Full Coverage: Croatia

28.07.2005 GONG protested the decision by the City Council of Zagreb to change the practice for media access to the sessions of the Council and City Assembly and demands from the Council to open its work to the public again.

26.07.2005 As a result of the cooperation between the Amnesty International Croatia and the Motovun Film Festival, the “Amnesty International Film Award” will be awarded for the best short or feature film on the subject of human rights presented at the Festival that will take place July 25-29 in Motovun, Istria.

21.07.2005 The last public opinion survey conducted by GfK Croatia, shows that 66.8 percent of the citizens refuse to use genetically modified (GM) food under any circumstances. The survey was conducted on a representative sample of 1,000 citizens older than 15 years of age.

20.07.2005 After the latest casualty was claimed by leftover landmines, the Croatian Mine Action Centre warned the citizens not to enter the marked minefields, suspicious looking areas, and to observe the signs that warn of land mines.

19.07.2005 Croatian entry in the European Union is supported by 52 percent of EU citizens, more than any other Balkan country, show the results of the public opinion poll (Euro-Barometre), published last Monday (July 19) on the web-site of the European Commission.

18.07.2005 On Friday, July 15, HDZ Members of the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) Andrija Hebrang and Jagoda Martincevic strongly condemned the scientific experiments conducted at the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Sciences in Zagreb, in which dogs’ bones are broken to test bone-tissue regeneration medicine.

15.07.2005 The Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare expressed its concern yesterday, July 14, over the manner in which the media report on cases of criminal offences against children and young adults. According to the Ministry, the media violate the right to privacy, guaranteed and protected by the Convention on the Rights of Children and national legislation.

13.07.2005 On July 13, Dalmatia Greens (DG) NGO held an eco-meeting on the springs of the Jadro River. The meeting was s follow up of DG actions to preserve karst waters in Split-Dalmatia District in Croatia.

12.07.2005 The Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection announced last week that 28 of the total of 96 projects that applied in the funding competition were approved for financing. This year, the Ministry will distribute a total of two million Kuna in support for projects contributing to improved environmental protection.

12.07.2005 Mirko Markovic from the Ministry of Education of National Minorities, Jagoda Novak, coordinator of Roma educational program at Open Society Croatia attended the presentation of results of a pilot-programme on Roma education, held on July 7 in Beli Manastir, together with over 60 other representatives of international institutions, NGOs, implementers and project beneficiaries.

11.07.2005 The Caravan for Palestina that started on July 5 from Strasbourg to Jerusalem was stopped at the Bregana border crossing on the Slovenia-Croatia border. One activist was arrested and deported back to Slovenia. The Police used force against the activists that engaged in peaceful protest.

05.07.2005 The World Bank approved the Croatian project for renewable energy resources development that should enable the country to use more clean energy in the future.

04.07.2005 The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction held, on June 28, a working meeting with the representatives of urban planning bureaus of the seven coastal Districts and companies that work on the preparation of municipal and city urban plans in the protected coastal areas.