{"id":200076,"date":"2026-02-02T14:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=200076"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:10:30","slug":"croatian-handball-players-continue-a-string-of-scandals-reception-in-zagreb-canceled-they-demanded-that-thompson-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/croatian-handball-players-continue-a-string-of-scandals-reception-in-zagreb-canceled-they-demanded-that-thompson-sing\/","title":{"rendered":"CROATIAN HANDBALL PLAYERS CONTINUE A STRING OF SCANDALS: Reception in Zagreb canceled, they demanded Thompson to sing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reception for the Croatian handball players following their bronze medal at the European Championship, which was planned for today at 3 p.m. in Zagreb, has been canceled due to the players\u2019 insistence that singer Marko Perkovi\u0107 Thompson, known for glorifying Usta\u0161tvo, perform at the event\u2014something the city authorities did not accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Toma\u0161evi\u0107 stated in a post on his Facebook profile that Thompson\u2019s performance was not permitted because it would be contrary to the decisions of the city administration and the City Assembly regarding the use of the Usta\u0161e salute, which Thompson has already violated in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Croatian media reported that the country\u2019s handball players, after winning the bronze medal at the European Championship, invited Thompson to sing at their reception even at the cost of the event being canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftomislav.tomasevic.hr%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02Xm13vbjaB3PqxfHRgJa8RU1bTQVvETsFXbUt5EC2hR9Bgj98ZK5ezHKyBp97pNMEl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>According to media reports, the national team players contacted Thompson from the locker room after the match for third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, as the media state, they celebrated winning the medal on the court to his song \u201cAko ne zna\u0161 \u0161ta je bilo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous mayors from the ruling HDZ party invited the handball players to receptions in their towns, including Vukovar, Split, and Zadar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hdom00EiTP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vladika-promovisao-knjigu-o-depresiji-u-cikagu-grigorije-progovorio-o-stvarima-o-kojima-se-cuti-i-porucio-srbima-jaganjci-ce-na-kraju-pobediti-vuka-video\/\">VLADIKA PROMOVISAO KNJIGU O DEPRESIJI U \u010cIKAGU: Grigorije progovorio o stvarima o kojima se \u0107uti i poru\u010dio Srbima: \u201cJaganjci \u0107e na kraju pobediti vuka!\u201d (VIDEO)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;VLADIKA PROMOVISAO KNJIGU O DEPRESIJI U \u010cIKAGU: Grigorije progovorio o stvarima o kojima se \u0107uti i poru\u010dio Srbima: \u201cJaganjci \u0107e na kraju pobediti vuka!\u201d (VIDEO)&#8221; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/vladika-promovisao-knjigu-o-depresiji-u-cikagu-grigorije-progovorio-o-stvarima-o-kojima-se-cuti-i-porucio-srbima-jaganjci-ce-na-kraju-pobediti-vuka-video\/embed\/#?secret=xKrgEF7eXT#?secret=Hdom00EiTP\" data-secret=\"Hdom00EiTP\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Croatian national handball team caused a scandal in mid-January at the opening match of the European Championship in the Swedish city of Malm\u00f6, when\u2014at their request\u2014one of Thompson\u2019s songs was played over the loudspeakers. Thompson has been banned in several European countries due to promoting neo-Nazism and Usta\u0161tvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, the European Handball Federation (EHF) said that the Croatian national team had requested the organizer to play Thompson\u2019s song and added that they were \u201cdoing everything to ensure this does not happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson\u2019s concerts have in recent years been banned or canceled, among other places, in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Slovenia\u2014countries in which the performer is described as a promoter of neo-Nazism and Usta\u0161tvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, at concerts in Split, Thompson once again shouted \u201cZa dom spremni\u201d together with attendees, and the most controversial song, \u201cBojna \u010cavoglave,\u201d which begins with this Usta\u0161e chant, was again on the repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a massive concert last summer at Zagreb\u2019s Hippodrome, when the Croatian capital was for three days turned into a \u201ccapital of Usta\u0161tvo,\u201d Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Toma\u0161evi\u0107 banned the holding of a second Thompson concert at the Arena, and the City Assembly decided to ban Usta\u0161e symbols and chants at all venues under the city\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities in Croatia tacitly allow Thompson\u2019s promotion of Usta\u0161tvo, and ahead of his performance last year in Zagreb, he was visited at a general rehearsal by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 himself, together with his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the day of the concert, the front rows were occupied by Speaker of Parliament Gordan Jandrokovi\u0107 and ministers from the Government, who confirmed that they responded to Thompson\u2019s chants of \u201cza dom,\u201d which drew condemnation from part of the Croatian public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-cause-of-the-terrible-accident-revealed-paok-fans-died-due-to-an-error-in-the-vehicles-electronic-system-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE CAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT REVEALED: PAOK fans died due to an error in the vehicle\u2019s electronic system! 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