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Government amends 9 laws in bid to ease tax burdenThe government on Thursday forwarded amendments to nine tax laws to parliament, including the VAT Act which should enable the easing of tax burden as of the start of 2019, and the effects of these changes are estimated at HRK 1.4 billion by expanding the lower VAT rate of 13%. 20.09.2018. | News

PM: Main objective of tax reform is to ease burden on citizens and businessesThe main objective of the government's tax reform package this autumn is to further ease the burden on private citizens and businesses, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the start of a cabinet meeting on Thursday. 20.09.2018. | News

PM: It would be good to have better oppositionPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday commented on Question Time in parliament and underscored that his government is continuing with structural reforms, stable finances and attracting investments and that it would be better for Croatian society to have a better opposition. 20.09.2018. | News

Plenkovic says Croatia doesn't need Frontex to control borderThe Croatian police are capable of controlling the Croatian border on its own and doesn't need additional help from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) which should be deployed to the first EU external borders, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday in Salzburg. 19.09.2018. | News

Plenkovic congratulates newly-appointed Slovenian PM, calls for further dialogueCroatia and Slovenia should continue dialogue on all outstanding issues, especially the border dispute, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in a message to Marjan Sarec congratulating him on becoming the Prime Minister of Slovenia.  14.09.2018. | News

Value of signed contracts and adopted projects for Istria over HRK 1.5 billionThe government on Thursday adopted a decision for the construction and upgrade to motorway status of the 28-kilometre Pazin-Ucka Tunel trunk road. 13.09.2018. | News

We are trying to find a solution for maintaining jobs, production and shipbuilding industry in Pula and RijekaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Pula on Thursday that it was the government's political will to do all it could in its power to help the Uljanik shipyard and the final solution required the cooperation of the company itself and the local community and a political consensus. 13.09.2018. | News

PM says keeping jobs in Uljanik dock most important issuePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday discussed the situation in the Uljanik dock with members of the Uljanik shipbuilding group's management board, unions and leaders of the City of Pula and Istria County, telling reporters the most important issue at the moment was keeping jobs and the company's functioning. 13.09.2018. | News

PM: Message of support and partnership of the Government with the City of Pazin and the Istria CountyAddressing a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of Pazin decisions on the reunificaiton of Istria with the homeland of Croatia, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in the town of Pazin on Thursday that those decisions lay the foundation for a modern Croatia in which "everybody should feel good and everybody should have equal opportunities." 13.09.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic with Austrian President Van der BellenCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during his reciprocal visit to Croatia on Thursday, and the two underscored their desire to boost trade and investments, a government press release said. 12.09.2018. | News