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Cappelli: 6.5 mn tourist arrivals, 26 mn nights in H1 2019Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli on Monday expressed satisfaction with tourism results achieved so far, saying that in the first six months of the year about 6.5 million arrivals and 26 million bed nights had been recorded and that bookings were going according to expectations. 01.07.2019. | News

Plenkovic: Proposal for Timmermans as Commission chief has no support from EPPEU leaders, who gathered at an emergency summit in Brussels on Sunday evening to elect new heads of European institutions, spent most of the night in bilateral talks, with no compromise in sight early on Monday morning. 30.06.2019. | News

PM at Rimac Automobiles: Congratulations on Croatia's positioning on the map of excellence in the cars of the futureThrough cooperation with the commercial sector and the existing car industry in Croatia, and in particular with the Rimac Automobili company, the government will do everything to attract new investment in this industry, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday after a meeting in the Rimac Automobili company. 28.06.2019. | News

Structural reforms and good macroeconomic trends countinueCroatia has done a good job regarding the candidacy of its Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric for the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday.   26.06.2019. | News

PM: Pejcinovic Buric's election as CoE Secretary General Croatia's great diplomatic successPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday evening that the election of Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric as the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe was Croatia's biggest diplomatic success so far achieved in candidatures for the posts in international institutions as well as the confirmation of the country's strong position in foreign affairs. 26.06.2019. | News

Today's day is a sequence of wishes of Croatian people and realization of the political will of the first presidentAfter a wreath-laying ceremony at Zagreb's central cemetery of Mirogoj on the occasion of Statehood Day, observed on 25 June, top state officials -- President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic - extended their best wishes for this public holiday and commented on a possibility of reinstating the observance of Statehood Day on 30 May, in memory of the establishment of the first multiparty democratic parliament on 30 May 1990. 25.06.2019. | News

PM says parl. decision on declaring independence one of most important eventsPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday extended his congratulatory message on the occasion of Statehood Day underscoring that 25 June 1991 is one of the most important events in the recent history when the national parliament declared Croatia's independence and sovereignty. 24.06.2019. | News

Plenkovic: Croatian anti-fascists contributed to victory over fascism, democratic and united EuropePrime Minister Andrej Pleknovic on Friday issued a message on the occasion of Anti-Fascist Struggle Day saying that Croatian anti-fascists had made their contribution to the victory over Nazism and Fascism in World War II, which laid the ground for today's democratic and united Europe. 22.06.2019. | News

Plenkovic discusses preparations for ERM II entryPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Brussels on Friday spoke with president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, president of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno and president of the Eurogroup Working Group Hans Vijbrief about Croatia's preparations to enter the euro area. 21.06.2019. | News

Outgoing EC president wants Croatia in Schengen, euro areasEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday supported Croatia's accession to the Schengen and euro areas, saying in Zagreb he hoped a positive recommendation for entering Schengen would be made to the European Council during the term of his Commission, which ends on October 31. 07.06.2019. | News