Politics
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Pupovac: It Is Not My Duty to Deepen Traumas and Conflicts
ZAGREB, Aug 8, 2020 - Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) leader Milorad Pupovac said on Saturday that it was not his duty to deepen traumas and conflicts but rather remove misunderstandings and create preconditions for dialogue in the process of reconciliation, which should also involve representatives of Serbia. Addressing a news conference in Zagreb following the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Operation Storm in Knin earlier this week and the echoes of the messages sent from there, Pupovac said that it was his duty to contribute to calming down those reverberations, enhancing understanding for the process that had been launched, and to removing…
Saturday, 8 August 2020
Bozinovic Announces Reform of Entire Ministry of Interior System
ZAGREB, Aug 8, 2020 - A reform of the Croatian police force is about to be launched and it will cover the entire system, with emphasis on digitalisation and faster work, Minister of the Interior Davor Bozinovic has said in an interview with Hina at the start of his second term in office. "The reform will primarily put emphasis on the use of funds, digitalisation building on the potential shown by the Ministry of the Interior during the coronavirus crisis, and consequently faster work procedures and defining of operational procedures for police officers," said Bozinovic. He added that the reform would connect the…
Friday, 7 August 2020
Zagreb Councillor Says Adoption of Reconstruction Law Taking Forever
ZAGREB, Aug 7, 2020 - Zagreb City Councillor from the ranks of the Croatian People's Party, Tomislav Stojak, on Friday told a press conference that the law on Zagreb's reconstruction after the March earthquake is taking too long and that citizens are still waiting for quality living conditions four and a half months later. We have been waiting for months despite all the promises that it would be adopted before the summer, particularly since some political platforms advocated that during electioneering yet are now saying that it is necessary to hear all the arguments and that the law will be adopted…
Friday, 7 August 2020
Daily: HDZ Convincingly Most Popular Party, SDP Sinks to 18% in Approval Ratings
ZAGREB, Aug 7, 2020 - According to a poll by the Promocija Plus agency, there are changes in the balance of power among political parties a month after a parliamentary election but not at the top, Jutarnji List daily said on Friday. The election winner, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), is the most popular party (32.9%). The Social Democratic Party is second (18.1%) and the We Can! platform third (11%), replacing the Homeland Movement, which now ranks fourth (8.6%). Bridge is next (8.3%), followed by the Party with a First and Last Name (2.6%). Pametno, the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), and the Istrian…
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Pupovac: Anyone Who Thinks State Can Be Excuse for War Crimes Is Seriously Mistaken
ZAGREB, Aug 6, 2020 - Anyone who thinks that the state can be an excuse for war crimes is seriously mistaken, the leader of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS), Milorad Pupovac, said in Uzdolje, near Knin, on Thursday, in an address to a memorial ceremony for eight Serb civilians killed there in the wake of Operation Storm 25 years ago. "Even more mistaken are those who think that peace can be built by ignoring killings like these and without showing empathy for the suffering that people endured," he added. Pupovac said that the victims had been "perfidiously and inhumanely"…
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Jandrokovic: Let's Realise Vision of Croatia as Safe Country
ZAGREB, Aug 4, 2020 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic on Tuesday sent his greetings on the occasion of Victory Day, Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans' Day in which he called for realising a vision of Croatia as a safe country with legal and social certainty. In his message he recalled that 25 years ago the military-police operation Storm liberated Croatia and reinstated Croatian sovereignty over the majority of occupied territory, paving the way for the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region. He said that along with Operation Flash, Operation Storm was the key operation that led to the end of…
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Milanovic: a Stupid Fabrication about a Joint Criminal Enterprise
ZAGREB, Aug 4, 2020 - Addressing the First Croatian Policeman unit on Tuesday, President Zoran Milanovic warned of the "stupid fabrication" to present the Croatian defence war as a joint criminal enterprise. Milanovic decorated members of the First Croatian Policeman unit with the Order of Nikola Subic Zrinski on the 30th anniversary of the assembly of 1,800 personnel who then began training to liberate the country from Serb occupation. "We won the war. The war is over and after the war, there were attempts to present all that before the tribunal in The Hague as a joint criminal enterprise, but that attempt…
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Milanovic: It Would Be Good Not to Embarrass Ourselves as a Country
ZAGREB, Aug 4, 2020 - It would be good not to embarrass ourselves as a country, President Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday referring to announcements by some individuals that they would attend the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the military and police operation Storm in Knin wearing T-shirts with the emblem "For the Homeland Ready". "That isn't the same. In Okucani, it was a matter of protocol. They appeared before the prime minister and me. This is a different situation. It would be good not to embarrass ourselves as a country, but if they wish to shout, let them but they should…
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Homeland Movement Says Won't Attend Official Ceremony in Knin
ZAGREB, Aug 4, 2020 - The opposition Homeland Movement party, led by Miroslav Skoro, said on Tuesday that its delegation, during a visit to Knin on August 5 for the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Operation Storm, would not attend the official ceremony. The party said one of the reasons why it would not attend the official ceremony was the fact that President Zoran Milanovic does not want units of the wartime Croatian Defence Force (HOS) to be part of the official protocol, and that one of Homeland Movement members of parliament was HOS general Ante Prkacin, who, it said, would…
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
PM: We Are Sending a New Message about Relations between Croats, Serb Minority
ZAGREB, Aug 4, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that it was of crucial importance that 25 years after Operation Storm a new massage was being sent about relations between Croats and the ethnic Serb minority, between Serbia and Croatia, and about what kind of country Croatians are building. Commenting on the planned attendance of Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milosevic at the central commemoration of Operation Storm in Knin, Plenkovic said that the attendance of a political representative of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) at the commemoration was an important signal. Minorities are an integral part of the Croatian society…
Monday, 3 August 2020
SDSS First to Release Report on Campaign Costs
ZAGREB, Aug 3, 2020 - The Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) has released its final financial report before all other political parties that entered the new Croatian parliament, showing that it spent HRK 420,000 on the election campaign. The SDSS competed in Constituency 12, which is designed for the ethnic minorities, and won all three seats allocated to the Serb minority. Dragana Jeckov, Boris Milosevic and Milorad Pupovac were elected into the new parliament. The party's campaign receipts totalled HRK 421,300, while expenses were slightly lower, at HRK 420,963. The bulk of receipts (HRK 334,500), were donations, with Pupovac donating…
