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28. August 2013.

Health Education to be introduced at start of this school year

All the educational, technical and procedural conditions to introduce Health Education (HE) in primary and secondary schools have been met and it will be introduced at the start of this school year, Minister of Science, Education and Sports Zeljko Jovanovic told a press conference on Wednesday. He presented the results of a public debate, the […]

EC to work on strengthening consumer protection in Croatia

The head of the European Commission Representation in Croatia, Branko Baricevic, said on Wednesday that the European Commission would be working on strengthening consumer protection in Croatia after a survey has revealed that Croatians regard themselves among the least protected consumers and as not being informed enough of their rights. The rules of the game […]

NGOs urge government not to attack judicial authority

Platform 112, a group of nongovernmental organisations, on Wednesday called on members of the executive government to refrain from verbal attacks on the judicial authority and especially to avoid direct confrontations with certain judges regarding the way they are handling ongoing cases. "We ask the government and all ministers to be consistent in applying the […]

Reappointed Supreme Court president takes oath

Branko Hrvatin was sworn in on Monday before Croatian President Ivo Josipovic for his third consecutive four-year term as president of the Supreme Court. At the ceremony, President Josipovic congratulated Hrvatin expressing confidence he would be successful as he had been during his past terms. They both underlined the importance of judicial independence. I wish […]

European Affairs Committee holds first session

The Croatian Parliament's European Affairs Committee, which was inaugurated last week, held its first session on Wednesday at which the head of the office of the Lithuanian Embassy in Zagreb, Deividas Stankevicius, presented the priorities of Lithuania's EU presidency. Lithuania took over the EU's six-month rotating presidency on 1 July, the day when Croatia entered […]

Croatian parliament enacts 145 laws since April

The Croatian Parliament was in session for 39 days or 266 hours from April to mid-July, discussing 197 items and enacting 145 laws, statistics presented to the press show. MPs spent 1.3 hours on average discussing each item on the agenda, and of the 145 laws adopted, as many as 81 were adopted unanimously. […]

NGOs dissatisfied with bill on strategic investment projects

The nongovernmental associations - Gong, Pravo na Grad, Transparency International Croatia, Zelena Akcija and the Association of Croatian Architects - on Tuesday submitted to the Economy Ministry their remarks to and criticism of the government-sponsored bill on strategic investment projects, saying it was detrimental and of poor quality and that it would not attract investors. […]

Defence of education for democratic citizenship and human rights

On this occasion, Croatian civil society organizations would like to support the Memorandum to the Council of Europe regarding the Spanish government’s project to remove democratic citizenship and human rights education in school curriculum, and also express full support to the Spanish civil society organizations in their struggle to defend Education for Democratic Citizenship and […]

Parliament speaker doesn't rule out extraordinary session

Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said on Monday that Parliament could, despite the summer recess prescribed by the Constitution, hold an extraordinary session given that Croatia, as an EU member state, should promptly react to initiatives from the European Union or the government concerning EU affairs. Earlier today, parliament wrapped up its 8th session and […]

Croatian Parliament appoints Committee on European Affairs

The Croatian Parliament appointed a Committee on European Affairs on Friday. The Committee chairman is Daniel Mondekar of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDP) and his deputies are Gordan Jandrokovic of the opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Jozo Rados of the Croatian People's Party, a junior partner in the ruling coalition. The Committee has […]

SDP initiative to amend constitution stumbles at first step

The ruling Social Democratic Party's (SDP) initiative to amend the constitution to remove the statute of limitations on politically motivated killings did not receive the necessary support by the parliamentary constitution committee. The committee did not manage to agree to have the matter even put on the agenda with 5 members voting for and five […]

Increase in number of complaints in first half of year

Human Rights Ombudswoman Lora Vidovic on Tuesday presented a report on the activities of her office and the human rights situation in 2012 and a report on her work in the first half of this year, saying that the number of people seeking assistance from her office had increased considerably this year. Vidovic told a […]

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