Comments on: Croatia: Car Bomb Assassination of Journalists Ivo Pukanić & Niko Franjić

By: Connected World 3 | crazyhyperkid's Blog

Connected World 3 | crazyhyperkid's Blog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:33:03 +0000

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By: Renata Avila

Renata Avila — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:41:13 +0000

It is incredible how complicated things get in places “in transition”urban violence and also the impact on survivors of an armed conflict.
All my solidarity from here.

By: Global Voices em Português » Croácia: Carro-Bomba Mata os Jornalistas Ivo Pukanić e Niko Franjić

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:14:42 +0000

[...] Hudin Balsa complementa o artigo com uma contextualização [En] a respeito do que anda acontecendo na Croácia: The newspaper scene in Croatia is a bit of a [...]

By: Daniel Duende

Daniel Duende — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:04:55 +0000

Thank you very much for the contextualization, Miquel. I’m planning to append it to the Portuguese language article, so the Portuguese speaking readers, that usually don’t know a lot about the Croatian scene, will have some more context into which they can fit the news you brought.

Thank you very much, again.

Best,
D.D.

By: Miquel Hudin Balsa

Miquel Hudin Balsa — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:49:47 +0000

The newspaper scene in Croatia is a bit of a free for all. Papers will general level baseless attacks at one another and various political figures. Sometimes what they say turns out to be turn. Other times it turns out to be forgotten.
In the case of Ivo, he has suffered a rather relentless campaign against him for his career. He has been accused of being in the mafia himself as being paid off by various people. He had managed to continue to publish his paper despite this and the fact that Jutarnji List had become the #1 paper in Croatia.
As to who might be behind the killing, it’s hard to say. Ivo had made a great number of enemies over the years. It could also just be part of the escalating violence in the city where he was a popular target to hit.
Assuming that the police (who have done little in these recent matters) pull together any sort of story, I’m guessing that we’ll hear more about this in the next week or so.

By: Daniel Duende

Daniel Duende — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:09:30 +0000

These are really terrible news. The murder of a journalist that works for the independent media is always bad news for a country, and for the free-speech around the world.
But could someone explain more about the Nacional and its role in the actual Croatian scene? Who might be annoyed by it, and by the work of Ivo. Whose toes have been stepped in the recent times by the newspaper and his chief-editor?

Best,
D.D.