President says he opposes proposal to criminalise defamation
President Ivo Josipović told a joint IPI/SEEMO delegation in Zagreb that he is against proposed changes to his country’s criminal code that would impose severe penalties for libel, including jail.
Four suspects in brutal attack on “Jutarnji List” journalist Dusan Miljus captured
IPI is pleased to hear about the detention of the alleged perpetrators, but notes that the mastermind behind the attack still needs to be identified.
Concerns grow about anonymous death threats to newspaper staff
The threats appear to have been prompted by the cover page of the weekly “Novosti”, which refers to an incident in which two Croatian military aircraft collided and crashed.
Journalists under siege after publishing articles on “Meat Affair”
Sergej Trajkovic and Tomislav Kukec published a series of articles about alleged expired meat sold on the consumer market.
Two years after brutal attack on “Jutarnji List” journalist perpetrators still at large
In 2008 journalist Dusan Miljus was brutally attacked by unidentified men who beat him with baseball bats until he lost consciousness.
IPI concerned that attackers of journalist still not caught after more than a year
More than one year after the brutal assault on journalist Dusan Miljus, his attackers are yet to be arrested.
Serbian police arrest suspects in deadly Croatian bombing
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the arrests of three additional suspects in the October 2008 murders of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic.
World Report 2009: Croatia
World Report 2009: Croatia
Journalist loses contract, prohibited from appearing on radio and television programmes
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: Vienna, 19 December 2008 The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned […]
Journalist finds electronic device under his car, fears bomb threat
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: EFJ Condemns Latest Threat against Croatian Journalist The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), today expressed their concern about the latest threat against Hrvoje Appelt, a Croatian journalist who found a device placed under his car […]
Police charge five suspects in death of two newspaper staff
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 November 2008 CPJ press release: CROATIA: Authorities charge five in car-bombing deaths 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. The BBC reported that police […]
Journalist and newspaper marketing director killed in car bombing
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: SEEMO/IPI Condemns Deadly Car Bomb Attack on Publisher of “Nacional” Weekly in Croatia Vienna, 24 October 2008 The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a regional organisation of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South […]
Previously-attacked journalist subjected to new threats; police fail to track perpetrators of June attack
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 10 July 2008 press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: Previously-Attacked Croatian Journalist Subjected to New Threats The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the […]
Journalist previously threatened over his writing brutally beaten, injured
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a letter by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate, to Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and Internal Affairs Minister Berislav Roncevic: H.E. Ivo Sanader Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 1 6303 022 H.E. Berislav Roncevic Minister for Internal […]
Albanian, Croatian journalists threatened, violently assaulted; Montenegrin publisher, newspaper lose one exorbitant lawsuit, hit by another
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: SEEMO CONCERNED ABOUT CURRENT MEDIA ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the […]
Annual Report 2008: Balkans
Annual Report 2008: Balkans