Croat veterans protest concert of Serbian singer

Croatian war veterans have held a protest in Zagreb’s central square ahead of a concert by Serbian folk legend Lepa Brena. The protest, going under the title “Defense and Honor”, was organized by the City of Zagreb League of Defense Associations from the Civil War and the Independent Croatian Volunteers. Croat veterans protest concert of Serbian singer They also held a petition signing at the protest, calling for the concert to be cancelled. “We organized a petition to warn the organizers to refrain from holding the concert. We will not use aggression, this is our country that we created, but we think it is time to say enough is enough. No to Lepa Brena in Croatia, in any arena,” said Slavica Hruskar, president of the Independent Volunteers organization. She said that Brena’s concert was not acceptable in any Zagreb arena, as long as Croatian nationalist singer Marko “Tompson” Perkovic was banned from performing in Pula. “Anyone who has evidence can show it to the public. If there is none, I will file charges,” was the Serbian pop star’s response to the accusations. The veterans are angered because Brena was photographed in Brcko in 1993, wearing a Republic of Srpska Army uniform. The singer, who was an icon in the former Yugoslavia during the 1980s, said that she had been forced to don the uniform in order to save her father’s life.

Croat veterans protest concert of Serbian singer

They also held a petition signing at the protest, calling for the concert to be cancelled.

“We organized a petition to warn the organizers to refrain from holding the concert. We will not use aggression, this is our country that we created, but we think it is time to say enough is enough. No to Lepa Brena in Croatia, in any arena,” said Slavica Hruškar, president of the Independent Volunteers organization.

She said that Brena’s concert was not acceptable in any Zagreb arena, as long as Croatian nationalist singer Marko “Tompson” Perković was banned from performing in Pula.

“Anyone who has evidence can show it to the public. If there is none, I will file charges,” was the Serbian pop star’s response to the accusations.

The veterans are angered because Brena was photographed in Brčko in 1993, wearing a Republic of Srpska Army uniform.

The singer, who was an icon in the former Yugoslavia during the 1980s, said that she had been forced to don the uniform in order to save her father’s life.