All News on Social Issues in Croatia
Croatian Media 'Confusing Public' on Gay Marriage
Croatia's socially conservative pressure group, “In the Name of the Family”, has complained that media outlets in the country are delibarately confusing ordinary people by describing recently legalised civil partnershps as “gay marriages”.
The NGO campained successfully for a referendum on outlawing gay marriage by means of a constitutional amendment.
Croatia Cuts Income Tax to Stimulate Spending
Croatia's centre-left government has announced income tax cuts for 2015, increasing the untaxed threshold in salaries and lifting the limit at which the highest income tax rates of 40 per cent start.
Untaxed incomes rates will rise from 293 euro to 346 euro a month, bringing some relief to all wage earners.
Pressure on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
Pressure on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
BELGRADE -- Miodrag Linta has sent an open letter about the pressure on Serbs driven out of their homes in Croatia to cancel their place of residence.
Pressures on Serb refugees to cancel residence in Croatia
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta sent an open letter on Wednesday to Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic concerning the pressures on Serbs banished during the clashes to cancel their place of residence in Croatia.
Croatia Moves to Toughen Referendum Rules
The centre-left majority in Croatia's parliament is working on tightening up the referendum law in order to make such exercises harder to hold.
The principal changes mean that in future, those seeking a referendum will have to present a clearer argument in pushing for one.
Croatia's constitutional court: No referendum on Cyrillic
ZAGREB - Croatia will not hold a referendum on the official use of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet after the country's constitutional court ruled the proposed referendum question as unconstitutional.
The Constitutional Court made the ruling on Monday after the parliament requested that the constitutionality of the announced referendum be assessed.
Croatian court against referendum on Cyrillic
Croatian court against referendum on Cyrillic
ZAGREB -- The Constitutional Court of Croatia ruled against a referendum on Cyrillic script, saying that the referendum question was not in line with the Constitution.
Military medicine connects Balkan armies
Military medicine connects Balkan armies
Linta: Another arrest on Croatian warrant
BELGRADE - Serbian police arrested Petar Ladjevic, a Serb refugee now living in Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the border crossing with BiH on an international warrant for an alleged war crime, President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta said on Friday.
Anniversary of Serb exodus during Operation Storm marked
Anniversary of Serb exodus during Operation Storm marked
BELGRADE, BANJA LUKA -- The 19th anniversary of Serb exodus from Croatia in Operation Storm was marked in Serbia and the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia on Monday.
"Operation Storm not occasion for celebration"
"Operation Storm not occasion for celebration"
BELGRADE -- Speaking on the 19th anniversary of Croatian operation "Storm," Serbian Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović said it was "not an occasion for celebration."
Request for regulation of Serb residence status in Croatia
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta wants all Croatian citizens living abroad to be allowed to register a temporary residence outside the Republic of Croatia for the period of five years and thus be able to preserve their Croatian IDs.
Bulgarian Citizens Cover 46% of Health Expenses
Bulgarian citizens cover out of their pockets 46% of the expenses for healthcare, shows a survey of the KNSB trade union, quoted by Sega daily.
The remaining 54% are covered by public spending.
According to the survey, this is a precedent for the EU. For comparison, in Croatia citizens cover 84.9%, in Hungary – 69.4% and in Slovakia – 65.9%.
Gay Campaigners Celebrate Victory in Croatia
Croatia’s parliament has adopted a Law on Life Partnership, giving same-sex unions most of the same rights that married couples enjoy. The Law was passed on Tuesday with 89 votes for and 16 against.
Croatian Serb Leader Opens War Crimes Defence
Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic appeared as the first witness in his own defence at the Hague Tribunal, insisting that he only ever tried to protect the Serb minority in Croatia in wartime.