ZAGREB -- The Zagreb prosecution will not be pressing charges against Split Mayor Željko Kerum, who insulted Serbs, Montenegrins and journalists on live television.

Having watched a video of the program in question, and taking his explanation into consideration, the prosecution decided that there were no grounds to press charges, because Kerum’s statements “have no characteristics of a crime of racial or any other kind of discrimination.”

Speaking about the possibility of Serbian chain stores and investors entering the Croatian market, Kerum said: “Serbs and Montenegrins have never brought anything good, and whoever does business with them always loses out.”

After the Serbian embassy in Croatia sent a letter of protest, the Croatian Foreign Ministry replied that Kerum’s statements did not reflect the stance of the ministry and that the ministry found the comments unnecessary and unacceptable.

Source:B92