[1] In 1992 he started his career as a journalist and editor at the popular weekly Globus published by Europapress Holding.

He left Globus only three years later in 1995 to start his own weekly publication, Nacional, where he held the post of editor-in-chief until 2000.

He also later received an award for a 2003 interview with army general Ante Gotovina, who was at the time on the run due to accusations of war crimes by the ICTY.

Pukanić was assassinated on October 23, 2008, at 6.10 p.m. local time by a bomb planted on a motorcycle parked next to his Lexus LS600hL in the center of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

It was caught on CCTV, with the footage showing the explosion moments before Pukanić and Franjić were about to enter the vehicle.