SDP MP Marko Krička warned on Wednesday in the Croatian Parliament that financial data show Croatian Forests recorded a loss of €13m in the first nine months of this year. He made the statement during free parliamentary speeches, in which he also cited data on losses at individual branches.
According to Krička, Vinkovci recorded a loss of €900,000, Osijek more than €3m, Našice €2m, Požega €1.5m, and Nova Gradiška more than €1.6m. He considered the issue of restoring the Vinkovci area particularly important.
Krička stated that approximately 2.8 million cubic metres of timber were damaged in the Vinkovci area in 2023. By the end of 2024, one million cubic metres worth €156m had been sold, and at the end of last year, a total of approximately 200,000 cubic metres of timber remained for restoration—an exceptionally valuable raw material: oak. He believes the loss at the Vinkovci branch requires a clear explanation of operations and restoration costs, as well as a final settlement.
The MP also warned that the Croatian Forests Administration is constantly dealing with job classifications. He noted that 23 amendments and three corrections to job classifications were adopted between 2020 and 2026. "Let the Administration stand before the workers and citizens and clearly state where the problem lies, who is responsible, and how it will be fixed," Krička said.
He also stated that Croatian Forests are not the property of this administration or any political party. "It is a common asset," he said, adding: "We inherited the forests from our elders; we must leave the same forests to our children, not debts."
Other issues were raised in parliamentary debates. Igor Peternel from the DOMiNO and Croatian Sovereignists Club addressed the case of a misdiagnosis of stomach cancer in a patient at the Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital. The patient was left disabled after extensive surgery during which her stomach and several other organs were removed, and Peternel noted that the hospital director did not notify the Croatian Medical Chamber. The Chamber took no action against the doctor who made the error, and she is still working today. "This is an absolute scandal, a disgrace upon disgrace," Peternel said, adding that under normal circumstances, the Minister of Health should resign because she does not control her system.
Božo Petrov from the Most Club said that the Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries banned the catch of anchovies for 75 per cent of working days because the fish is threatened. The same administration, which has now banned anchovy hunting, last year allowed tuna boats to hunt anchovies, Petrov claimed. He added that the administration allowed boats that are depleting tuna stocks to hunt tuna in the Mediterranean, not in the Adriatic Sea. "Why, if it is known that the tuna population in the Adriatic Sea has grown so much that feeding on anchovies in such quantities directly threatens the anchovy population in the Adriatic Sea," Petrov asked. He believes that these two decisions, which have completely endangered the anchovy and mackerel populations in the Adriatic Sea and favour tuna boats, are not a problem for that administration, but are a problem for the families of fishermen who have been hunting anchovies for generations and feed their families from it.
Predrag Mišić from the Homeland Movement Club questioned why a child with a severe and permanent medically determined disability must have that disability confirmed every two to three years. He noted that he knows a seven-year-old child with Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a very rare genetic disorder present from birth that affects growth, development and body structure. The parents of that child had to undergo three assessments in that period to have the child's disability reconfirmed. "Parents of such children do not seek any privileges; they only ask us to understand and hear them," Mišić said.
