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Plenkovic responds sharply to Seselj Jr provocationAleksandar 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. | News

The law package on poorly developed areas also has a demographic characterThe government on Thursday sent four bills to parliament, on mountainous regions, islands, assisted areas, and housing in assisted areas, with the aim of stimulating the development of financially "challenged" areas in order to ensure balanced development throughout the country as well as stimulating population, economic and social trends. 26.06.2018. | News

PM says in Statehood Day message togetherness will make Croatia better, strongerPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday issued a Statehood Day message, saying the government was resolutely continuing with reforms and that togetherness would make Croatia better and stronger. 25.06.2018. | News

Croatia's goal is to enter the Schengen area and thus better protect its external borderPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who on Sunday attended a "mini-summit" designed to address the migration issues ahead of a full EU summit four days later, said that migrant reception centres would not be set up in Croatia's southeast neighborhood and that 16 heads of state or government who attended Sunday's summit had mainly discussed centres of that kind outside the European Union. 25.06.2018. | News

We are strengthening democracy and economy giving prospects and possibilities to all peopleThe prime minister recalled parliament's "historic decisions" of 27 years ago, saying they created the prerequisite for Croatia's independence and international recognition.  25.06.2018. | News

PM says in Statehood Day message togetherness will make Croatia better, strongerPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday issued a Statehood Day message, saying the government was resolutely continuing with reforms and that togetherness would make Croatia better and stronger. 24.06.2018. | News

Agrokor has economic prospects, settlement plan great successPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the beginning of the cabinet's meeting that the acceptance of the settlement plan by the Temporary Creditors' Council for Agrokor was a huge achievement, adding that Agrokor has economic prospects as well as all the companies within this group and their partners. 21.06.2018. | News

Gov't okays set of draft laws to help citizens with blocked bank accountsAt its session on Thursday the government adopted a set of laws which, according to Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, are aimed at facilitating the position of citizens with blocked bank accounts -- the draft law on writing off debts to physical entities, the draft law on the implementation of the distress procedure over financial assets and draft amendments to the consumer bankruptcy law. 21.06.2018. | News

PM says EC has rightly decided not to interfere in Croatia-Slovenia border rowThe European Commission made the right decision that it should not interfere in the Croatian-Slovenian border dispute, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday, reiterating that Croatia wanted to resolve the dispute in agreement with Slovenia. 19.06.2018. | News

Focus Europa-Forum Wachau on key issues for EU future: security, migration, enlargement, budget, and BrexitCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz on Saturday held talks on the protection of the European Union's external borders, and on that occasion Plenkovic called for a comprehensible approach to the issue of migrations that will tackle the problem at its source and that will help Greece, Italy, Malta that are carrying a huge burden of the migrant crisis, the Croatian government stated in a press release. 18.06.2018. | News