Croatia Farmers Plan Protests at Peak of Tourist Season

balkan insight
25 May 2011 / 17:00

Croatian farmers have announced protests in 16 counties for mid-July, the peak of the tourist season, over dissatisfaction with government policies.
Croatian Times


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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/farmers-plan-protests-at-peak-of-tourist-season

"Farmers are going to the seaside on tractors," is the motto of the protests scheduled for 15, the president of the Union of Croatian Peasants, SHS, Tomislav Pokrovac said....more...

Veterans stages protest against Brammertz's visit

tportal.hr
STOP PROSECUTION OF WAR VETERANS
04.05.2011 11:04

Author: Radio.net

Some 20 members of the movement "Stop the Prosecution of Croatian War Veterans" rallied in downtown Zagreb on Wednesday morning to protest against a visit by the chief prosecutor of the Hague war crimes tribunal, Serge Brammertz, who is expected to meet Croatian officials in Zagreb during the day to discuss Croatia's cooperation with the UN war crimes court....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/125927/Veterans-stages-protest-against-Brammertz-s-visit.html

Croats to protest during Hague prosecutor's visit

b92.net
Region

Tuesday 3.05.2011
12:20
Source: Tanjug

ZAGREB -- A movement set up to "end the persecution of Croatian defenders" will on May 4 stage a protest in Zagreb during the visit of Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. ...more...
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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=05&dd=03&nav_id=74122

Reporters hold protest rally on World Press Freedom Day

tportal.hr
MEDIA FREEDOMS
03.05.2011 23:05

Author: Radio.net

Around 100 reporters gathered on Tuesday evening in downtown Zagreb for a protest rally on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, saying that journalism was a public good without which democracy would not be possible....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/125864/Reporters-hold-protest-rally-on-World-Press-Freedom-Day.html

Croatia Group Plans Protest Against Brammertz Visit

balkan insight
03 May 2011 / 15:35

A movement set up to "end the persecution of Croatian defenders" will stage a protest in Zagreb during the visit of chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on May 4.
Tanjug, B92

The members of the movement set up to organise the protest say they will attempt to block a part of the town in order to prevent Brammertz from meeting with Croatian officials....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatian-group-plans-protest-against-brammertz-visit

Croatia Hunger Strikers to Meet Parliament Speaker

balkan insight
29 Apr 2011 / 09:32

A group of Croatian war veterans, who have been on hunger strike for ten days in protest over the verdict against Croatian general Ante Gotovina, will meet the parliament speaker on Friday.
Daily.tportal.hr, Radio.net...more...


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Major protest rally in Zagreb on Friday

tportal.hr

'The Young and the Old Together'

27.04.2011 14:24

Author: Radio.net

The political bloc "Pensioners Together", the Union of Croatian Farmers and coordinators of recent protests organised via the social network Facebook, said on Wednesday that they would hold a major protest rally in Zagreb's central square on Friday....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/124676/Major-protest-rally-in-Zagreb-on-Friday.html

Anger on streets as 'national hero' generals are jailed for war crimes

the independent
By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
Monday, 18 April 2011
Up to 30,000 Croats took to the streets of the capital Zagreb over the weekend to protest against the jailing of two generals for war crimes in the Balkans wars on Friday....more...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anger-on-streets-as-national-hero-generals-are-jailed-for-war-crimes-2269254.html

Two men charged with destroying EU flag

tportal.hr

PROTEST RALLY

17.04.2011 12:55
Author: Radio.net

The police pressed charges against two demonstrators who had destroyed a flag of the European Union during Saturday's rally in Zagreb in protest against guilty verdicts the UN tribunal delivered in the case of Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/122894/Two-men-charged-with-destroying-EU-flag-at-rally.html

'Croatia is humiliated and deeply disappointed'

tportal.hr
PROTEST RALLIES
16.04.2011 17:48
Author: Radio.net
Over a thousand protesters gathered on the main seafront promenade in the southern coastal city of Split on Saturday to express their support to Croatian generals and veterans being prosecuted for war crimes....more...
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http://daily.tportal.hr/122831/Split-Croatia-is-humiliated-and-deeply-disappointed.html

Just a score of protesters at anti-gov't rally in Zagreb

tportal.hr

Protest

10.04.2011 12:39 Author: Radio.net

Only a score of people gathered in downtown Zagreb for an anti-government protest rally on Saturday evening....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/121575/Just-a-score-of-protesters-at-anti-gov-t-rally-in-Zagreb.html

Kosor: Pavic's statement was based on phone calls

tportal.hr

Anti-Government Protests

06.04.2011 12:43 Author: Radio.net

Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in Parliament on Wednesday that spokesman for the government Mladen Pavic had made his statement that some opposition parties had organised and financed violent protests in Zagreb based on telephone calls made by citizens, adding that the confirmation of that was the fact that the head of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) youth forum in Dubrovnik said that "he paid what he paid"....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/120947/Kosor-Pavic-s-statement-was-based-on-phone-calls.html

Zagreb: Smallest anti-gov't protest held to date

tportal.hr

Facebook protesters

02.04.2011 22:25 Author: Radio.net

An anti-government protest in Zagreb on Saturday, the smallest one to date, drew about 100 protesters who walked down the city centre before ending the rally in Cvjetni Trg square around 8 PM....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/120288/Zagreb-Smallest-anti-government-protest-held-to-date.html

Croatia protests show failure of political promise

guardian.co.uk

Economic slump and institutionalised corruption have invited anti-capitalist sentiments for the first time since socialism

Toni Prug

guardian.co.uk, Saturday 2 April 2011 14.00 BST

Twenty years after declared independence and its first multi-party elections, after ecstatic promises of prosperity and freedom under parliamentary capitalism, Croatia finds itself in the midst of a wave of mass protests with news that unemployment is forecast to rise to 20% at the end of March....more...

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/02/croatia-protests-economic-slump

Yet another anti-government rally held in Zagreb

tportal.hr

Protest rally

02.04.2011 11:47 Author: Radio.net

An anti-government protest with around 1,000 participants ended in Zagreb's central Trg bana Jelacica square at 9.30 pm on Friday. The protest, which initially drew some 200 protesters who demanded that the government resign and an early election be called, started around 6 pm in the central square and continued with a protest walk through the city....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/120228/Yet-another-anti-government-rally-held-in-Zagreb.html

Seven trade unions to join in anti-gov't protests

tportal.hr

PROTESTS CONTINUE

31.03.2011 15:51 Author: Radio.net

Anti-government rallies will continue on Friday in Zagreb with seven trade unions joining in the demonstrations, coordinators of the rallies which began in February, said in Zagreb on Thursday....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119930/Seven-trade-unions-to-join-in-anti-gov-t.html

14 arrested in anti-government protest in Zagreb

tportal.hr

Protest rally

31.03.2011 11:36 Author: Radio.net

Two participants in an anti-government protest in Zagreb were arrested on Wednesday evening for disturbing the public peace by preventing members of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) from exiting the hotel where they had attended a ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the HDZ branch in Zagreb's Tresnjevka neighbourhood, while 12 other protesters were arrested for sitting on the ground in front of a police van as the police were trying to carry off the two arrested protesters....more...

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Protesters hold yet another anti-gov't rally in Zagreb

tportal.hr

Protest rally

26.03.2011 21:01 Author: Radio.net

Protesters, mainly young people, on Saturday evening gathered in the Cvjetni Square in downtown Zagreb for yet another anti-government rally, carrying banners with messages for nationalisation of banks, lower taxes, and slogans against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the strongest opposition Social Democratic Party....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/119024/Protesters-hold-yet-another-anti-gov-t-rally-in-Zagreb.html

Zagreb residents demand again that gov't step down

tportal.hr

Protest rally

23.03.2011 20:56
Author: Radio.net

About 300 Zagreb residents rallied in the downtown Cvjetni Trg square on Wednesday evening before embarking on the 14th protest march through the capital, demanding that the government step down and voicing their dissatisfaction with the situation in Croatia....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/118486/Zagreb-residents-demand-again-that-gov-t-step-down.html

Minister will meet farmers after road blockades removed

tportal.hr

FARMERS' PROTEST

22.03.2011 20:12
Author: Radio.net

Representatives of protesting farmers walked out of Tuesday's meeting between Agriculture Minister Petar Cobankovic and representatives of farmers' associations shortly before it ended, after he said he would come to talks in the Slavonia region when they removed their tractor road blockades, while representatives of other farmers' associations said they were satisfied with the implementation of a recent agreement with the minister....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/118270/Minister-will-meet-farmers-after-road-blockades-removed.html