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Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has been criticised for banning the daily Jutarnji list on Tuesday without any explanation from his press conference.

Hanza Media is the owner of several Croatian daily and weekly newspapers, including Jutarnji list, Slobodna Dalmacija and many others, which Milanovic has called "a cartel".

The European Court for Human Rights, ECHR, on Thursday ruled that Croatia does not have to give a writer access to the classified transcripts of the late President Franjo Tudjman's conversations.

Vladimir Seks, a former politician, wanted access to the documents for a book he is writing on the foundation of modern Croatia.

Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Gordan Grlić-Radman strongly disagreed with the behavior of President Zoran Milanović, who described Ukraine as "the most corrupt country in the world".

Some NGOs have criticised an independent MP, supporting the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, who has proposed an amendment to the 2021 budget, allocating 1.5 million kuna, or 200,000 euros, for "persecuted Christians and other people in need".

The budget is due to be voted on in parliament on Wednesday.

BERLIN - Member of the German Bundestag Committee on Foreign Affairs Josip Juratovic (SPD) Monday voiced support for his fellow MP Gunther Krichbaum's (CDU/CSU) views, criticizing Croatia for blocking negotiations between Serbia and the EU and stressing that the government in Zagreb should think a little about the image Croatia was creating for itself in terms of external and internal politics,

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.