Joint International Media Freedom Mission visited Croatia in June (21 – 23) and has just issued its report about media situation in Croatia and political pressures on media “Croatia: Media Freedom in Turbulent Times”. The group highlighted in its report that government interference at HRT is the key challenge to media freedom and independency in Croatia. The report points out to mass staff restructuring and paradigmatic programming change as evidence of “an attempt by the outgoing government to colonise HRT for its own means”.
