Human rights

Footage showing a Turkish villager reacting to a buzzing drone has become one of the most popular videos on social media this week, while triggering public outcry over privacy. 

The Zagreb-based Youth Initiative for Human Rights NGO has produced a guide for politicians on how to apologise for crimes committed during Croatia’s 1995 military operation ‘Storm’ as its anniversary approaches.

The commission's president, Veran Matic, said this on Thursday.

Matic said Tintor accused the Commission of "exerting pressure" in order for statements that were not given before the prosecution or the court to be inclued in the court procedure.

Penalties are draconian - the offender is threatened with a sentence of up to three years in prison, along with a money fine.

The controversy arose over the comments made by the president of the Commission Investigating Murders of Journalists, Veran Matic, on the trial for the murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija, Beta agency reported.

"And it has caused immense suffering and hardship to thousands of people who sought our protection.

Every day, thousands of citizens feel that their privacy, the sanctuary of their home, is being violated when they receive annoying and insistent calls from sundry companies promoting their products and services.

The decision establishes that databases from the (telephone) base stations had been obtained in a lawful manner and can be used as evidence.

Mirjana Piljic, a spokeswoman of the Appellate Court, told this on Tuesday to Insajder.

The Association announced on Monday that Matic in this way influenced the Trial Chamber in the process for murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija.

Matic: We respect the independence of the court, but we will not bury our head in the sand when it's clear to everyone what's going on.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu met on Tuesday with High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Lamberto Zannier, context in which the two officials talked about the rights of national minorities, as well as about the risk of extremist and xenophobic trends re-emerging on the European continent.