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<title>Zelena Istra: Urban Plan Adopted Without Public Participation Leads to Conflict</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151198/1/3194</link>
<description>The Zelena Istra environmental association accused the municipal authorities in Pula, Istria, of lack of understanding and resistance to greater inclusion of citizens in the setting of social and spatial priorities of use of space when preparing the General Urban Plan that will soon be submitted for adoption by the City Council.</description>
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<title>Pride Organizing Committee Condemns the Violence</title>
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<description>The Organizing Committee of Zagreb Pride 2008 condemned the attacks on gay activists Kristijan Gr&amp;#273;ana and Sanja Juras and three participants who came to the Pride from Kosovo, expressing their full solidarity and support for the victims.</description>
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<title>CMS: HNS Needs Systemic Approach to Fight Racism in Croatian Stadiums</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151169/1/3194</link>
<description>On the occasion of the sanctions of Croatian Football Association (HNS) because of the racist and xenophobic incidents involving some Croatian fans during the recently completed European Championship, the Centre for Peace Studies (CMS) said that HNS should do more, since it has the power and responsibility for such an action.</description>
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<title>New Internet Magazine for LGBTQ Population Launched</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151143/1/3194</link>
<description>A group of gay internet users noted that the Croatian internet space lacks a common starting point for homosexual men and women, bisexual, trans-gender and queer persons to get information and to get active, so they decided to launch a new internet portal to mark the Pride Week in Zagreb.</description>
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<title>Zelena Akcija: Preserve Historic Kaptol</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151121/1/3194</link>
<description>Zelena Akcija (Green Action) environmental organization reacted to the announced cooperation of Cardinal Bozani&amp;#263; and Mayor Milan Bandic, on five different projects. Zelena Akcija focused on two of the projects – plans to build 2,500 apartments in developments in Strug on Žitnjak and the proposed Museum of Sacral Art in Nova Vesa.</description>
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<title>Montenegro Students Can Travel to Croatia</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151120/1/3194</link>
<description>Branko Lukovac, Ambassador of Montenegro to Croatia and the State Secretary of Higher Education of Croatia Radovan Fuks signed the Memorandum of Cooperation which covers, among other issues, the cooperation of the two countries in the field of doctoral studies.</description>
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<title>Documenta Demands Additional Investigation on Medacki Dzep Offensive</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151102/1/3194</link>
<description>The Documenta centre demands further investigation on events that took place during the Medacki Dzep offensive in the Homeland War in Croatia, noting that the completed trial at the District Court in Zagreb is an important, yet not sufficient step forward to justice.</description>
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<title>GONG Demands Elimination of Double Standards on Civic Rights Matters</title>
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<description>GONG joined the demands of Croatian journalists for the state to take more decisive steps in the fight with violent crime and corruption and to discover and apprehend those who ordered and perpetrated the attack on Dusan Miljus and all other attacks on public personalities over the past several months.</description>
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<title>Zelena Akcija: Energy Lobby Revives the Idea for Nuclear Plant in Croatia</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151086/1/3194</link>
<description>The Zelena akcija (Green Action) environmental associations comments that the Government of Croatia is increasingly inclined to support the estimates of Croatian Power Company HEP and the energy lobby that Croatia needs to build a nuclear power station, at a moment when we learn that global uranium reserves will suffice for another hundred years or so.</description>
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<title>Roma Education Centre Opens in Mursko Središce </title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151081/1/3194</link>
<description>Yesterday, June 4, 2008, the Roma Education and Information Centre in Mursko Središ&amp;#263;e opened, a part of the project of the same name implemented by the Autonomous Centre ACT and its partners, the Me&amp;#273;imurje County, the City of Mursko Središ&amp;#263;e and local community of Sitnica.</description>
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<title>Centre for Peace Studies Condemns Attacks on Lukac-Koritnik and Miljuš</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151067/1/3194</link>
<description>The Centre for Peace Studies joined the condemnations of the attacks on Luka&amp;#269; - Koritinik and Miljuš. Gordan Bosanac, CMS Programme Coordinator, says that any use of physical force and other forms of violence against persons who have dedicated their work to fight discrimination of vulnerable groups and individuals, or fight organized crime, are worrying developments.</description>
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<title>European Legislation Used to Mask Doing Favour to Investors</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151047/1/3194</link>
<description>Zelena akcija (Green Actions) and Zelena Istra (Green Istria) demand from the Ministry of Environmental Protection to ensure public participation in the process of review of projects presented by potential investors, in view of the recent process to adopt the Decree on Public Information and Participation in Environmental Protection matters, the Decree on Environmental Effects  Assessment and the Decree on Strategic Assessment of Environmental Effects.</description>
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<title>Jedinstvo Initiative: What Use of Bandic`s Signature?</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151037/1/3194</link>
<description>Youth and independent culture associations from Zagreb, united in the Initiative for Jedinstvo demands, in an open letter addressed to Mayor Milan Bandi&amp;#263;, to act on the obligation the City of Zagreb to refurbish and equip the complex of former industrial facilities `Jedinstvo` and define a proper management model.</description>
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<title>Documenta Reacts to Attacks on Witnesses</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151027/1/3194</link>
<description>The Documenta Centre reacted to the attacks on Vladimir Gojanovi&amp;#263;a, witness in the trial of Croatian generals Gotovina, &amp;#268;ermak and Marka&amp;#269; for crimes committed during and after the `Storm` campaign of 1995, at the Hague Tribunal, noting the lack of willingness of Croatian society to accept that Croatian armed forces also committed crimes.</description>
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<title>Associations Protest Unequal Treatment</title>
<link>http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/151004/1/3194</link>
<description>The group of civil society organizations, provoked by an article published by `Globus` weekly magazine of May 9, 2008, expressed, in an open letter to the Government of Croatia, its discontent with Government`s actions that violate the principles listed in the 2006 National Strategy for Creation of Stimulating Environment for the Development of Civil Society.</description>
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