Ninoslav Pavić, Nino Pavić, is the founder and previous owner of Europapress Holding, now

Hanza Media Hanza Media (until July 1, 2016: Europapress Holding, or EPH) is the leading media company in Croatia and Southeast Europe, with 5 daily newspapers, more than 20 magazines, and 20 digital editions. Hanza Media's consumer magazines are aimed at t ...

, the largest media company in Southeast Europe. He was the first media mogul of Croatia.

Car bombed

On 1 March 2003, a bomb exploded under Pavić's car. Pavić was not in the car when the bomb exploded. No one was hurt, but the police investigation failed to trace the attacker or attackers. According to

South East Europe Media Organisation South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) is a regional non-governmental, non-profit network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in Southeast, South, East and Central Europe. The organization aims to create a bridge between in ...

Secretary General Oliver Vujovic the "attack on Pavic and threats against Pukanic in 2002, as also threats against

Drago Hedl Drago Hedl (born 24 January 1950) is a Croatian investigative journalist. Drago Hedl was born in Osijek and became a professional journalist in 1980. He was an Editor-in-Chief of ''Glas Slavonije'', an Osijek-based daily, from 1986 to 1991, an ...

, are cases that SEEMO takes as clear violation of freedom of work of persons connected to media in Croatia" The attack received worldwide condemnation from other publishers and human rights organizations. The President of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum, which represents 18,000 publications in 100 countries, wrote a letter to the Croatian government to express serious concern at the attempted murder of press magnate Pavic. The leading human rights and democracy monitoring organization, the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ...

, claimed that the "car bombing targeting Croatian media mogul Pavic was an 'act of terror'".SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED, OSCE condemns car bomb attack on leading Croatian publisher , Article from AP Worldstream , HighBeam Research
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