Zagreb, June 19 (CP) – After more than 15 years, the legendary Croatian weekly Feral Tribune has published its last issue.
In a lengthy article in the last issue, the editors explained that the influential weekly would have to shut down due to financial problems despite its circulation being good and all the costs being cut […]
Zagreb, June 18 (CP) – Axel Diekmann, a German businessman has purchased majority shares in the NCL Media Grupa, becoming its new owner through the mediation of the Naxos Medien GMBH.
The Croatian Competition Agency has decided it was safe to allow the transaction, as Diekmann has no other operations in Croatia.
The takeover of the company […]
Zagreb, May 22 (CP) – The father of ICTY indictee currently on trial for war crimes committed during operation Storm, Ante Gotovina, Milan Gotovina has died after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 76.
Gotovina’s father has been suffering from heart disease for a while and has already suffered a heart attack prior […]
Zagreb, May 16 (CP) – Some 40 Croatian Radio Television (HRT) journalists have signed a petition against programming director Domagoj Buric who wrote a memo inciting more ‘homeland’ emotions being expressed in an upcoming TV show.
Journalists of the ’30 in the Shade’ show have received a memo earlier signed by the programming director Buric demanding […]
Zagreb, May 15 (CP) – The journalists of the Slobodna Dalmacija daily are protesting against the management’s decision to move the paper’s headquarters from Split where it had been based for the past 65 years to the nearby Dugopolje.
At a meeting of the journalists they expressed dissatisfaction with the decision to move the headquarters of […]
Zagreb, May 9 (CP) – Croatian rock music critic and author of a number of books on the topic, Drazen Vrdoljak, has died aged 58 in Zagreb.
Vrdoljak, known as a ‘living encyclopaedia’ of pop music had been hosting numerous music shows on radio and TV and had been the one to introduce the Croatian public […]
Zagreb, April 30 (CP) – Serb businessman Zeljko Mitrovic, the owner of the TV Pink station has confirmed to the Belgrade TANJUG news agency he had expanded his business to Croatia by purchasing several local TV stations.
Mitrovic confirmed TV Pink would take off in Croatia once he joins the network of nine local TVs, some […]
Zagreb, April 25 (CP) – The wife of journalist Ivo Pukanic, Mirjana, who is in a bitter dispute with her husband over him attempting to place her in a mental hospital in hope of getting her certified has tested positive for cocaine.
Meanwhile, a test on Ivo Pukanic showed he did not use the drug.
The couple […]
Zagreb, April 24 (CP) — In order to protect young viewers, the Council for Electronic media has presented its set of rules that includes TV stations introducing special ratings for TV content divided into three categories: 12, 15 and 18.
The watershed for 18 labelled content will be 11 pm, the 15 will have a 10 […]
The state attorney’s office officials and the police are checking the claims about the police cover-up of illegal drugs being used at the Zagreb home of the Pukanic family, reports the Slobodna Dalmacija daily.
The police have allegedly known of cocaine being kept in the safe in the Pukanic home since 2007.
At the start of 2008 […]
