The Croatian government on Thursday sent to parliament final amendments to the Penal Code expanding legal protection to healthcare workers and teachers so that threats and acts of coercion against those workers could be prosecuted ex officio. If a teacher receives threats, he will no longer have to file a private lawsuit, but such offences…
Govt asks Court to reject requests on referenda on outsourcing, motorway lease
The government has sent its opinion to the Constitutional Court with regard to a request to call a state referendum concerning the adoption of a law on the outsourcing of non-core public-sector services, a press release from the closed session of the government on Thursday says. Parliament had requested the Constitutional Court to define whether…
Participatory budgeting and good economy – the ways to a “new” democracy
Participatory budgeting is and aid to good economy and can restore the trust of citizens in politics. However, although a powerful tool, it is not a magic wand and also hinges on political will. The key prerequisite is for citizens to realize that they can and should take part in political decision making, with the…
Antifascist League established in Zagreb
The Antifascist League held its founding meeting in Zagreb on Saturday, saying that it would act as an association of independent organisations of civil society in order to define the position of antifascism in present-day Croatia. The systematic denial and demonisation of antifascism and its values in Croatia have compelled us to renew our efforts…
data.gov.hr – bull’s eye or platitudes about the ‘public state’?
Imagine an online one stop shop containing all of the Government’s publicly available data, providing visualizations of datasets that are crucial to transparency, such as the structural organization of every governmental department, and serving as a showcase of excellent applications made by citizens themselves using public data. In addition, this website contains additional information on…
“We would not back out of our demand for a referendum”
The leader of a civil society group heading a campaign against the government’s plan to lease motorways, unionist Mijat Stanic, on Friday welcomed the government’s decision to back down from this idea, adding that the group would not back out of their demand for a referendum as they wanted to ban leasing motorways by law.…