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5. January 2014.

Social inequalities as the main challenge for future EU leaders

Social inequalities will be the main challenge for future European leaders, according to an EU-commissioned report released on 18 December. Europe’s economy is expected to continue its decline, and policymakers should focus on a ‘new growth paradigm’ centred on society - not growth - the report argues. The report, conducted by the think tank RAND […]

1. January 2014.

Croatia, EU in 2014 - no easy task

Croatia will be able to measure the success of its European Union membership in 2014 by whether and how much more it gets from the European budget than paying into it, which is no easy task given that only a small part of available European funds is guaranteed and the bulk can be drawn only […]

19. December 2013.

Parliament has completely fulfilled its constitutional task this year

This year Croatian legislators have spent a total of 160 days at work in Parliament -- 110 working days at plenary sessions and 50 at meetings of parliamentary committees and political groups, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said at a press conference on Thursday in summing up Parliament's work in 2013. MPs discussed 482 items on […]

13. December 2013.

Parliament formulates final draft of constitutional amendments

Parliament on Friday formulated by majority vote a draft of proposed amendments to the Croatian Constitution. The draft envisages lifting the statute of limitations on first degree murder, reducing the number of signatures required to call a referendum requested by citizens and stipulating the requirements for a referendum to be considered valid. Under the draft, […]

10. December 2013.

Multilingualism as wealth - Cyrillic script does not spell out war

„Intolerance towards a minority and the symbols of its cultural identity limits the freedoms, rights and safety of Croatian citizens, including the members of the majority group, by persuading them that these 'Others' pose a constant and nefarious threat.“ This warning was issued yet again on the Human Rights Day, December 10, during a round […]

10. December 2013.

Europe and Croatia are living and protecting multilingualism

On December 10, 2013 – the international Human Rights Day – a round table entitled „European Wealth of Multilingualism: Quo vadis, Croatia?“ was held in the Croatian Parliament. The round table sent out a clear message from parliamentary representatives, civil society activists and Ambassadors of seven European countries that multilingualism is a treasure that Europe […]

9. December 2013.

A referendum cannot be called on reducing human rights no more

The Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System on Monday took into account some of the objections stated during a public debate on a bill of amendments to the Constitution and unanimously proposed to parliament to discuss a partially amended draft Constitution, with novelties referring mostly to the referendum issue. The Committee was […]

29. November 2013.

Extended public discussion on constitutional amendments

Following the Constitutional Court's warning that a week-long discussion on draft constitutional amendments was unacceptably brief, the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution on Friday extended the discussion for another week. Under the Public Consultation Code, a fortnight is a minimum required for public discussions on laws. Goran Beus Richembergh of the ruling coalition's Croatian People's […]

26. November 2013.

Constitutional changes - what will they bring?

The chair of the parliamentary Constitution Committee, Pedja Grbin, would not comment on Tuesday's decision by the Constitutional Court that a six-day public discussion on constitutional changes was unacceptably short and that the procedure for amending the Constitution was in contravention of the constitutional provision on the rule of law as the highest value of […]

26. November 2013.

Marriage referendum NGOs reveal campaign costs

The "Citizens vote against" group on Tuesday presented the cost of its preparations for a December 1 marriage referendum, amounting to HRK 285,000 so far, and called on the "In the name of the family" initiative, which had collected signatures for the referendum, to do the same. Vanja Skoric of "Citizens vote against" told the […]

20. November 2013.

Activists call on Croatians to vote "No" at marriage referendum

Dozens of nongovernmental organisations dealing with various human rights issues on Wednesday rallied in downtown Zagreb to call on Croatians to vote against a constitutional definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman during a referendum on this matter to be held in Croatia on 1 December. Those activists said today […]

16. November 2013.

"Current events reflect widespread intolerance"

Human rights ombudswoman Lora Vidovic has said on the occasion of International Day for Tolerance, observed on November 16, that current events in society indicate that unacceptable and discriminatory expression is widespread in Croatia, mainly against minorities, and that the basic tool in fighting for a more tolerant society is knowledge. Current events regarding the […]

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