Representatives of Ukrainian civil organisations said in Zagreb that they urgently needed international support to put more pressure on the authorities to document the serious human rights violations there. The delegation is on a week-long visit to Croatia, at the invitation on Croatia’s Documenta Centre for Dealing with the Past, attending meetings and lectures on…
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NGO opposes selling motorways to private capital
Representative of a civil initiative that opposes the sale of Croatian motorways, on Thursday opposed the government-sponsored Plan B regarding the monetisation of the debt of the motorways’ operators, namely the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the HAC-ONC toll and maintenance company’s shares to citizens and pension funds, saying they do not want the motorways…
Activists set up Trojan horse against TTIP in Zagreb’s main square
Non-profit civic associations set up an eight-metre-high Trojan horse in Zagreb’s main square on Wednesday symbolising the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States, urging citizens to sign a petition against the TTIP. Activists carried banners mentioning chlorinated chicken, toxic chemicals, GMO, hormone beef, privatisation and corrupt courts.…
NGOs to be allowed to finance referendums after all?
Public Administration Minister Arsen Bauk announced in Parliament on Tuesday that before the second reading of the bill on the financing of political activity, election campaigning and referendums he would ease the ban for civil society organisations to finance referendum activities. The ban was opposed by nearly all members of the Committee on the Constitution,…
NGOs and unions: No passaran to “castration of democracy”
Activists of a few nongovernmental organisations on Monday raised their voice against prohibiting civil society associations and foundations from financing referendum activities and promotion, as envisaged by a bill on financing political activities, election campaigns and referenda, which is to receive first reading in the national parliament. The activists warned that this bill would be…
70th anniversary of breakout from Jasenovac camp commemorated
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Sunday at a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the break-out of inmates from the Ustasha-run Jasenovac camp on 22 April 1945, that Croatia’s Constitution clearly states that the foundations of Croatia’s sovereignty are based on anti-fascist values of World War Two and not on the values of the…