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Browse through Croatian history for this week; you may be surprised by what you read...

ZAGREB, March 4, 2018 - The president of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) Zvonko Kusić, who chaired the council for dealing with the consequences of the rule of undemocratic regimes that recently adopted guidelines for how to treat insignia of totalitarian systems in the 20th century, has said that the document the council has produced "is not ideal but is realistic".

ZAGREB, March 1, 2018 - The recommendations prepared by the council for dealing with the consequences of undemocratic regimes on how to treat insignia of totalitarian regimes has elicited different opinions among law professors.

ZAGREB, March 1 , 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that the recommendations adopted by the council for dealing with the consequences of undemocratic regimes on how to treat insignia of totalitarian regimes "is a valuable, well-balanced and useful document", which could serve as the starting point for the continuation of dialogue of that topic.

ZAGREB, February 28, 2018 - Croatia punishes all forms of glorification of fascist regimes but allows the use of the "For the Homeland Ready" salute strictly to commemorate soldiers killed in the 1991-95 Homeland War, according to one of the main recommendations and guidelines sent to the government on Wednesday by the Council for dealing with the consequences of undemocratic regimes.

ZAGREB, February 27, 2018 - The Council in charge of dealing with the consequences of undemocratic regimes is expected on Wednesday to outline its conclusions and guidelines for treatment of symbols, insignia and salutes of totalitarian regimes.

Browse through Croatian history for this week, you may be surprised by what you read...

The commission, which should issue recommendations regarding views on the Second World War and communist period, has just four more days to adopt conclusions. It has not met since November.

ZAGREB, February 20, 2018 - The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics is launching a campaign called "Croatian Glagolitic Script Day" with the aim of popularising this Croatian alphabet and script.