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Croatia Protests British Tourist Warning
Zagreb | 17 April 2009 | Croatia’s Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the UK embassy in Zagreb demanding an explanation of the Foreign Office’s warning to British citizens about the threat of organised crime in Croatia.
“The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the British embassy in Zagreb to explain such warnings and publish an objective image of Croatia,” Croatian foreign affairs ministry spokesman Mario Dragun told the German Press Agency, dpa.
British broadcaster BBC published a report citing a warning from the British Foreign Office of “an underlying threat from terrorism and organized crime in Croatia.”
The text, which was quoted by all the media in Croatia, mentions the murders of journalist Ivo Pukanic and lawyer Ivana Hodak. The article has outraged the Adriatic country where tourism generates almost 20 per cent of gross domestic product.
“We believe that the text published by BBC is completely vicious and biased,” Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic told reporters.
Croatia’s Adriatic coastline is a popular destination among tourists looking for an alternative to Greece and Italy.
Source: Balkaninsight
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