European Elections

The verified statements were mostly inaccurate, with only four being correct. “Enhancing the culture of fact-checking” is the name of a project conducted by the Croatian Public Relations Association (HUOJ) in cooperation with media professionals from Lider Media and experts from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb, financed by the European Union. […]

According to data published by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), elderly citizens are at the highest risk of poverty. On the official Facebook page of the political platform MOŽEMO, a press conference on labor policies, social rights, and pensions in the EU and Croatia was broadcast on June 5th, featuring MOŽEMO candidates for the […]

Part of the statement about record amounts and the wide use of European funds is accurate but saying that “everything” is built with European funds is not true. On the official Facebook page of the HDZ, a press conference of HDZ candidates for the European elections on demography, youth, and the green transition was broadcast […]

Unfortunately, the statement that every fifth citizen lives on the edge of poverty is accurate. On the official Facebook page of the SDP, a status was posted on June 4th stating: “In Croatia, the situation is even worse – every fifth citizen lives on the edge of poverty.” The stated claim is TRUE. According to […]

In the past ten years, real estate prices in Croatia have not increased by 62 percent (if they had, the average price in 2023 would be 2278 euros per square meter). On the official Facebook page of the SDP, a post was published on May 27 stating: “Real estate prices in Croatia have increased by […]

GDP data for European countries on the Eurostat website shows that Croatia’s GDP growth is higher than the European average of 0.2 percent. On the official website of the HDZ, a post was published on May 28 stating: “The Croatian economy in the first quarter of 2024 grew rapidly – by 3.9% year-on-year, almost 10x […]

The statement by the Most candidate about inflation being one of the highest or the highest is incorrect. Tomislav Krasnec, a correspondent for Večernji list from Brussels, talked in the Večernji list studio on May 17 with representatives of the five most popular political parties in Croatia. Karlo Ressler (HDZ), Predrag Fred Matić (SDP), Božo […]

In 2023, both imports and exports fell compared to 2022. Tomislav Krasnec, a correspondent for Večernji list from Brussels, hosted in the Večernji list TV studio on May 17, representatives of the five most popular political parties in Croatia: Karlo Ressler (HDZ), Predrag Fred Matić (SDP), Božo Petrov (Most), Stephen Nikola Bartulica (Domovinski pokret), and […]

The statement by the candidate of the Domovinski pokret regarding subsidies in agriculture is ultimately neither accurate nor inaccurate. On HTV4 program, on May 15, 2024, the presentation of candidates for the European Parliament from the Domovinski pokret was aired in Studio 4. During the presentation, an HRT journalist asked Stephen Nikola Bartulica: “Should Croatian […]