| Country | CRO |
| Name and Surname | Ivan Žada |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 22/05/2018 |
| City / Location | Virovitica |
| Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Type of media | online |
| Media name | Virovitica.net |
| Source | CJA |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | CJA's and Reginal Platform's announcement was sent to local authorities and international organizations. |
The threats started when Virovitica.net portal published several articles related to the town policy such as re-naming of streets. One street got the name of Mile Budak, Minister in the Croatian Independent State (NDH). Ivan Žada, several times awarded journalist, was called „piece of dirt“ at the Facebook. Even more, the message stated that „Croatia should be cleaned from those people“. That is just an example of multiple threats to the journalist Žada and Virovitica.net editor in chief Goran Gazdek.
After articles dealing with the town topics (city graveyard does not pay taxes to be competitive, City Company Flora VTC forces its employees to get vaccinated against flu under threats of being fired) even the Virovitica Mayor Ivica Kirin joined the campaign against journalist and the portal. That, of course, caused new threats with new messages for Žada and Gazdek – they should go away, they will disappear „in the fog“, they are traitors, UDBA members, Yugonostalgic etc.
