ZAGREB, Jan 17 (Hina) - In an interview for a Croatian daily, the spokeswoman for the government, Aleksandra Kolaric, on Thursday denied that the government had sent instructions to its ministries as to how to treat the media in the
future. According to the government instructions, the daily says, reporters would have difficulties or would not be able at all to access information. "The article is full of inaccuracies," Kolaric said but would not comment on the article in detail. Today's issue of "Vecernji List" says the government instructed the ministries that not a single piece of information on any document must leak before it has been discussed by the government or until the government's public relations office decided it can be released. The daily also says a reporter will be able to interview a minister only if it is okayed by the government's public relations office. "The article is incorrect and i
ZAGREB, Jan 17 (Hina) - In an interview for a Croatian daily, the
spokeswoman for the government, Aleksandra Kolaric, on Thursday
denied that the government had sent instructions to its ministries
as to how to treat the media in the future.
According to the government instructions, the daily says,
reporters would have difficulties or would not be able at all to
access information.
"The article is full of inaccuracies," Kolaric said but would not
comment on the article in detail.
Today's issue of "Vecernji List" says the government instructed the
ministries that not a single piece of information on any document
must leak before it has been discussed by the government or until
the government's public relations office decided it can be
released.
The daily also says a reporter will be able to interview a minister
only if it is okayed by the government's public relations office.
"The article is incorrect and it is not true that the government
wishes to make the reporters' job more difficult," the spokeswoman
stressed.
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