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Croatian protesters in Zagreb must remove hazardous waste with seven demands to government

Croatian protest by 'Gospić is Our Home' in Zagreb demanded removal of 33,000 tonnes of hazardous waste within three months among seven demands.

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The protest 'Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia' (Hodaj za Liku, hodaj za Hrvatsku) took place on September 5 in Zagreb, Croatia, organized by the citizen initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' in response to a scandal involving godless quantities of dangerous waste dumped in the area around Gospić. [1] On September 5, 2026, citizens from Lika gathered at Zagreb's main train station at 11:00 for a protest march titled 'Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia' to address the hazardous waste crisis in Gospić. [2] The Civic Initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' submitted seven specific demands to the Croatian government regarding the hazardous waste in Gospić. [3] One final listed once called for an obligation for 7 - the public demanded at the national level that the Croatian Environmental Protection Act permit 'collective protection', that all known 'black spots' be integrated into the waste management plan with defined timelines and finances, and that a temporary ban on industrial waste import, that went into effect immediately (following by the Index news). [4] The initiative 'Gospić is our Home' asked the government to state a complete sanitation and decontamination plan with binding out in into days. [5] The same initiative demanded the urgent removal of 33,000 tonnes of buried hazardous waste within three months (a temporal delay). [6] The Civic Initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' demanded an immediate temporary ban on waste imports. [7] The organizers demanded that the government remove 33,000 tons of buried hazardous waste within three months. [8]
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  1. The protest 'Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia' (Hodaj za Liku, hodaj za Hrvatsku) took place on September 5 in Zagreb, Croatia, organized by the citizen initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' in response to a scandal involving godless quantities of dangerous waste dumped in the area around Gospić. · Nezavisne novine
  2. On September 5, 2026, citizens from Lika gathered at Zagreb's main train station at 11:00 for a protest march titled 'Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia' to address the hazardous waste crisis in Gospić. · Večernji.hr
  3. The Civic Initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' submitted seven specific demands to the Croatian government regarding the hazardous waste in Gospić. · Večernji.hr
  4. One final listed once called for an obligation for 7 - the public demanded at the national level that the Croatian Environmental Protection Act permit 'collective protection', that all known 'black spots' be integrated into the waste management plan with defined timelines and finances, and that a temporary ban on industrial waste import, that went into effect immediately (following by the Index news). · Nezavisne novine
  5. The initiative 'Gospić is our Home' asked the government to state a complete sanitation and decontamination plan with binding out in into days. · Nezavisne novine
  6. The same initiative demanded the urgent removal of 33,000 tonnes of buried hazardous waste within three months (a temporal delay). · Nezavisne novine
  7. The Civic Initiative 'Gospić is Our Home' demanded an immediate temporary ban on waste imports. · Večernji.hr
  8. The organizers demanded that the government remove 33,000 tons of buried hazardous waste within three months. · Večernji.hr
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