• Independent MP and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Family, Youth and Sport Vesna Vučemilović announced a thematic session on national sports associations following the Croatian Ski Association affair.
  • She stated that amounts exceeding €30 million in just one association are ‘unreal’ and that someone ‘shamelessly used funds intended for athletes’.
  • Representatives of the Croatian Olympic Committee and other umbrella sports organizations are expected at the session, with the aim of determining how irregularities occurred and which controls failed.
  • Vučemilović praised the work of USKOK and DORH but warned that the problem might be broader and that other associations, including civil society organizations, should also be investigated.
  • She emphasized that Croatia achieves excellent sports results, but they will not be sustained unless action is taken against corruption in sports organizations.

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