Murder of the Zec family

Mayor Praised, President Criticised, Over Croatian Serb Murder Commemoration

Croatian leaders' contrasting attitudes towards Tuesday's annual commemoration of the murder of a Croatian family during the independence war drew equally contrasting responses.

Zagreb's new Left-Green mayor, Tomislav Tomasevic attended the commemoration of the murder of the Zec family in 1991 in person.

Threatened Croatian Theatre Director Slams Police Inaction

Oliver Frljic, a well-known director and the head of the Croatian National Theatre in the coastal city of Rijeka, told BIRN that he has "lost all hope that police will solve the numerous threats and pressures"that he has encountered since he started running the theatre in September 2014.