Zakon!

Last updated

Zakon! is a Croatian sitcom, produced by Interfilm [1] [2] and originally aired in 2009 by Croatian Radiotelevision, a satirical comedy about police business in a fictional Croatian backcountry with elements of the absurd, combined with references to real life. [3] Because of its numerous references to real people that were deemed to be too offensive, several episodes were edited to have certain plot elements visually censored, despite the fact the original script was accepted as such at a public tender. [4]

Contents

Cast and crew

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">President of Croatia</span> Head of state and commander-in-chief of Croatia

The president of Croatia, officially the president of the Republic of Croatia, is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and chief representative of the Republic of Croatia both within the country and abroad. The president is the holder of the highest office in Croatia. However, the president is not the head of the executive branch as Croatia has a parliamentary system in which the holder of the post of prime minister is the most powerful person within the country's constitutional framework and everyday politics.

Regular elections in Croatia are mandated by the Constitution and legislation enacted by Parliament. The presidency, Parliament, county prefects and assemblies, city and town mayors, and city and municipal councils are all elective offices. Since 1990, seven presidential elections have been held. During the same period, ten parliamentary elections were also held. In addition, there were nine nationwide local elections. Croatia has also held three elections to elect members of the European Parliament following its accession to the EU on 1 July 2013.

Unique Master Citizen Number is an identification number that was assigned to every citizen of former Yugoslav republics of the SFR Yugoslavia. It continues to be used in almost all of the countries that were created after the dissolution of Yugoslavia – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia use it in its original form, while Croatia has switched to a new identification number called the Personal Identification Number.

The Croatian military ranks are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of Croatia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Municipalities of Croatia</span> Second-level administrative subdivision in Croatia

Municipalities in Croatia are the second-lowest administrative unit of government in the country, and along with cities and towns they form the second level of administrative subdisivion, after counties. Each municipality consists of one or more settlements (naselja), which are the third-level spatial units of Croatia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Homeland War Memorial Medal</span> Award

The Homeland War Memorial is a Croatian state medal awarded to both Croatian and foreign citizens who participated in the nation's Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army and Croatian Council of Defence or in some other role.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zákány</span> Village in Southern Transdanubia, Hungary

Zákány is a village in Hungary which is located in Somogy County next to the Croatian border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HŽ series 6111</span>

The HŽ series 6111 is an electric multiple unit used by Croatian Railways, formerly the class JŽ 411 of ŽTP Zagreb during the period of Yugoslav Railways. The vehicles were built by Ganz Mávag, Hungary. Most of the sets were later modernized by TŽV Gredelj between 2002 and 2015, including both interior and exterior modifications. They are popularly nicknamed Mađar (Hungarian) in reference to their country of origin.

Settlements in Croatia, in Croatian naselje are the third-level spatial division of the country, and usually indicate existing or former human settlement. Each Croatian city or town or municipality consists of one or more settlements. A settlement can be part of only one second-level spatial division, whose territory is the sum of exclusive settlement territories. Settlements are not necessarily incorporated places, as second-level local authorities, known as jedinice lokalne samouprave, delegate some of their functions to so-called jedinice mjesne samouprave.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Order of the Croatian Cross</span> Award

Order of the Croatian Cross is the 15th important medal given by Republic of Croatia. The order was founded on April 1, 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Croatian local elections</span>

Local elections were held in Croatia on 17 May 2009, with the second round held on 31 May where necessary.

The Personal identification number is a permanent national identification number of every Croatian citizen and legal persons domiciled in the Republic of Croatia. OIB is determined and assigned by the Tax Administration of the Croatian Ministry of Finance. Personal identification number gradually replaced the Unique Master Citizen Number (JMBG), which had been set up and used in former Yugoslavia.

Hrvatske ceste (lit. Croatian roads) is a Croatian state-owned company pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act (Croatian: Zakon o javnim cestama enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia. The tasks of the company are defined by the Public Roads Act and its Founding Declaration, and the principal task of the company is management, construction and maintenance of public roads. In practice, Hrvatske ceste are responsible for the state roads in Croatia (designated with D), while county (Ž) and local (L) roads are managed by county authorities and the motorways (A) are managed by Hrvatske autoceste and other concessionaires.

Hrvatske autoceste (HAC) or Croatian Motorways Ltd is a Croatian state-owned limited liability company tasked with management, construction and maintenance of motorways in Croatia pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act enacted by the Croatian Parliament. Tasks of the company are defined by Public Roads Act and its Founding Declaration, and the principal task of the company is management, construction and maintenance of the motorways. In practice, Hrvatske autoceste is responsible for management or development the following motorway sections:

Currently, there is no life imprisonment in Croatia. The Criminal Code prescribes long-time imprisonment - 20 to 50 years - for the most severe criminal offenses. The maximum sentence for a single count is 40 years, while the maximum cumulative sentence is 50 years, even if the sum of sentences for each convicted count exceeds 50 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Jozinović</span> Australian film and television actor (born 1979)

Robert Jozinović is an Australian film and television actor.

The law of Croatia is part of the legal system of Croatia. It belongs to the civil law legal system. It is grounded on the principles laid out in the Constitution of Croatia and safeguarded by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia.

"Zakon ljubavi" is a Croatian telenovela, which began screening on 22 September 2008 on Nova TV. The series was created by Roman Majetić and Nikola Ivanda, while the story was written by Jelena Veljača and Nataša Antulov. It was the first telenovela produced by AVA Production which screened o Nove TV.

<i>Balkan Shadows</i> Serbian TV series or program

Shadows over Balkan, also known as Balkan Shadows, is a Serbian period crime television series created by Dragan Bjelogrlić. In addition to Bjelogrlić, contributors to the screenplay include Danica Pajović, Dejan Stojiljković and Vladimir Kecmanović. The screenplay is based on a story by Stevan Koprivica. The series is a co-production involving Cobra Film, Radio Television of Serbia, Skopje Film Studio, Iskra, Radio Television of the Republic of Srpska, Macedonian Radio Television and The Film Agency of North Macedonia.

References

  1. "Zakon! – Interfilm".
  2. "Slobodna Dalmacija - Zakon! Pala prva klapa nove HTV-ove humoristične serije". 23 September 2008.
  3. "Hrvatske serije - Čekanje humora". Vijenac (in Croatian) (388). 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  4. "Cenzurirat će se i sljedeća epizoda serije 'Zakon!'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2018-08-10.