• Homeland Movement president Ivan Penava asked Mayor Tomašević to cancel sponsorship of Trnjanski krijesovi, claiming they celebrate the arrival of communists, not liberation.
  • Mayor Tomašević responded that on May 8, 1945, Zagreb was liberated from the NDH regime, which systematically killed people in concentration camps.
  • Prime Minister Plenković criticized bans, saying ‘bans are not good’ and that people draw their own conclusions.
  • Former City Assembly president Joško Klisović called Penava’s appeal part of usual political choreography.
  • Anti-Fascist League president Zoran Pusić warned that characteristics of fascism appear even today.
  • Fan groups BBB and Torcida announced they would attend Trnjanski krijesovi with a poster claiming ‘killing of Croats’ is being celebrated.

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