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7 February 2023 The participants of the meeting

7 February 2023 The participants of the meeting

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

MP Mirko Ostrogonac Meets with Representatives of UK Embassies in Serbia and Croatia

MP Mirko Ostrogonac had a meeting today at the National Assembly House with representatives of the UK Embassy in Zagreb and representatives of the UK Embassy in Serbia, with the central topic being the position of Croats a national minority in the Republic of Serbia.

Ostrogonac briefed William Hopkins, First Secretary of the UK Embassy in Serbia, and Andreas Capstack, Second Secretary of the UK Embassy in Croatia, on the position of Croats in Serbia, especially in the northern part of Vojvodina, explaining the steps undertaken from the beginning of the 13th legislature of the National Assembly and the entry of Tomislav Zigmanov as representative of the Croat national minority into the Government of the Republic of Serbia. He explained that this move relaxed the Croat national minority and urged Croats to a more active engagement in the fight for a normative framework. He added that, in view of the Serb and Croats’ shared history, the Croat national minority in Serbia has officially begun to exist 20 years prior and the very frequently tense relations between the neighbouring countries have mostly proven damaging to the national minorities. The Croat minority community had signed a Declaration on Cooperation with the Serb minority community in Croatia which lent a positive impulse to a closer cooperation between the two countries and boosted media attention, especially in terms of news shows in the Croat language, said the MP, also mentioning young people’s interest in employment in the public sector in Serbia. The officials discussed capital projects and investment into structures for the Croat community, such as the adaptation of the Institute for Culture of Croats of Vojvodina in Subotica and the purchase of the Ban Jelacic birth house in Petrovaradin.

The guests were interested in the number of Croats living in Serbia, which the MP said was 57,000 according to the 2012 popular census, and which he believes to be in a decline. They also discussed the need to boost the presence of Croat representatives at the local level, especially in northern Serbian towns.

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  • 9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 10.00 - Second Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)

  • 15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)

  • 15.30 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

  • 16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

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