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How can EU citizens vote in local elections in Croatia?

Citizens of other EU member states living in Croatia need to register by April 15 in order to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming local elections on May 16. All citizens of the European Union have a certain set of legally guaranteed rights throughout the EU. Such status gives them the right to…

Too many examples of playing dirty

Zagreb, 19.05.2013 - U Hrvatskoj su jutros u 7 sati otvorena biralita na kojima neto vie od 3, 7 milijuna biraèa bira lokalne dunosnike za iduæe èetiri godine. Na slici pripreme za otvaranje glasaèkih mjesta. foto FaH/ Damir SENÈAR /ds

Election Day passed in light of persuasion and pressure on citizens to vote for specific candidates, despite the legal ban on violations of electoral silence. In smaller towns pressures were highly evident, with participation of political parties’ activists and candidates, and sometimes committee members of certain political parties. Numerous reports from GONG’s observers and citizens…

Growing number of irregularities at polling stations

Zagreb, 19.05.2013 - Neto vie od 3, 7 milijuna biraèa danas bira lokalne dunosnike za iduæe èetiri godine. Na slici biraèko mjesto u Mjesnom odboru Malenica. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ lsd

GONG, a nongovernmental organisation in charge of monitoring election processes in Croatia has received an increasing number of complaints about irregularities in the election process, most of these are related to the unprofessional behaviour of election committees, violation of the election black-out and two incidents of alleged attempts to buy votes, a report released by…

Who else is registered at my address?

Zagreb, 29.03.2013 - Prosjeèna starost hrvatskog stanovnitva u proteklih 50 godina porasla je za gotovo 10 godina, a broj starijih od 65 godina po prvi je puta premaio broj mlaðih od 14 godina, pri èemu je meðu starijom populacijom vie ena, a meðu mlaðom vie mukaraca, pokazuju danas objavljeni podatci o dobnoj i spolnoj strukturi iz Popisa stanovnitva 2011. Arhivska fotografija od 1.4.2011. godine popisivanje stanovnitva na poèetku Popisa stanovnitva, kuæanstava i stanova, najveæeg statistièkog istraivanje na podruèju Republike Hrvatske, koje je bilo provedeno u razdoblju od 1. do 28. travnja. foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ/ ds

Upon implementation of new Residency Act, and with upcoming local elections, GONG organizes a public debate “Who else is registered at my address?” on Monday, 6th of May 2013 from 10am to 12am at Human Rights House (Selska cesta 112c, Zagreb). „There were instances where out of 1.200 cases that were investigated, as many as hundred…

GONG observers in Kosovo

epa03642358 A Chinese technician debugs a row of video surveillance cameras for pubilc safety which are assembled on a pole in the Qingdao city, eastern China's Shandong province, 27 March 2013. China's public safety budget reaches at 128.989 billion yuan (Euros 16.227 billion) in 2013, up some nine per cent compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Finance. EPA/WU HONG

Seven GONG short term observers will take a part in ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) election observation mission to Republic of Kosovo observing the upcoming second round of local elections which will be held on Sunday, December 13. Seven GONG short term observers will take a part in ENEMO (European Network of Election…

2009 – Local Elections

Zagreb, 14.04.2013 - U Hrvatskoj su u sedam sati otvorena biralita na kojima æe biraèi glasovati za izbor 12 èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) koji æe Hrvatsku u tom tijelu predstavljati od ulaska Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, 1. srpnja, do redovitih izbora za èlanove EP-a na razini cijele Unije, iduæe godine. Arhivska fotografija od 25.11.2007. godine prikazuje graðane dok glasuju. foto FaH/ Dario GRZELJ /ds

On April 15th, by Government’s decree, elections for members of representative bodies of local and regional units of self-government were announced as well as elections for municipal mayors, mayors, county mayors and the Mayor of The City of Zagreb. Elections were held on Sunday, May 17th 2009, the second round and re-run elections were held…