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Parliament moves to regulate cooperation with government in EU affairs

Zagreb, 22.03.2013 - Sjednica Odbora za Ustav, Poslovnik i politièki sustav Hrvatskog sabora. Na slici predsjednik Odbora Peða Grbin, Tonino Picula, Marin Jurjeviæ i Nenad Staziæ. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ /ds

The Croatian Parliament took the first step on Thursday to formally regulate its cooperation with the Government in European affairs as its Committee on the Constitution and Standing Orders drew up a bill on such cooperation and forwarded it to Parliament for further consideration. The bill defines the way in which representatives of Croatia will…

Constitutional Court abolishes Health Education Curriculum

The Croatian Constitutional Court on Wednesday abolished the Health Education Curriculum, which took effect in February, and ordered that until the adoption of a new curriculum Health Education be taught according to the curriculum that had been in force before the start of this school year. The court assessed the constitutionality of the curriculum at…

How Open is Croatian Government and Why Are They Ignoring Democratization of Democracy?

Zagreb, 13.03.2013 - Predsjednik Vlade Zoran Milanoviæ, potpredsjednica Vlade i minsitrica vanjskih i europskih poslova Vesna Pusiæ, potpredsjednik Vlade i ministar regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije Branko Grèiæ, ministar unutarnjih poslova Ranko Ostojiæ i ministar obrane Ante Kotromanoviæ tijekom sjednice Vlade RH. foto FaH/ Tomislav PAVLEK /ds

Although certain improvements are notable, in respect of the principles of transparency, „Kukuriku“ Government coalition still has plenty of room to improve its openness to citizens and especially to the media. It is a relevant issue because if the public is not informed, they are not able to adequately question the government, and it is…

Government rejects GONG’s request for copies of all items on agendas of closed-door sessions

epa03621518 A Member of the European Parliament raise his hand in a voting during the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 13 March 2013. The European Parliament rejected the compromise of EU governments for the financial planning of the European Union until 2020. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to reject a request by the non-governmental organisation GONG to provide it with copies of all items on the agendas of government sessions held behind closed doors during its present term in office. ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) – The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to…

Government rejects NGO’s criticisms about its closed sessions

Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun on Tuesday rejected criticisms from the non-governmental organisation GONG about the lack of transparency in government work and its closed sessions. ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) – Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun on Tuesday rejected criticisms from the non-governmental organisation GONG about the lack of transparency in government work and its closed sessions.…

GONG: Tansparency of the government’s work in 2008

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

The Croatian government has continued to violate the principles of good conduct, transparency and responsibility towards citizens by holding increasingly frequent closed-door sessions, by failing to make public decisions on the allocation of funds from budgetary reserves, and by issuing incomplete statements and failing to make public, at least two days in advance, the agendas…