"It's true, they banned me from entering Croatia for a year," actor Sergej Trifunović confirmed for the "Vremena" portal the news that the Split-Dalmatia Police Department banned him from entering the EEA, the European Economic Area, which consists of citizens of the European Union, as and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
When asked what is happening, he answers "hell happened, that's what", and with an apology that he returned to Belgrade this morning and that he needs time to review the previous days, so he suggests that we call him tomorrow.
The publication of the Split-Dalmatian Administration of the PU describes everything that has been reported by the Belgrade media since Friday, and states that "in the past two days, a man has committed five violations in the area of Split with his behavior."
It says that on Friday, "after a call from citizens and a requested intervention on Kašjuni Beach due to the commission of a violation from Article 30 of the Law on Offenses against Public Order and Peace, a man insulted police officers without any provocation in a manner that is not suitable for public announcement."
Then yesterday, "Saturday, in the area of Split, he broke the law again by "disrupting public order and peace on the social network, by publishing and highlighting text with inappropriate content. Along with mocking, he also belittled the work of the security guards, who, hired by the City of Split, perform their duty every day, in the night hours, in order to provide the citizens of Split, and especially the old city center, with smooth functioning and night peace. He showed persistence even as he continued insulting and belittling an official in the post below the text, despite the fact that he was fined the previous day, on September 8, for the same offense."
According to the media, fines of 500 euros were imposed on him for the misdemeanor. "The imposed fines are not a tribute, but are fines determined by the laws of the Republic of Croatia," reads the PU report.
"Given that it was determined that the man, within a short period of two days, repeatedly committed the offense, and thus expressed his persistence and intention to disobey court decisions and the legal order of the Republic of Croatia, the requirements of the Aliens Act for issuing a decision on expulsion from of the European Economic Area and was banned from entering and staying in the EEA for one year."
"Finally, each of us can freely choose the place and country to visit, but each of us is also obliged to respect the laws of that country," the police announced.
Belgrade media reported that Sergej Trifunović told "Slobodna Dalmacija": "Here I am in the police. Brother, I went swimming with the dog, we were swimming in the sea, some crazy woman reported it, because she is probably afraid of the dog. She also told me that why isn't the dog on a leash, so how will it be when he swam with me in the sea, fuck... me! And so much nonsense. I can't say more now, my nerves are..."
The Dalmatian portal reported that Trifunović visibly nervous left the court with his lawyer Ivanka Šamijo. On that occasion, he was photographed showing the journalist of this website a sign prohibiting dogs on the beach, which was covered with stickers, which, according to him, is the reason why he did not see it.
On his Instagram profile, Sergej Trifunović wrote that he was arrested three times in 30 hours, that he was "psychophysically abused" and that he paid "an extortion of one and a half thousand euros".
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