ZAGREB, April 11, 2018 – The parliament will debate the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on Wednesday. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday evening commented on the Croatian Bishops' Conference's (HBK) opposition to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention and its call on members of the parliament to vote against the ratification of the document whose content the HBK claims raises numerous doubts and uncertainties.

ZAGREB, April 8, 2018 - Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Saturday that he expected the party's political secretary to be the party leader and secretary-general's first associate and to do that job in line with the HDZ's policies, as the position of a party official was one of a team player.

If HDZ political secretary Stier votes against the ratification in parliament, he will probably be dismissed.

ZAGREB, April 7, 2018 - Prime Minister and HDZ party leader Andrej Plenković said on Friday that the selection of the head of the Expert Task Force to implement the curricular reform was not a topic over which to outvote one another, but that rather a solution should be sought that would enable the continuation of the education reform.

ZAGREB, April 6, 2018 - Right-wing politicians and NGOs close to the Catholic Church on Thursday said that an interview with the president of the Croatian Bishops Conference (HBK) Želimir Puljić on Croatian Catholic Radio did not bring any "great turnabout" in the Church's stance on the Istanbul Convention and that this was just media interpretation.

After the Easter holidays, a lot of decisions will have to be made.

ZAGREB, March 25, 2018 - The Zagreb Archdiocese said on Sunday that yesterday's protest in the capital against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention was a contribution to genuine dialogue between state officials and citizens, and that citizens rightfully believed the ratification of the "contentious document" would introduce in Croatia's legal system and social processes the "unscientific and, above all, harmful gender ideology."

ZAGREB, March 24, 2018 - Several thousand protesters in downtown Zagreb on Saturday asked MPs not to ratify the Istanbul Convention, saying it imposed a gender ideology which would not be restricted by the interpretive statement accompanying the Convention and told Prime Minister Andrej Plenković that he was a traitor and should leave.

ZAGREB, March 24, 2018 – Thousands of people gathered in downtown Zagreb on Saturday to protest against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in the Croatian parliament.

However, the war is not over.