Friday, 25 May 2018

National Minorities and Migration Conference Starts on Brijuni

ZAGREB, May 25, 2018 - About 50 researchers and experts dealing with national minorities, migration and security from nine countries gathered on the northern Adriatic island of Brijuni on Friday for a three-day conference entitled "National Minorities, Migrations and Security in Democratic Societies".

Monday, 21 May 2018

Increase in Number of Anti-Serb Incidents in Croatia Recorded

ZAGREB, May 21, 2018 - A total of 393 cases of violence and other forms of incitement to discrimination against Serbs were recorded in Croatia in 2017, compared to 331 such cases reported in 2016, the Serb National Council (SNV) said on Monday.

Friday, 4 May 2018

Many Roma Feel Discriminated Against

ZAGREB, May 4, 2018 - The findings of a survey on the implementation of the 2013-20 national strategy for Roma inclusion show that 28% of respondents said they were discriminated against over the past year, notably in labour and employment.

Friday, 6 April 2018

Living Conditions for Roma Not Improving Enough

ZAGREB, April 6, 2018 - Speaking at a ceremony marking International Roma Day on Friday, Croatian Roma MP Veljko Kajtazi said not enough was being done to create better living conditions for Roma and to implement the government's strategic and operational programmes.

Friday, 30 March 2018

Muslim Death Notices Desecrated in Zagreb

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - After media on Thursday published photos of desecrated notices of death of Croatian citizens of Islamic faith, minority MP Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj issued a statement calling on police to urgently investigate the incident and punish the perpetrator.

Wednesday, 14 March 2018

National Minorities Complain of Problems

ZAGREB, March 14, 2018 - Even though members of the Croatian Parliament's Committee on Human Rights and Ethnic Minority Rights on Wednesday commended the objectivity of the report on the implementation of the Constitutional Law on Ethnic Minority Rights in 2015 and 2016 and unanimously supported it, they warned that there had been a lot of problems in practice.

Saturday, 3 March 2018

Five Language, EU-Funded Play Performed in Rijeka

ZAGREB, March 3, 2018 - The play "The Mountain Giants (I giganti della montagna )" by Luigio Pirandelli and directed by Paolo Magelli was performed in Rijeka on Friday as part of the EU-granted Fifth Ensemble Project involving actors of five theatres of ethnic minorities in Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Croatian and Serbian Ministers Discuss Minority Education

ZAGREB, February 27, 2018 - Croatian Science and Education Minister Blaženka Divjak and her Serbian counterpart Mladen Šarčević held talks in Zagreb on Tuesday focusing on the opening of a Croatian language instruction office in Novi Sad and the status of Croat students in Serbia and Serb students in Croatia in the context of reciprocity.

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Minister: Croatia Is an Example for National Minority Rights

ZAGREB, February 20, 2018 - Public Administration Minister Lovro Kuščević said on Tuesday that national minorities in Croatia have a great status and that Croatia can be an example to all countries in the region.

Sunday, 18 February 2018

Serbian Minority in Croatia Demands Separate Territorial Unit

The Serbian minority wants improved legal status for its “joint council of municipalities”.

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