State control over the media is a controversial phenomenon in the modern world. State control of radio and television is now widely regarded as a major offense by the political elite against citizens of a particular country. Europe is very liberal as far as these situations are concerned, and these political elites have less and less influence on the editorial policy of the media. It is a public service broadcaster whose task is to provide the audience with truthful, unbiased and objective information. Before public broadcasting, it was a state-owned radio broadcaster under the direct control of the state. Such a phenomenon of broadcasting is slowly dying out in Europe. State broadcasters were the most represented in the Eastern Bloc countries. With the fall of totalitarian communist regimes, organizations within the country, including broadcasting, were changing. New laws and regulations (and those by the European Union) allow for the transformation of state into public media, media that primarily seek to meet the needs of the public at the cultural, political or economic level. Some transition countries have not yet completely changed the old approach, and the state still has some influence on the public media today. With the fall of Yugoslavia, Croatia gained its public broadcasting service, “Hrvatska radiotelevizija”. She had a great influence in creating public opinion during the Homeland War, with a professional approach to events within the country. In the late 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, HRT became a fully public service broadcaster, operating under all European and national laws.