The president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Tomislav Karamarko did not appear at the preliminary hearing that was held at the Municipal Civil Court in Zagreb. A hearing was held for the case in which Karamarko seeks 200.000,01 kn from the publisher of the weekly magazine Nacional – for publishing an authorized interview with Joseph Manolić. The president of Croatian Journalists’ Association Saša Leković argues this is Karamarko’s attempt to intimidate the Croatian media.