Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and Minister of Science, Education and Sports Zeljko Jovanovic on Monday announced a new education, science and technology strategy that should come into force in 2018 and which, as they said, would be founded on the idea of creating a society of equal opportunities based on know-how, where education and science…
Can democracy exist without trust? – looking for magic bullet
In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy — with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy — and invited all member states and organizations to commemorate the day in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness. Today on 15 September 2013 we use this occsasion…
“EU transparency: Where are we now?”
The International Right to Know Day was established in 2003 by access to information advocates from around the world. Given that there will be a new European Parliament and a new Commission in 2014, and given that his own mandate is coming to an end, the European Ombudsman is keen to examine how much progress…
NGOs believe in restoration of dialogue in Vukovar
The non-governmental organisations Documenta, the Centre for Peace Studies, GONG and the Centre for Peace issued a statement on Thursday following the latest developments in Vukovar, expressing their full support for establishing democratic standards and restoring dialogue so that the people of Vukovar could continue the peace building process by themselves. “Vukovar, as a town…
Croatia in EU – maybe too soon?
“Prosecuting former prime minister Ivo Sanader signaled that Croatia was willing to check all the boxes to get into the European Union but one can’t be confident that the political culture has changed or that the institutions are completely and fully dealing with corruption”, said Jelena Berkovic, of GONG, a nongovernmental organization that focuses on…
Health Education to be introduced at start of this school year
All the educational, technical and procedural conditions to introduce Health Education (HE) in primary and secondary schools have been met and it will be introduced at the start of this school year, Minister of Science, Education and Sports Zeljko Jovanovic told a press conference on Wednesday. He presented the results of a public debate, the…