The Chief State Attorney announced 15 days ago that indictments would be issued in 15 to 20 days. I am not interested in new extensions; the people of Gospić and I expect that the indictment for Gospić will be raised as soon as possible," said Darko Milinović, the mayor of Gospić. #ilgalniotpad #odgovornost #Benkovac (translated)
"Hundreds and hundreds of trucks on the state road D50 were loading and unloading waste in Gospić and in Benkovac, and that stench is spreading all over Croatia, but it does not reach only the built space of the Government of the Republic of Croatia." The President of the SDP, Siniša Hajdaš Dončić, announced that the Parliament will discuss the motion for the recall of the Government on Tuesday, stating that Prime Minister Andrej Plenković is responsible for the dysfunction of institutions and that 'political responsibility is buried like garbage all over Croatia.' #PolitičkaOdgovornost #SDP #AndrejPlenković (translated)
Hundreds and hundreds of trucks on the state road D50 were loading and unloading waste in Gospić and Benkovac, and that stench is spreading all over Croatia, but it does not reach the constructed area of the Government of the Republic of Croatia," claimed Hajdaš Dončić at a press conference on Friday at the SDP headquarters. #PolitičkaOdgovornost #Hrvatska #SDP (translated)
The related company, which leads the consortium responsible for waste removal from Gospić, has come under investigation by USKOK due to suspicions of illegal waste disposal, even though it was awarded a job worth almost 11 million euros from the state. #USKOK #otpad #Cezar (translated)
In Croatia, new arrests have been made due to illegal waste disposal related to tens of thousands of tons of waste, including waste from Slovenia, at various locations, including Gospić and Benkovac. #NezakonitoOdlaganje #Korupcija #OkoljskiKriminal (translated)
The case of Gospić is actually his defeat. I would call it an eternal defeat, just like these eternal chemicals, said Bauk, alluding to the PFAS compounds found in waste in Gospić. #Gospić #otpad #AndrejPlenković (translated)
The SDP parliamentary representative Arsen Bauk stated that the illegal disposal of waste in Gospić is a perpetual defeat for Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, emphasizing the responsibility of institutions and the delays in the state's response to this affair. #Gospić #otpad #AndrejPlenković (translated)
USKOK is expanding the investigation into waste in Gospić and is carrying out arrests in several Croatian cities related to serious crimes against the environment. #uskok #ekologija #zločinačkoudruženje (translated)
Since the SOA does not have repressive powers and does not have a role in taking action, it forwarded the information to the police, USKOK, and the State Inspectorate. Ostojić stated, after the meeting, that the SOA had information sources about waste in Gospić back in 2022 and reported it to the relevant authorities, "and since the SOA does not have repressive powers and does not have a role in taking action, it forwarded the information to the police, USKOK, and the State Inspectorate." #NacionalnaSigurnost #Gospić #SOA (translated)
Immediately after the conclusion of that meeting, Benčić revealed it to the public, and after contradictory information about the findings and actions of the Security and Intelligence Agency began to emerge, she stated that she had agreed with the Chair of the Committee, Ranko Ostojić from the SDP, to convene a new meeting to clarify everything. #NacionalnaSigurnost #Gospić #SOA (translated)
The pressure from Sandra Benčić has led to the convening of the Committee for National Security, which will focus next week on information regarding illegal waste dumping in Gospić and the work of the Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) related to this issue. #NacionalnaSigurnost #Gospić #SOA (translated)
The investigation points us to that. Minister Vučković states that the entire Gospić case should be viewed in a broader context as illegal activity. #sanacija #Gospić #otpadi (translated)
Minister Marija Vučković stated that success would be to complete three phases of waste remediation in Gospić by the end of her term, emphasizing that the entire case requires a broader analysis of illegal activities and the involvement of international bodies in the investigation. #sanacija #Gospić #otpadi (translated)
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković spoke in an interview for HRT's Dnevnik about the conclusions of the MED9 summit, the European budget, migration, energy prices, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and waste in Gospić. #AndrejPlenković #migracije #europskiproračun (translated)
The main state attorney Ivan Turudić also confirmed that the Security and Intelligence Agency did not provide the State Attorney's Office with a report on the waste case in Lika. #SOA #Gospić #otpada (translated)
"Similarly, it is important for both the DORH and USKOK to attend the same session, so we can see whether they are the institution that received that information in 2022 or not." Sandra Benčić confirmed that she was the one who requested the declassification of the data that the Committee received from the SOA. #SOA #Gospić #otpada (translated)
Member of the parliamentary Committee for National Security Sandra Benčić emphasized the need for the declassification of the report from the Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) regarding illegally dumped waste in Gospić, in order to establish the responsibility of institutions that allegedly did not respond to the issue reported back in 2022. #SOA #Gospić #otpada (translated)
After accusing the opposition of inciting "hysteria" over waste in Gospić, Prime Minister Plenković promoted himself to the chief recovery manager for dealing with toxic waste, which led his government to reject the opposition's request for the prime minister's recall. #Plenković #pobune #Hrvatska (translated)
Dalija Orešković sharply criticized the government and the Security and Intelligence Agency for their lack of information about hazardous waste in Gospić, which they had known about since 2022, expressing doubt about their effectiveness and responsibility. #DalijaOrešković #SOA #politika (translated)
The office of President Zoran Milanović explicitly stated that the Security and Intelligence Agency did not inform him about suspicions of illegal waste disposal in Gospić. #SOA #Lika #otpadi (translated)
