Earlier this month the government gave a negative opinion on the two reports, saying that the Steering Council had failed to take the necessary steps and pass a general enactment that would have enabled the news agency's restructuring and financial consolidation.
Steering Council chairman Damir Boras said that for two years now Hina had been asking its founder for a serious discussion on the position and work of the national news agency under present conditions.
"The Croatian government must decide what kind of Hina it wants to have. Under present conditions, Hina cannot survive and must be urgently restructured," he said. Noting that labour costs accounted for nearly 80 per cent of all costs, he said that "well-balanced business is not possible without cutting labour costs."
Goran Beus Richembergh of the ruling People's Party (HNS) said that the report did not deserve support because Hina had failed to reverse the negative trends in financial operations, management and inter-personal relations.