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ECHR Dismisses Croatian TV’s Complaints About Local Courts’ Divergent Justice’

Croatian Radio and Television. Photo: HRT.

The court said HRT was a victim of uneven judicial practice by Croatian courts, but that its rights from the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms had not been violated.

Serbia Urged to Correct Schoolbooks Denying Croatian is a Language

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a meeting on the margins of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Slovenia that he wants a school textbook that describes the Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin languages as versions of Serbian to be corrected.

Spoof Awards for Intimidating Lawsuits Go to Poland, Croatia

Poland's ruling Law and Justice, PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Croatian public broadcaster HRT were given 'awards' on Friday in the first European SLAPP Contest, a parody initiative intended to highlight the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, to intimidate and deter journalists and rights campaigners.

Veteran Reporter Accuses Croatian Broadcaster of Revenge Sacking

The Croatian public broadcaster, HRT, confirmed on Tuesday that it had again sacked Hrvoje Zovko, a veteran reporter and president of the Croatian Journalists' Association, HND, for violent behaviour in the workplace. Zovko did not receive an official notice terminating his employment.

Finally, who in Croatia will raise their hand in favour of Serbia's EU accession?

Incumbent President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic said that Croatia would insist on Serbia's meeting all criteria, which, as she said, "must face its past", instead of returning to World War II, in order to "experience the catharsis of what they did to Croatia and to other neighbouring countries".

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