ZAGREB, July 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) and the editorial board of the Nova TV commercial television company have denounced an attempt of the mayor of the town of Novalja to prevent a Nova journalist from
reporting about water shortage and an outbreak of infection in that area on the island of Pag.
ZAGREB, July 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association
(HND) and the editorial board of the Nova TV commercial television company have
denounced an attempt of the mayor of the town of Novalja to prevent a Nova
journalist from reporting about water shortage and an outbreak of infection in
that area on the island of Pag. The HND and the Nova TV issued a
joint statement on Thursday informing the public that Mayor Ivan Dabo used
abusive language and tried physically to intimidate the reporter Kristina
Tesija while she was preparing a report about the said topic for the Nova TV
flagship news programme on Wednesday evening.
The HND and the Nova TV editorial board commended Tesija for having
succeeded in making the report after she was attacked by the mayor accompanied
by another four men.