Politics

As Sergej Novosel Vuckovic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 10th of September, 2019, the newly opened Žabac food store offers an assortment of products in three categories - ''rok'' (shelf life) as stock which is soon to reach its expiration date, ''štok'' (stock) which includes groceries which come in large quantities that cannot be sold in standard stores, and ''lom'', which are items that are somewhat ''broken'' or cracked, but are otherwise perfectly fine to be consumed by humans. The already very well known Zagreb Food Outlet, Žabac, sells food and household supplies at affordable prices, reduced by up to 90 percent, depending…

ZAGREB, September 10, 2019 - The Zadar police administration was informed on Monday morning about the appearance of insulting graffiti at the entrance to the village of Cerane Donje, the village were Croatian Serb leader Milorad Pupovac was born. The police stated that an investigation was under way. The graffiti sprayed on the posts were removed in the meantime. According to the Novosti newspaper, the abusive messages of the graffiti were directed against the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) leader Pupovac as well as Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. One of the messages was "Kill the Serbs!", and the other…

ZAGREB, September 10, 2019 - Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Monday summoned Serbia's ambassador to convey protest at an attempt by Serbian servicemen to enter Croatia in an illegal manner and without an official notification, while the ambassador Mira Nikolić rejected the protest note. Serbia's ambassador Nikolić was summoned to the Croatian Foreign Ministry today after in the early hours of 7 September a van carrying 11 Serbian military personnel, who had army uniforms in the vehicle, was stopped at the Bajakovo border crossing. The Serbian servicemen tried to enter Croatia without notifying Croatia's authorities and therefore the…

ZAGREB, September 9, 2019 - Germany and Croatia will work together on preparing to chair the European Council next year and that chairmanship is a great chance for Croatia, it was said following a meeting on Monday in Berlin between Germany's and Croatia's foreign ministers, Heiko Maas and Gordan Grlić Radman respectively. The most important task that awaits us is chairing the European Council next year. That is a great challenge but also a great chance for Croatia, Maas said after the meeting. Croatia's chairmanship will be in the first six months and Germany will preside in the following six…

ZAGREB, September 9, 2019 - Statistical data by the Interior Ministry, the Human Rights Ombudswoman and the Serb National Council (SNV) do not support the argument that ethnic violence in Croatia is on the rise, Vecernji List daily said on Monday. Last year, the police registered 33 hate crimes, the State Prosecutor's Office (DORH) prosecuted 53 and eight convictions were handed down. In 2013, under the Zoran Milanović cabinet, the Interior Ministry registered 35 cases and DORH prosecuted 57, while in 2016, under the Tihomir Orešković cabinet, the Interior Ministry registered 35 cases and DORH prosecuted 37. Taking population size…

ZAGREB, September 8, 2019 - The opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osijek on Sunday presented its programme for the development of the eastern Slavonia region until 2030, saying that over 50,000 people have left the region since the launch of the government's Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem project and that they could see "no benefits for the citizens" in the government project. "When the SDP comes to power, we will revive agriculture through our reform. Family farms will receive 20% higher incentives than they do now and will receive them in time," SDP leader Davor Bernardić said after a meeting…

ZAGREB, September 8, 2019 - Presidential candidate Miroslav Škoro said on Saturday that the President of the Republic should have the right to launch a procedure to have a political party outlawed and that in such cases a final decision should be rendered by the Constitutional Court. Škoro made the statement while speaking to the press during a visit to the agricultural fair in Gudovac near Bjelovar, about 90 kilometres northeast of Zagreb. He was commenting on the statement by the leader of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS), Milorad Pupovac, in which he compared Croatia to a fascist creation.…

ZAGREB, September 8, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Zagreb on Saturday that a group of Serbian army personnel had attempted to enter Croatia at the Bajakovo border crossing in the morning, unannounced and in violation of international law, with the aim of causing an incident, but were prevented by the Croatian border police. "This morning, around 6.30, Croatian police stopped 11 Serbian army personnel from entering Croatia at the Bajakovo border crossing. Their visit was not announced or agreed and their aim was to visit Jasenovac in Serbian army uniforms. Their attempted visit obviously was not of…

ZAGREB, September 7, 2019 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Davor Bernardić said on Saturday that Croatian Serb leader Milorad Pupovac had gone too far in comparing the contemporary Croatia to the 1941-1945 Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) regime, however he holds the current government responsible for "a climate facilitating attacks on those who differ from others". "It is clear to everyone that Croatia cannot be compared to the NDH," the SDP chief said during his visit to the ongoing international agricultural fair in Bjelovar, about 90 kilometres northeast of Zagreb. On the other hand, there is a climate…

ZAGREB, September 7, 2019 - Education Minister Blaženka Divjak has said in an interview with Hina that the ongoing curricular reform has been the most comprehensive change in the schooling system so far. The main goals of this curriculum reform are to keep students interested in learning and to convey to them more useful contents, the minister said in the interview published on Saturday. It is important to teach students how to solve problems and to enable them to acquire purposeful knowledge, she says, noting that the new curricula, which will implemented as of the start of this new school…