In Croatia, journalists and citizens have a hard time accessing information which should be of public domain
by Toni Gabrić, Zagreb | OSSERVATORIO BALCANI E CAUCASO TRANSEUROPA
How does the "right to know" work in Croatia? Exactly three years ago we asked for information on a number of cases involving the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) without any result.
Access to public information in Croatia is difficult. Photo: public domain
And exactly two years ago we asked if we could attend, as journalists, the meeting of the Cultural Councils, but these continue to be held behind closed doors. It took two and a half years before attempts succeeded to make public some of the contracts for the exploitation of hydrocarbons…