"That does not refer to the name of the corporate body, but the name of the physical person or persons," Kosor said.

She added that the government would also see if existing regulations should be amended to prevent trading in operating licences for electronic media, as well as if new media owners were meeting their obligations.

Kosor said that the VNS also discussed the need to step up supervision by the tax authorities.

"We cannot expect to have free media and free journalists if we don't know who is the owner or owners of a media company, because the media influence a lot of things in our lives," she said.

Kosor would not say if the VNS discussed a concrete media company, saying only that in ten days' time the government would prepare changes to the existing laws on media ownership.

Speaking to reporters after a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Academy of Medical Sciences in Zagreb, Kosor and President Ivo Josipovic gave statements about the VNS session held earlier in the day, which focused on indications about the entry of illicit capital in the ownership structure of some media.

Asked if there was suspicious capital in the media, Josipovic said that there were "serious indications about that, and some proceedings are already under way."

He added that it was up to state institutions to carry out investigations in line with the constitution and laws.

In that process, it should be clear that no politician has the ambition to influence the media, said Josipovic.

Even though he did not want to comment on the VNS session, answering in passing a reporter's question as to whether there was suspicious capital in the media, Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic said, "Sure there is."