EU elections – a vision of a future or a fall of a myth?

epa04108006 EU flags stand on a table during a photo opp at a flag store in Vienna, Austria, 03 March 2014. EU citizens will vote for a new EU parliament from 22 through 25 May 2014. EPA/GEORG HOCHMUTH

Distant, cold, inaccessible – the European Union – (yet another) accumulation of anonymous bureaucrats who oppress people with their absurd requirements. After all, who cares if the cucumber has a bump or not and should the carrots look stubby, when it is far more important to keep the fresh cottage cheese, “rakija” (brandy) and traditional…

New education, science and technology strategy

Zagreb, 16.09.2013 - Konferencija za novinare u Banskim dvorima na kojoj je predstavljena Strategije obrazovanja, znanosti i tehnologije. Na slici posebni savjetnik predsjednika Vlade za znanost prof. Neven Budak predsatvio je strategiju. foto FaH/ Denis CERIĆ /ds

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…

Health Education to be introduced at start of this school year

Zagreb, 28.08.2013 - Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta predstavit će na konferenciji za novinare Plan i program Zdravstvenog odgoja, rezultate javne rasprave i Priručnike za Zdravstveni odgoj za osnovne i srednje škole. Na slici ministar znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta Željko Jovanović, ravnatelj Agencije za odgoj i obrazovanje Vinko Filipović i član Povjerenstva za Zdravstveni odgoj Darko Tot. foto FaH/ Tomislav PAVLEK /ds

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…

GONG “turned” a new page on the old address

11. 04. 2012., Zagreb - Clanovi nestranacke udruge Gong fotografirani u prostorijama udruge na Trgu bana Jelacica. GONG je nestranacka udruga gradjana utemeljena 1997. radi poticanja gradjana na aktivnije sudjelovanje u politickim procesima. Duje Prkut, Nives Miosic, Korana Gacic Fuk, Tina Novak, Tanja Kapusta, Srdjan Novak, Albert Jedrejic, Jelena Berkovic, Danela Zagar, Natalia Mirkovic, Vanja Skoric, Dragan Zelic, Marina Skrabalo, Tamara Capeta, Berto Salaj, Robert Maracic, Iva Pinjusic. Photo: Davor Puklavec/PIXSELL

Explore GONGs’ new web site, much clearer and more attractive, containing more information, that are organized into three main categories: electoral system, good governance and active citizens. In order for information to be of the highest quality possible and for communication to focus on key policies and social processes, the interested public is now able…