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Minister Butković: Calling on the Croatia Airlines management and trade unions to sit down for talksThe Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Burkovic, said on Tuesday that strike in Croatia Airlines would not be in the interest of the company or its employees, calling on the Croatia Airlines management and trade unions to sit down for talks and dismissing accusation of trade unions who claim that he had exerted political pressure on the judiciary. 07.08.2018. | News

Operation Storm and victim of Croatian veterans are a constant inspiration for us in the construction of modern CroatiaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Sunday that Operation Storm and values of the Homeland War should today as well be an incentive to build a strong and successful Homeland, adding that Croatia today advocated cooperation and good neighbourly relations which must be based on the truth, reconciliation, justice and the ability to responsibly face the past. 05.08.2018. | News

PM offers best wishes on Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Veterans' DayOn the occasion of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of War Veterans, observed on August 5, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Saturday extended a message of congratulations underscoring that soldiers' determination in the fight for Croatia's freedom was a signpost for the strengthening of an organised and advanced society which offers equal opportunities to all, adding that such a society would not have been possible had it not been for Operation Storm. 04.08.2018. | News

Everyday commitment to better Homeland will be guided by the sacrifice and historical success of Croatian war veteransCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, speaking in Knin on Saturdaevening on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of Operation Storm in Knin on Saturday, said that Croatia today was sending messages of truth, cooperation and peace to Serbia and the Serb minority in Croatia. 04.08.2018. | News

Total tax relief will amount to HRK 6.3 billionPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday announced that next year further tax cuts were planned in the amount of HRK 2.3 billion, adding that the government hasn't backed down from reducing the general VAT rate by one percentage point but that it is considering, instead of introducing the reduction next year, to do so as of 1 January 2020. 02.08.2018. | News

An excellent move for the security of the Croatian sky and state that has chosen the way to be a strong, credible allyThree Israeli F-16 Barak multi-purpose fighter jets landed at Croatia's Pleso military air base for the first time on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said. 02.08.2018. | News

Public finances are viable and under controlThe government on Thursday adopted a conclusion to reduce the number of agencies, institutes, funds, companies, institutions, foundations and other legal entities with public powers with the "aim of downsizing the state administration." 02.08.2018. | News

The budget for next year will be an incentive for demographic renewal and revitalizationPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has said that economic and fiscal guidelines, which the government will adopt at its session on Thursday, will be a roadmap for the preparation of the 2019 budget, adding that the guidelines projected a 2.7% growth in 2019 and a 2.5% growth in 2020. 02.08.2018. | News

Covic congratulates Plenkovic on start of Peljesac Bridge constructionBosnia and Herzegovina enjoys Croatia's full support in the Euro-Atlantic integration processes, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said during a meeting in Zagreb on Wednesday with the Croat member of Bosnia and Herzegovina's tripartite presidency, Dragan Covic, who congratulated Croatia on the start of construction of the Peljesac Bridge. 02.08.2018. | News

Oliver was brilliant, unique. His departure was a great loss for Croatian culture, music and society. A memorial service was held for Croatia's iconic pop singer Oliver Dragojevic at the Croatian National Theatre in the southern coastal city of Split on Tuesday. He died on Sunday aged 70. 31.07.2018. | News