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Zoran Milanovic

Inserted 1 year ago

“I am against sending any lethal arms there. It prolongs the war. What is the goal? Disintegration of Russia, change of the government? There is also talk of tearing Russia apart. This is mad. It is clear that Crimea will never again be part of Ukraine. What is the goal of this war? A war against a nuclear power that is at war in another country? Is there a conventional way to defeat such a country? Who pays the price? Europe. America pays the least,” he said. “A year has passed and we are only now talking about tanks. Not a single American tank will go to Ukraine in a year. Only German tanks will be sent there.”

Aljazeera

Croatian President

30 Jan 2023 6 3

Massimo Moratti

Inserted 2 years ago

“In the last few years thousands of people have recounted how Croatian police assaulted them as they tried to enter the country and refused to let them request asylum. This long-awaited report confirms their stories and numerous reports of widespread pushbacks and abuse, which the Croatian government can now no longer deny.”

Amnesty

Director for Research of Amnesty International in Europe

03 Dec 2021 5 3

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 2 years ago

“We condemn violence, especially violence against migrants. I did not notice that these people threatened anyone, it is a shame. We have to find out what happened and it must not happen. It is one thing to appreciate the work of the Croatian police, which guards the green border. For political reasons, Croatia will not raise the wire towards BiH, due to relations with Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats… Each state protects its borders. This is possible, but force cannot be used as in this situation in which it was not necessary. Lithuania, Latvia, you have seen what is happening, it is the destabilization of the Baltic countries and the EU, it is difficult for them, their borders are big… Belarusian forces are coming and pushing people across the border. The issue of illegal migration is a serious issue.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Prime Minister

08 Oct 2021 9 3

Zoran Milanovic

Inserted 2 years ago

“I cannot believe that Serbs have nothing more important or smarter to do than create holidays which infringe on the internal affairs of neighbouring states.”

Aljazeera

Croatian President

15 Sep 2021 2 2

Gordan Grlić-Radman

Inserted 2 years ago

“One is the question of the people who helped within the European External Action Service and our soldiers in NATO, to whom we have a certain obligation. The other aspect is the refugees who are burdening the entire international community. Of course, first of all, it is in our interest for refugees to be deployed to the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, where they can be provided with their human rights and security. What is certain is that Croatia will oppose illegal migration. We do not want 2015 to happen again. The issue of refugees must be defined at a general level because it is the responsibility of the international community.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Foreign Minister

25 Aug 2021 7 4

Vili Beroš

Inserted 2 years ago

“In the last 14 days, out of 3,697 people who were tested positive, as many as 85.72 per cent were not vaccinated. Of the 221 hospitalized people, 87 per cent were not vaccinated. From June 1 to August 17, 254 people died and 80 per cent of the people who passed away were not vaccinated. We are witnessing an epidemic of the unvaccinated. The epidemic in Croatia undoubtedly affects the unvaccinated the most. The toxic combination of a relatively high proportion of unvaccinated and non-compliance measures can lead to an increase in the number of patients, new outbreaks and hospitalizations. The epidemic is exhausting. None of us are an island. How long we stay in orange or green depends on each of us.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Minister of Health

19 Aug 2021 2 2

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 2 years ago

“I really think this is a huge event for Croatia, Croatian people, for our friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for Croatians in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We connected what we call modern sovereignty, a very clear project with which we are realising strategic interests, realised at the moment when we strengthened our international position and enriched it with the membership in the European Union. The bridge [Peljesac Bridge] does not connect only Croatia, but it connects the EU as well as Bosnia-Herzegovina.”

Aljazeera

Croatian Prime Minister

29 Jul 2021 4 5

Oleg Butković

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are available to cooperate, as we have gone through several phases, such as road payments and the construction of railways, which is one of the biggest challenges I have as a minister. During these years we can say that we have made many steps forward in this system, so we are available to help you [Albania] with our experiences and our experts, to integrate as soon as possible the railway system.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure

14 Jul 2021 4 4

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 2 years ago

“That's an opportunity for me to state once again our willingness to meet all the criteria and, after entering the Exchange Rate Mechanism last year, to meet the action plan and create the prerequisites for Croatia to become a member of the Eurozone during 2023, hopefully at the beginning.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Prime Minister

25 Jun 2021 1 2

Nikolina Brnjac

Inserted 2 years ago

“Croatia has continuously implemented various epidemiological measures and preparations for this year's summer season and the rest of the tourist year, and we now have the opportunity to gradually accelerate the flow of tourist traffic. The EU tourism market is extremely important because these are countries that make up more than 80 per cent of foreign tourist traffic in Croatia. With all the steps we have taken since the beginning of the year, the Safe stay in Croatia project, setting up additional points for testing tourists, co-financing tests and vaccinating workers in the tourism industry, creating conditions to strengthen our recognisability as a safe destination and generating increasing demand. In the coming days, we will continue to communicate intensively with many countries about border crossing procedures so that tourist flows can take place as well as possible and so that our guests can start enjoying Croatia as soon as possible.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Minister of Tourism and Sports

02 Jun 2021 3 1

Brando Benifei

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Croatian police were waiting for us and set up a barrier. We decided to walk through but dozens of threateningly armed policemen formed a human barrier preventing us from passing.”

Aljazeera

Member of the European Parliament from Italy’s Democratic Party

01 Feb 2021 1 2

Damir Novotny

Inserted 3 years ago

“The crisis in the travel and tourism sector caused by the COVID-19 epidemic will result in structural changes, both in terms of marketing Croatian tourist destinations and in terms of the structure of tourists and tourist consumption. The sector will have to adapt, but and this adjustment will take years. Today, Croatia has EU instruments at its disposal for recovery from the crisis, so a relatively quick recovery can still be expected”

Balkaninsight

Economic analyst

11 Jan 2021 3 5

Igor Skoko

Inserted 3 years ago

“The announcement by Finance Minister Zdravko Maric regarding the new loans to pay off the debt to the pharmaceutical wholesalers additionally highlights the ongoing irresponsible management of public finances and constitutes the best indicator of the extravagance of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic’s administration.”

Balkaneu

Member of liberal centrist opposition party Pametno - Split-Dalmatia County Assembly

23 Oct 2020 4 2

Ylva Johansson

Inserted 3 years ago

“I received the @DRC_ngo [Danish Refugee Council] report presented as evidence of push-backs and inhuman and degrading treatment of people at the Croatian border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. I am taking these reports very seriously. I am planning a thorough discussion with the Croatian authorities on these and other reports of fundamental rights violations. I will also discuss further development of the monitoring mechanism that the Croatian authorities put in place with the Commission’s financial support. Croatian authorities have committed to investigate reports of mistreatment at their external borders, monitor this situation closely and keep the Commission informed on progress made. Today I am meeting with ministers from the Western Balkans to discuss cooperation on migration management in light of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. I reminded that effective border management must be conducted in full respect of fundamental rights.”

Twitter

EU Commissioner for Home Affairs

22 Oct 2020 4 2

Jack Sapoch

Inserted 3 years ago

“This is only one of many examples of how this violence is tacitly encouraged by the European Union, which has supplied the Croatian state with hundreds of millions of euros of technological equipment to secure the EU’s external border in the last decade.”

Aljazeera

Spokesman of Border Violence Monitoring Network

22 Oct 2020 2 3

Charlotte Slente

Inserted 3 years ago

“We need to see action to put a stop to the systematic use of violence. Treating human beings like this, inflicting severe pain and causing unnecessary suffering, irrespective of their migratory status, cannot and should not be accepted by any European country, or by any EU institution. There is an urgent need to ensure that independent border monitoring mechanisms are in place to prevent these abuses, and to ensure that all reports of abuse are transparently and credibly investigated – and those responsible are held to account.”

Aljazeera

Secretary-general of Danish Refugee Council

22 Oct 2020 3 2

Dunja Mijatovic

Inserted 3 years ago

“Disturbingly, these reports suggest that violence and dehumanising acts accompanying pushbacks are increasing, and it seems that Croatian law enforcement officers continue to enjoy impunity for such serious human rights violations.”

Aljazeera

Commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe

21 Oct 2020 3 2

Clare Daly

Inserted 3 years ago

“European values? What European values?? The blood of these people, so horrifically mistreated on the Croatian border, is on the hands of [the European Commission]. When are people going to be held to account for the sickening crimes against migrants happening daily in Croatia?”

Aljazeera

Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament

21 Oct 2020 3 3

Gordan Grlić-Radman

Inserted 3 years ago

“Peace, stability and good neighbourly relations are of the utmost importance. I think there is a good will on both sides that we need to intensify the dialogue. We have opened a new chapter of cooperation. We see the past through different glasses, but we live in the present and need to define the future. We are oriented towards each other”

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Croatian Foreign Minister

16 Oct 2020 1 1

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 3 years ago

“Despite the coronavirus pandemic, we managed to reduce the expected decline in GDP, by arranging a timely reopening to secure almost 50 percent of last year’s tourist season figures this year, to hold the presidency of the EU Council, to enter the European Financial Mechanism II, to form a parliamentary majority in record time following the parliamentary elections, pass a law on reconstruction after the earthquake, and now move on to the Government’s planned activities – social security, economic sovereignty, especially in the field of agriculture and energy, and strengthening the country’s global visibility.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Prime Minister

05 Oct 2020 2 3

Vlaho Hrdalo

Inserted 3 years ago

“Croatia has seen a tremendous improvement of its fintech scene in the past few years, mostly due to people developing their digital skills independently. A recent Eurostat survey showed Croatian young people to be the leading Europeans in the category of digital skills. These young people realized what skills they needed and then acquired them on their own, as no institutional support was available; and it still isn’t.”

Balkaninsight

Chair of the Croatian Association for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, UBIK

20 Aug 2020 3 2

Zoran Milanovic

Inserted 3 years ago

“In that victory, we should have been more magnanimous and better organised, that is something the prime minister, too, has talked about. Fortunately, we never sank into an abyss of moral catastrophe. There were mistakes, there were also crimes, and they cost us later.”

Balkaneu

Croatian President

05 Aug 2020 1 3

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 3 years ago

“Our key aim is to secure the welfare for our citizens ... to preserve their health and jobs during the times of the pandemic.”

Aljazeera

Croatian Prime Minister

23 Jul 2020 0 3

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 3 years ago

“This is an unprecedented achievement, more than double than in the first seven years of membership. We will have the right, great, solid ‘lever’ for the implementation of reforms, the realization of projects, investments and, most importantly, for a quick economic recovery.”

Balkaneu

Croatian Prime Minister

21 Jul 2020 3 3

Helena Popović

Inserted 3 years ago

“The disappointing numbers for SDP are a result of internal disunity in the party as to whether it should be a centrist or center-left party. There is a significant grouping within the party who do not support Bernardić and his leadership of the party and Bernardić has largely ignored this over the years.”

Politico

Sociology lecturer at the University of Zagreb

06 Jul 2020 3 5

Davor Bernardić

Inserted 3 years ago

“Of course, this result is bad for the SDP and the Restart coalition. I am not running away from responsibility and ready to just leave. We will discuss this at the party’s presidency on Monday. Until the election, the acting president of the SDP will be Zlatko Komadina.”

Europeanwesternbalkans

Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) President

05 Jul 2020 4 3

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 3 years ago

“This result of the Croatian Democratic Union is not only great but also binding. It is binding because we had a difficult mandate full of temptations for us, and the challenges facing us are probably even greater”

Europeanwesternbalkans

Croatian Prime Minister

05 Jul 2020 2 3

Zoran Milanovic

Inserted 3 years ago

“In our closets and archives there are numerous historical maps and maps that show our homeland much bigger than it is today … Don’t share them and put them on your profiles. They are not contemporary or achievable today, and, more importantly, [they] endlessly irritate our neighbours”

Balkaninsight

Croatian President

07 May 2020 3 1

Andrej Plenković

Inserted 3 years ago

“These countries are in a way surrounded by the European Union. If we look at geography, there is nowhere else that they can go.”

Politico

Croatian Prime Minister

06 May 2020 0 3

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“I cannot believe that Serbs have nothing more important or smarter to do than create holidays which infringe on the internal affairs of neighbouring states.”

“That's an opportunity for me to state once again our willingness to meet all the criteria and, after entering the Exchange Rate Mechanism last year, to meet the action plan and create the prerequisites for Croatia to become a member of the Eurozone during 2023, hopefully at the beginning.”

“The Croatian police were waiting for us and set up a barrier. We decided to walk through but dozens of threateningly armed policemen formed a human barrier preventing us from passing.”

“This is only one of many examples of how this violence is tacitly encouraged by the European Union, which has supplied the Croatian state with hundreds of millions of euros of technological equipment to secure the EU’s external border in the last decade.”

“Disturbingly, these reports suggest that violence and dehumanising acts accompanying pushbacks are increasing, and it seems that Croatian law enforcement officers continue to enjoy impunity for such serious human rights violations.”

“European values? What European values?? The blood of these people, so horrifically mistreated on the Croatian border, is on the hands of [the European Commission]. When are people going to be held to account for the sickening crimes against migrants happening daily in Croatia?”

“In that victory, we should have been more magnanimous and better organised, that is something the prime minister, too, has talked about. Fortunately, we never sank into an abyss of moral catastrophe. There were mistakes, there were also crimes, and they cost us later.”

“Our key aim is to secure the welfare for our citizens ... to preserve their health and jobs during the times of the pandemic.”

“This is an unprecedented achievement, more than double than in the first seven years of membership. We will have the right, great, solid ‘lever’ for the implementation of reforms, the realization of projects, investments and, most importantly, for a quick economic recovery.”

“Of course, this result is bad for the SDP and the Restart coalition. I am not running away from responsibility and ready to just leave. We will discuss this at the party’s presidency on Monday. Until the election, the acting president of the SDP will be Zlatko Komadina.”

“This result of the Croatian Democratic Union is not only great but also binding. It is binding because we had a difficult mandate full of temptations for us, and the challenges facing us are probably even greater”

“In our closets and archives there are numerous historical maps and maps that show our homeland much bigger than it is today … Don’t share them and put them on your profiles. They are not contemporary or achievable today, and, more importantly, [they] endlessly irritate our neighbours”

“These countries are in a way surrounded by the European Union. If we look at geography, there is nowhere else that they can go.”

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