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Balkan Insight (15 July 2021)

Anja Vladisavljevic

Zagreb

A law that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war was adopted by Croatian MPs on Thursday with 107 votes in favour, 16 against and five abstentions.

It was passed after heated discussions in parliament about whether the law would also give benefits to people who were part of ‘enemy’ Serb forces during the war.

The legislation, proposed by the centre-right government led by Croatian Democratic Union, provides financial compensation for people who became disabled as a result of the war or people who lost family members, as well as funding specific items like prosthetics.

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