Independent Balkan News AgencyTrump declares war on Media – What has changed
Barely a month into his duties as President of the United States, Donald Trump has declared war on the media accusing them of being liars and enemies of the American people. In recent years the media have been the target of various leaders, not only of authoritarian regimes but also of countries with deep […]
Read More →Trust in Croatian state institutions low
Commenting on European surveys showing that Croatians were among those EU citizens who trusted their state institutions and local self-government bodies the least, Public Administration Minister Ivan Kovacic said on Thursday that the communication between citizens and local self-government bodies would be improved as part of a public administration reform. “The public administration reform […]
Read More →New media strategy draft possible in few months, culture minister says
Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Korzinek (photo) said on Wednesday the ministry would work on a media strategy this year, adding that Hina’s financial situation had stabilised and that it was an important media outlet which could open up to new services. Speaking on Croatian Radio, the minister said the draft of a new media strategy […]
Read More →Croatia Tries Soldier Accused of War Crimes during Operation Storm
“Not guilty”, pleaded Rajko Kričković, a 60-year-old retired war veteran from Zagreb, whose trial for war crimes started at the Rijeka County Court. He is charged with killing three civilians in the region of Lika after Operation Storm in 1995, reports Novi List on January 12, 2017. The indictment of the County State Attorney’s Office […]
Read More →PM receives head of Islamic community in Croatia
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday received the head of the Islamic Community in Croatia, Mufti Aziz Hasanovic, and expressed his satisfaction with Croatia’s relations with the Islamic community, adding that the model of arranging these relations could serve as an example to other European countries. “Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic expressed satisfaction with standards achieved […]
Read More →Croatia’s Q3 survey unemployment rate down to 10.9 pct
The survey unemployment rate in Croatia fell to 10.9% in the third quarter of 2016 from 15.4% in the corresponding period of 2015, show the results of a labour force survey carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS). The survey unemployment rate in the third quarter of 2016 was 1.9 percentage points lower […]
Read More →War veterans’ leaders say veterans should be given 7% of HEP shares
Commenting on the possible sale of 25% of HEP power company shares, the leader of the Association of Special Police from the 1991-95 Homeland War, Josip Klemm (photo), said on Wednesday that war veterans should participate in the transaction in such a way to allow the transfer of 7% of HEP shares to the War […]
Read More →Asylum Seekers Protest in Zagreb
Refugees and migrants claim they are victims of attacks on the streets of Zagreb About 40 people protested in front of the “Porin” Centre for Asylum Seekers in Zagreb on Monday. They protested against Croatian police which, according to their claims, has not responded to their reports of violence against them over the weekend, reports […]
Read More →BiH Security Minister rejects Croatian President’s claims about Potential Terrorists
The European Union is faced with the possibility of a return of between 2,000 to 2,500 radicalized people who have fought with the terrorists on the battlefields in Syria and Iraq, and this includes all 28 EU member states. Therefore, it is not true that there are thousands of them returning just to Bosnia and […]
Read More →Croatian PM pledges balanced regional development
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who on Monday convened a meeting with the heads of 20 Croatian counties, the City of Zagreb, and representatives of the associations of Croatian cities and municipalities, said that meetings of this kind would be held on a regular basis every July in the next four years with the aim of […]
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