PM says family is Croatian society's key unit
Demographic revitalisation is this government's most complex task, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday at a session of the Demographic Revitalisation Council, calling on all stakeholders at all levels of government to jointly reduce the regional differences affecting families' quality of life.
- 02.07.2018.
Five years of EU membership: We can be satisfied - we are launching reforms that have been postponed for years
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has said that Croatia can be mostly satisfied with the five years of its membership in the European Union because it has brought many benefits to the citizens and that Croatia is now a better organised, more prosperous and more just society than it was at the start of its EU journey.
- 30.06.2018.
For Croatia, it is good for SEE countries to strengthen their capacity for effective border control
This morning the leaders of the EU's 28 member states reached a compromise on the migration issue, agreeing on the establishment of joint centres for processing asylum applications on a voluntary basis and the restriction of migrant movement within the EU. This compromise helped to overcome objections from Italy, which made the adoption of any conclusions conditional on an agreement on migration.
- 29.06.2018.
5 years of EU membership: Funds,but also policies,system reliability and the adoption of European values are essential
Commenting on the fifth anniversary of Croatia's EU membership, PM Plenkovic said that Croatia had benefited rather well from its five years in the EU.
- 29.06.2018.
At the European Council, the key issue are migrations
It's not realistic that ships with migrants will start docking into Croatia ports because that would be against international law, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Brussels on Thursday ahead of an EU summit with migrant issue being one of the key topics on the agenda.
- 28.06.2018.
Improving the conditions in preschool institutions are additional efforts in demographic politics
The Croatian government sent a healthcare bill to parliament on Wednesday, redefining the status and position of healthcare centres in order to improve primary healthcare services.
- 27.06.2018.
Croatia's membership in EU is a great achievement
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday the government planned for the autumn the adoption of a package of pension reform bills alongside a set of healthcare reform bills.
- 27.06.2018.
Luxembourg and Croatia committed to fostering friendly relations
Croatia and Luxembourg have developed partnership and friendly relations and both countries want to continue cooperating both on the economic and political front, according to the conclusions of talks between Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and his visiting Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic.
- 27.06.2018.
First five years of Croatia's EU membership is a success story - conference
The first five years of Croatia's European Union membership is a success story both for Croatia and the EU bloc, heard a conference held in the European Parliament building in Brussels on Wednesday on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Croatia's admission to the Union.
- 27.06.2018.
As chairman, Croatia will support the reform of the Council of Europe
Addressing members of the Council of Europe national parliament members, Plenkovic spoke about the idea of a united Europe, about Croatia and its pathway to independence, the war and membership of the EU and NATO, the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, European Court for Human Rights, rule of law and human rights.
- 26.06.2018.
The priorities of the Croatian presidency are well integrated into the work of the Council of Europe
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland on Tuesday in Strasbourg underlined the importance of that Pan-European organisation for the democratic and legal order of the European continent.
- 26.06.2018.
Plenkovic responds sharply to Seselj Jr provocation
Aleksandar Seselj, a member of the Serbian Radical Party and son of convicted war criminal Vojislav Seselj, on Tuesday tried to provoke Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, and the latter responded sharply to the provocation, saying that "he (Seselj) was a living example of the saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
- 26.06.2018.