Božinović: We minimised risks and damage, which allowed us to relax measures

Croatia's results in fighting the pandemic speak best of the citizens' trust in this crisis management team, the head of the national civil protection authority and Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Thursday.

Asked if the authority had considered reducing the number of their regular press conferences, Bozinovic said that they would consider the proposal. He added that under the law on public assembly and epidemiological measures there was no ban on public assembly "nor a ban on protests in that context."

Talking about crossing borders and entering Croatia, Bozinovic said that Croatia was following a recommendation by the European Commission to extend the ban on third-country nationals entering the European Union by 15 May, with some exceptions.

"Since the moment the relaxation of measures started, we have been speaking of recommendations because we think that citizens received enough information on the infection and how to protect themselves in the first stage. It is a fact that this helped us leave the first stage in a way that we minimised risks and damage, which allowed us to relax measures," Bozinovic said when asked if the safety measures were merely recommendations.

Text: Hina

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