Croatia

02.10.2008 The 6th Queer Zagreb Festival opened last night at the Europa Cinema in Zagreb, in the presence of numerous guest from Croatia and abroad.

19.09.2008 The changes in the Rulebook on Discarded Packaging and Waste introduces a compensation fee for producers of plastic bags of 1,500 HRK per ton of produced bags, the biggest such fee compared to other types of packaging since the fee was first introduced in April of this year, reports the Alert portal.

16.09.2008 The associations gathered in the Croatian LGBTIQ Coordination strongly condemn and demand legal sanctions for the persons responsible for the homophobic attack on two gay persons last weekend, at the Tvornica night club in Zagreb.

15.09.2008 The Pravo na grad (Right to a City) initiative and Zelena akcija (Green Action) invite the citizens to join the `Zagreb Human Wall` to defend the historic Floral Square (Cvjetni Trg) from the devastation threatened by the Hoto Group of entrepreneur Tomislav Horvatinčić, which last Thursday started the activities on the demolition of the building of the former printing press in the yard of a building located on the Square.

10.09.2008 The Right to a City initiative and Zelena akcija (Green Action) environmental organization demand from the authorities to inspect and stop the works on the demolition of the building in the yard of the old printing house on Zagreb`s Floral Square (Cvjetni Trg), believing the works are illegal.

04.08.2008 The Zelena lista (Green List), political party that is associate member of the European Green Party, protests the start of works, on August 1, on what they claim is `a barbaric project by developer Tomo Horvatinčić`, on the Petar Preradović Square (the Floral Square) in Zagreb.

31.07.2008 The Green List, associate member of the European Green Party, protests the devastation of the park on Gupčeva Zvijezda in Zagreb that is divided in half with the construction of a new street. The newly built children playground loses all purpose, having in mind that it will be now surrounded with roads on three sides.

25.07.2008 The eleventh Days of the Sun: Health Food and Traditional Crafts Fair, organized by the Eko-Zadar association, starts today in Zadar. The fair will present traditional foods, medicinal herbs and herbal products, crafts and arts and traditionally manufactured souvenirs.

21.07.2008 The Pravo na grad (Right to a City) Initiative and Zelena akcija environmental association claim they have learnt from trusted sources that the Hoto Group intends to start demolition of the building of the old printing company on Preradovic Square 6 on August 1.

18.07.2008 Animal Friends filed an initiative with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction and to Mirela Holy, Member of Sabor, to ban the sale and distribution of plastic bags in Croatia.