ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) has dropped lawsuits against the Croatian Journalists Association (HND), its president Hrvoje Zovko, and the president of the HND's HRT branch, Sanja Mikleušević Pavić, the public broadcaster said on Wednesday.
HRT director-general Robert Šveb held talks with HND representatives and said the HRT was open to dropping the lawsuits, which was eventually done, the HRT said, adding that the HRT thereby wished to underline the intention to cultivate a dialogue with the HND.
The HRT demanded HRK 250,000 in defamation damages from Zovko as well as HRK 200,000 from the HND and HRK 50,000 from Mikleušević Pavić over a statement in which she, as president of the HND's HRT branch, complained about "the manipulation and irresponsible conduct of a privileged minority."
