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In Croatia, however, it is not just the treatment of media that is a problem. Many, including diplomats, are concerned by the scandal surrounding the commemoration of the anniversary from the atrocities in the Croatian Fascist Jasenovac concentration camp. The subject climbed up highest on the public agenda immediately after the appointment for Minister of Culture of Zlatko Hasanbegović, who was accused of attempting through his scientific endeavour in the past to relativise and belittle the crimes of the Ustaša state. His words of today that he does not support any criminal regime could not convince the representatives of the Jewish and Serbian communities in the country, who refused to participate in the official ceremony on Friday. The HDZ, under Tomislav Karamarko’s leadership, repeatedly missed condemning clearly the more and more frequent cases of clear support for the Ustaša regime, the Ustaša shouts of “Ready for the Motherland” at football matches and the central streets of Zagreb by football fans as well as by black-shirts. Some of these incidents happened in the presence of high-ranking government representatives, including PM Orešković.
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