More bilingual signs torn down in Vukovar

Unknown persons tore down a sign written in both Latin and Serbian Cyrillic from the Center for Social Protection in Vukovar last night.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 08.10.2013.

16:52

Default images

VUKOVAR Unknown persons tore down a sign written in both Latin and Serbian Cyrillic from the Center for Social Protection in Vukovar last night. The plaques were also removed from the buildings of the Employment Office, the Pension Insurance Office and the State Inspectorate on Monday afternoon. More bilingual signs torn down in Vukovar The police said that the investigation is underway to determine the identity of persons who have torn down the signs and the circumstances which led to this. Croatia's index.hr website has reported that it unofficially learned the signs were in fact removed by police officers, and that six of them were suspended from duty for this reason. Since the incidents last month, the police were posted in front of the public buildings to guard the signs. A group calling itself the Headquarters for the Defense of Croatian Vukovar, which has organized different types of protests since the bilingual signs were put up, said that they support removal of the signs from the buildings of Croatian state institutions, but underlined that they were "not behind this action." "The policy of arrogance that the Croatian government is following in relation to Vukovar, defenders and families of victims is illegal, immoral, inhuman and thereby unsustainable," the organization noted. The first signs were torn down over a month ago on the first day of the protest against their placing. According to Croatia's laws, bilingual signs should be put up in the places where minorities, in this case Serbs, constitute at least one third of the population. According to the latest census, ethnic Serbs constitute 35 percent of Vukovar's population. (Beta/Hina, file) Tanjug

More bilingual signs torn down in Vukovar

The police said that the investigation is underway to determine the identity of persons who have torn down the signs and the circumstances which led to this.

Croatia's index.hr website has reported that it unofficially learned the signs were in fact removed by police officers, and that six of them were suspended from duty for this reason.

Since the incidents last month, the police were posted in front of the public buildings to guard the signs.

A group calling itself the Headquarters for the Defense of Croatian Vukovar, which has organized different types of protests since the bilingual signs were put up, said that they support removal of the signs from the buildings of Croatian state institutions, but underlined that they were "not behind this action."

"The policy of arrogance that the Croatian government is following in relation to Vukovar, defenders and families of victims is illegal, immoral, inhuman and thereby unsustainable," the organization noted.

The first signs were torn down over a month ago on the first day of the protest against their placing.

According to Croatia's laws, bilingual signs should be put up in the places where minorities, in this case Serbs, constitute at least one third of the population.

According to the latest census, ethnic Serbs constitute 35 percent of Vukovar's population.

Komentari 4

Pogledaj komentare

4 Komentari

Možda vas zanima

Zapad zapretio, Kina uzvratila 9
Svet

Zapad zapretio, Kina uzvratila

Kina je usvojila zakon o carinama kojim želi da osnaži mehanizme odbrane svoje ekomonije nakon pretnji Sjedinjenih Američkih Država i Evropske unije da će reagovati na izvoz jeftinih kineskih proizvoda.

7:59

27.4.2024.

1 d

Podeli: