Zagreb  - A Croatian cameraman was fired Friday after Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor took offense over an inscription on a T-shirt the cameraman was wearing at the government press conference.

RTL television cameraman on Thursday afternoon wore a T-shirt with the words, "I do not need sex, the government fucks me every day."

Kosor said the sign was insulting, while the cameraman defended himself by saying that it was the only clean shirt he had.

RTL television on Friday fired the cameraman, saying he had behaved unprofessionally and damaged RTL's reputation.

The Croatian Journalists Assocciation immediately protested and asked the cameraman to be reinstated. (dpa)