Committee to Protect Journalists - Croatia tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-02-19T22:29:28Z Movable Type 4.38 Attacks on the Press in 2011: Europe, a Leader That Lags tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17657 2012-02-22T04:22:01Z 2012-02-19T22:29:28Z In the EU, some countries appear more immune than others to scrutiny and reproach. Anti-terror laws, political and economic concerns, and a lack of common standards all challenge the credibility of the EU's diplomacy. By Jean-Paul Marthoz... Committee to Protect Journalists Until his last days in office, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi pursued restrictive legislation known as the 'gag law.' (Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo)

In the EU, some countries appear more immune than others to scrutiny and reproach. Anti-terror laws, political and economic concerns, and a lack of common standards all challenge the credibility of the EU's diplomacy. By Jean-Paul Marthoz

]]> Attacks on the Press 2009: Croatia tag:cpj.org,2010://1.13861 2010-02-16T05:42:00Z 2010-02-04T18:38:19Z h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margins:5px;} Top Developments • Government makes progress on reforms, but press freedom lags. • Ruling HDZ gains influence with some media outlets.Key Statistic 8: People indicted in a car bombing that killed two media executives. Croatia’s efforts to join the European Union by 2011 did not yield major... Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Top Developments
• Government makes progress on reforms, but press freedom lags.
• Ruling HDZ gains influence with some media outlets.

Key Statistic
8: People indicted in a car bombing that killed two media executives.

Croatia’s efforts to join the European Union by 2011 did not yield major improvements in press freedom. While the EU said the government had made “substantial progress” on several issues—including the resolution of border disputes, the institution of refugee property rights, and improved cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia—some journalists feared the country was sliding back toward the lawless 1990s, when the ruling nationalist HDZ party suppressed independent news reporting. Police remained inconsistent in investigating attacks against journalists, several of whom faced threats after reporting on government corruption.

]]> Eight charged in Croatia murders tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.13767 2009-10-27T17:19:40Z 2009-10-27T17:25:25Z We issued the following statement after Croatian and Serbian prosecutors announced that they have charged eight men in an October 2008 car bombing that killed Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, and Niko Franjic, the paper’s marketing director...... Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> Serbian police arrest suspects in deadly Croatian bombing tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11327 2009-06-03T19:43:20Z 2009-06-03T19:45:36Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 3, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the arrests of three additional suspects in the October 2008 murders of Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, and Niko Franjic, the publication's marketing director. Three other suspects had been arrested in November 2008. 

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2008: Europe and Central Asia Developments tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10706 2009-02-10T05:35:00Z 2009-04-24T17:23:08Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Authorities charge five in car-bombing deaths tag:cpj.org,2008://1.10411 2008-11-03T22:37:50Z 2008-11-04T02:52:35Z New York, November 3, 2008--Croatian police have charged five men in the October 23 murder of two employees of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, according to international news reports.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 3, 2008--Croatian police have charged five men in the October 23 murder of two employees of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, according to international news reports.

]]> Two journalists killed in car bomb tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.10184 2008-10-24T01:47:42Z 2008-12-16T21:31:39Z New York, October 23, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the deaths of Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, October 23, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the deaths of Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional.

]]> In Croatia, CPJ shocked by bombing tag:cpj.org,2008:/blog//1.376 2008-10-23T20:26:20Z 2008-10-23T20:29:57Z After learning today that Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, were killed when a bomb exploded under Pukanic's car parked outside the paper's building, we issued the following statement...... Committee to Protect Journalists After learning today that Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, were killed when a bomb exploded under Pukanic's car parked outside the paper's building, we issued the following statement...


]]> Reporter beaten by men with baseball bats tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6644 2008-06-04T16:00:00Z 2008-06-04T16:00:00Z New York, June 4, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the brazen attack on investigative reporter Dusan Miljus, who covers organized crime and corruption for the popular Croatian daily Jutarnji List. According to Reuters, two unidentified men beat Miljus with baseball bats in a parking lot near his house in... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 4, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the brazen attack on investigative reporter Dusan Miljus, who covers organized crime and corruption for the popular Croatian daily Jutarnji List. According to Reuters, two unidentified men beat Miljus with baseball bats in a parking lot near his house in Zagreb on Monday evening. Miljus was hospitalized with a concussion, a broken arm, and facial injuries, local press reported.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2007: Europe and Central Asia Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6746 2008-02-05T16:24:50Z 2009-04-06T21:51:53Z Attacks and developments throughout the region... Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks and developments throughout the region]]> In Croatia, television journalist receives death threats tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6210 2007-03-01T17:00:00Z 2007-03-01T17:00:00Z New York, March 1, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by anonymous death threats against Robert Valdec, anchor of the popular weekly program “Istraga” (Investigation) on Zagreb’s independent Nova TV. The phone and e-mail messages did not specify the coverage that prompted the intimidation, but local journalists and press... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 1, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by anonymous death threats against Robert Valdec, anchor of the popular weekly program “Istraga” (Investigation) on Zagreb’s independent Nova TV. The phone and e-mail messages did not specify the coverage that prompted the intimidation, but local journalists and press freedom advocates believe they came in response to the program’s recent re-enactments of crimes committed in the early 1990s.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Europe Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6821 2007-02-05T16:33:58Z 2009-04-07T18:22:03Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & Developments Throughout the Region]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Europe and Central Asia Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6745 2007-02-05T15:08:00Z 2009-04-06T16:50:24Z Committee to Protect Journalists
]]> Attacks on the Press 2005: Europe & Central Asia Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2006://1.6885 2006-02-16T16:33:58Z 2009-04-07T20:26:08Z Attacks and developments throughout the region... Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks and developments throughout the region]]> Newspaper editor receives death threat for reporting on war crimes tag:216.139.245.96,2005://1.4192 2005-12-08T17:00:00Z 2005-12-08T17:00:00Z New York, December 8, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by an anonymous death threat made against Drago Hedl, editor of the independent Croatian satirical weekly Feral Tribune. Hedl said on Wednesday he received a letter mailed December 5 in his home city of Osijek that in letters cut... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, December 8, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by an anonymous death threat made against Drago Hedl, editor of the independent Croatian satirical weekly Feral Tribune. Hedl said on Wednesday he received a letter mailed December 5 in his home city of Osijek that in letters cut from newspapers threatened to kill him and his source, local and international press reported.

The letter alluded to Milan Levar, an ethnic Serb, who was killed in a 2000 explosion after testifying before the Hague-based United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia about war crimes committed against ethnic Serbs in Croatia.
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