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The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended the opening of the European Federation of Journalists Annual Meeting 2021, which is being held this year in Zagreb at Novinarski dom<\/em>, headquarters of the Croatian Journalists\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extending his greetings to the representatives of the Croatian Journalists\u2019 Association and the Croatian Journalists\u2019 Union, the hosts of the European Federation of Journalists Annual Meeting, and delegates and representatives of European journalists\u2019 associations and unions, President Milanovi\u0107 highlighted the importance of free, uncensored investigative journalism as one of the three most important elements for the advancement of democratic liberal societies. Apart from a free press, it is also important to have \u201cfree courts, independent of party politics, and free academia, an academic community where the truth will be sought, darkness and dust uncovered, and where political correctness will be only one of the limits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout these three deep-rooted elements, which are a prerequisite for the balance of society \u2013 and these are above all independent, and secondly professional media, an independent judiciary, a free investigative and critical academia, both internally and towards the outside \u2013 there is no modern, free and democratic state,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107. \u201cAll three must be present. A society that does not have free courts and in which politics influence court proceedings, the persecution of individuals, corporations \u2013 that state certainly does not have free academia, that state certainly does not have a free press. And no matter how you rotate those three components, you always arrive at the same point \u2013that is the prerequisite of a normal, healthy life,\u201d explained President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCroatia is not perfect, but it has a bit of all that. It is better than it used to be, but it can always be worse in times of crisis,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, recalling that according to the old Civil Procedure Act a court fee had to be paid to the state both by those who sue for emotional distress and by those who are being sued. \u201cThat no longer exists in Croatian legislation, it was abolished in 2013. I mentioned this to remind ourselves how the system can be manipulated. I do not believe that this provision existed in Croatian law in order to harm the defendants, but simply so the state could take more money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address to the participants of the European Federation of Journalists Annual Meeting, the President also commented on social networks and their impact on journalism today. \u201cSocial networks instantly satisfy the human thirst and need for any kind of information, but without the need for critical thinking. That is fast, cheap and puts you out of work. Journalism is expensive, quality investigative journalism costs money,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, adding that people doing such work need to have excellent education, but also be paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this year\u2019s Annual Meeting, which is being held under the slogan \u201cBetter protection of journalists,\u201d increasing the protection of journalists in Europe will be discussed, as well as pressure being put on the media in the region, the persecution of journalists and journalists\u2019 associations in Belarus and the rescue of journalists from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Federation of Journalists is the largest association of journalists in Europe, representing more than 320,000 journalists across 72 organizations from 45 countries. EFJ meetings are held every year in an EFJ member country, with the exception of last year due to the COVID crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from President Milanovi\u0107, speaking at the opening of the Annual Meeting were the envoy of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of Culture and Media Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek, President of the European Federation of Journalists Mogens Blicher Bjerreg\u00e5rd, and on behalf of the host President of the Croatian Journalists\u2019 Union Maja Sever and President of the Croatian Journalists\u2019 Association Hrvoje Zovko. Adviser to the President of the Republic for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\u0107 was alongside President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Ana Marija Kati\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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