(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - Some Croatian organizations bringing together veterans and victims of the war against Serb forces which occurred in the nineties, have filed a complaint today against three renowned journalists and opinion leaders at the weekly ''Novosti'', published by the Serbian minority in Croatia. The three reporters are accused of incitement to ethnic hatred and intolerance against Croatian people and state. According to the veterans' organizations, well known for their nationalist positions, the three journalists - Boris Dezulovic, Viktor Ivancic and Milorad Krstulovic - have expressed ''hatred and intolerance towards the Croatian people and the idea of independence of Croatia and insulted Croatia's national symbols''.

These journalists, two of whom belong to Croatian ethnicity, have been known for more than twenty years for their criticism of all forms of nationalism and their satirical articles. Recently the association called ''In the name of family'', tied to clerical groups and populist far right parties, called on the Croatian institutions to stop funding Novosti. According to this organization, the weekly is abusing its position to promote intolerance and hatred against Croatia and Croats, instead of dealing with the problems of the Serbian minority. Even the veterans' associations joined today this appeal.