèna mjeseèna isplaæena neto plaæa po zaposlenom u pravnim osobama u Hrvatskoj za prosinac 2012. godine iznosila je 5.487 kunu, što je nominalno 3,4 posto manje i realno 3,3 posto manje u odnosu na studeni, objavio je Državni zavod za statistiku (DZS). Ilustracija od 16.08.2012. godine prikazuje kovanice. foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ /ds

Addressing a round table discussion on financing election campaigns and on conflict of interest, which was organised in Zagreb on Tuesday by GONG, a nongovernmental organisation for monitoring elections, Krasic said she could not make the findings available to public before the parliament discussed it. GONG held a round table in Croatian Parliament under the auspicies…

Croatian parliament celebrates its day

Zagreb, 09.04.2013 - Hrvatski sabor sutra poèinje 8. sjednicu u sedmom sazivu, na kojoj se oèekuje donošenje rebalansa ovogodišnjeg državnog proraèuna. Na arhivskoj fotografiji zastupnici tijekom sjednice Hrvatskog sabora 14.12.2012. godine. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ ds

The Croatian national parliament on Friday celebrated its day in memory of 30 May 1990 when the first multiparty Croatian highest law-making body was established. ZAGREB, May 30 (Hina) – The Croatian national parliament on Friday celebrated its day in memory of 30 May 1990 when the first multiparty Croatian highest law-making body was established.…

GONG criticises bill on prevention of conflict of interest

Zagreb, 06.03.2013. - Prva sjednica Povjerenstva za odluèivanje o sukobu interesa održana je u novim prostorijama u ulici Kneza Mutimira u Zagrebu. Na slici ploèa s nazivom Povjerenstva. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ lsd

Commenting on the government-sponsored bill on the prevention of conflict of interest in the discharge of public office, which is being discussed by the parliament, the non-governmental election monitoring organisation GONG on Monday said the bill was “one step forward and two steps back”. ZAGREB, April 28 (Hina) – Commenting on the government-sponsored bill on…

Nearly 125,000 signatures for NATO referendum collected

epa03644178 A businessman uses a tablet computer at a park in Tokyo, Japan, 29 March 2013. Japan's unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in February 2013, the government said 29 March 2013. The number of unemployed people dropped by 120,000 from a year earlier to 2.77 million, falling year-on-year for the 33rd consecutive month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA

A total of 124,457 signatures were collected of the 450,000 required for the Croatian parliament to call a referendum on Croatia‘s accession to NATO, the NATO Referendum Committee said on Tuesday. ZAGREB, April 15 (Hina) – A total of 124,457 signatures were collected of the 450,000 required for the Croatian parliament to call a referendum…

Initiative for NATO referendum presented

Zagreb, 14.4.2013. - U Hrvatskoj danas biraèi glasuju za izbor 12 èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) koji æe Hrvatsku u tom tijelu predstavljati od ulaska Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, 1. srpnja do redovitih izbora za èlanove EP-a na razini cijele Unije iduæe godine. Na slici biraèko mjesto u mjesnom odboru Središæe. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ lsd

The NATO Referendum Committee presented on Monday an initiative to collect signatures of 10% of the electorate with the aim to request a referendum on Croatia‘s NATO membership. ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) – The NATO Referendum Committee presented on Monday an initiative to collect signatures of 10% of the electorate with the aim to request…

Civil society activists ask Sabor and government to be more transparent

epa03642358 A Chinese technician debugs a row of video surveillance cameras for pubilc safety which are assembled on a pole in the Qingdao city, eastern China's Shandong province, 27 March 2013. China's public safety budget reaches at 128.989 billion yuan (Euros 16.227 billion) in 2013, up some nine per cent compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Finance. EPA/WU HONG

Croatian civil society organisations on Friday asked the Croatian Parliament to conduct more transparent procedures in the appointment of external members to certain parliamentary committees. ZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) – Croatian civil society organisations on Friday asked the Croatian Parliament to conduct more transparent procedures in the appointment of external members to certain parliamentary committees.…