In his letter Jandrokovic pointed to the problem of overlapping of Croatian and Italian TV channels in the northern Croatian Adriatic region of Istria whose residents he said had been unable to watch Croatian television programmes.

Jandrokovic said that the problem was now spreading and that TV signal interference had also been reported in Zadar and Sibenik-Knin counties. Field inspections have established that the problem is caused by the broadcasting of television programmes from Italy in the frequencies which under the international frequency plan adopted at the regional conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva in 2006, were allocated to Croatia, the minister said.

Jandrokovic recalled that several meetings were held between representatives of Croatian and Italian institutions in charge of telecommunications services with the aim of removing this problem.

After frequent difficulties with the reception of national television programmes were reported in Istria County last December, the Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency sent an official notification to the Italian ministry of economic development.

Since the switch from analogue to digital TV signal in several Italian regions was announced for the first three months of this year, Jandrokovic asked his Italian counterpart to help him facilitate the exchange of information between relevant state institutions in order to remove the current problem and prevent possible further TV signal interference.