Full Coverage: Croatia

31.01.2006 Sandra Pernar, Deputy President of GONG association received the Council of Europe Award for its “First Time Voter” Project, yesterday in Strassbourg. “First Time Voter” is a project implemented by GONG for six years in a row, at Croatian secondary schools. Over 100,000 high-school students have participated in the projects.

26.01.2006 The project for Danube River Protection (DRP), i.e. Capacity building for implementation of projects designed to reduce release of organic and toxic substances and cross-border cooperation of the Danube countries was started in 2001, on the initiative of the Global Environment Facility and UNDP, with the aim to improve the quality of the environment in the Danube Basin.

25.01.2006 The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) sent an open letter to the President and the Prime Minister of Croatia, the President of the European Commission and the leadership of the Croatian Radiotelevision at the beginning of this week, to express their concern over the events surrounding Croatian journalists at the end of 2005.

25.01.2006 The Green Network (Zelena Mreza) of Karlovac District started the project for monitoring of the “Eugen Kvaternik” military training grounds in Slunj. The project attempts to reduce the negative impact of the military manoeuvres on nature and environment in Slunj area, which has been exposed to the effects of the military training for years.

25.01.2006 Teodor Celakoski od Multimedijalniot institut,clen na Sovetot za novi mediumski klturi pri hrvatskoto MInisterstvo za kultura, razmisluva kako ke izgleda hrvatskiot kulturen sektor po 2008, godina vo koja kako se predviduva Hrvatska 'e stane clenka na EU.

24.01.2006 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) presented its Transition Report 2005 yesterday. The report covers the structural reforms progress in transition countries.

23.01.2006 Teodor Celakoski from the Multimedia Institute, member of the Council for New Media Culture of the Ministry of Culture, discusses the issue of potential situation of the Croatian cultural sector after 2008, the year for which Croatian entry into full EU membership is predicted.

20.01.2006 The Iskorak Centre for Rights of Sexual Minorities and Konstra Lesbian Group, presented yesterday their Report on Situation of Sexual and Gender Minorities Human Rights in Croatia in 2005.

19.01.2006 The explanatory phase of the screening of chapter on free movement of goods of the negotiations for Croatian accession to the European Union started last Monday in Bruxelles. The European Commision will use this phase to explain to Croatia the legislative tradition in that area.

18.01.2006 According to the Cro-Lesbians portal, the majority of negative experiences for the male homosexual community in Croatia are related to visits to psychologists, i.e. medical personal in public health institutions. These are the findings of the recent survey conducted by the Rijeka-based lesbian association Lori, in cooperation with Zenska Soba from Zagreb.

17.01.2006 The Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights from Osijek published the reports on 13 of the total of 16 war crimes trials conducted last year in Croatian Courts.

16.01.2006 The representatives of environmental associations of Croatia, Italy and Slovenia, met yesterday (Sunday, January 15), in Njivice, on the island of Krk. The meeting discussed the topic of energy projects planned for this part of Europe.

16.01.2006 On Thursday, January 12, Croatian Government established the working group for preparation of the draft-National Civil Society Development Strategy and submit it, by the end of April of this year, to the Bureau of Associations, reports HINA News Agency.

13.01.2006 The Croatian Food Agency from Osijek informed the public yesterday that it has discovered presence of ITX (isopropyl tioxanton), a chemical considered harmful for human health in two types of juices produced by Austria’s Pfanner Co. and sold in the Croatian market.

12.01.2006 The Social Development Partnership and Zenska Soba associations invite the CSOs in the Republic of Croatia to apply for a cycle of training programmes in the fields of fight against corruption, human trafficking and human rights protection.

11.01.2006 According to Glas Slavonije (Osijek based daily), the documentary film on the war in Vukovar, produced by B92, was completed last week. The screenplay was written by Drago Hedl, editor with Feral Tribune magazine, and was directed by Janko Baljak, film director from Belgrade.

08.01.2006 Nine Croatian NGOs started a movement against discarded packaging, in response to the disobedience of the retail chains and store that produce the waste, who refuse to apply the Rules and Regulations on Packaging adopted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.