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Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn JaglandThe fight against corruption, decentralisation, the protection of the rights of ethnic minorities and vulnerable groups as well as the protection of cultural heritage will be the priorities of Croatia's presidency of the Council of Europe, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday at a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland. 17.04.2018. | News

Gov't proposes Drazen Jelenic for post of Chief State ProsecutorThe Croatian government on Tuesday proposed that Deputy Chief State Prosecutor Drazen Jelenic be appointed the new Chief State Prosecutor, Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic said. 17.04.2018. | News

Croatian PM, Ukrainian deputy PM hold talksCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met in Zagreb on Monday with Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, expressing Croatia's support to Ukraine's reform efforts and European agenda. 16.04.2018. | News

Plenkovic meets with EC Vice-President Katainen and Commissioners Mimica and KingCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met in Zagreb on Friday with European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King. 13.04.2018. | News

Plenkovic says no confidence motion against Dalic another failed Opposition attemptPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in the national parliament on Thursday that the no-confidence motion against Economy Minister Martina Dalic would fail just as the previous four the Opposition-sponsored motions for impeachment of cabinet members in the last year and a half. 12.04.2018. | News

The Government submitted to the Parliament a Proposal of the Law on the Implementation of the GDPRThe Croatian government on Thursday adopted the final bill on the transfer and processing of data on air passengers for the purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting crimes of terrorism and other serious crimes. 12.04.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic: We need to strengthen mechanisms to prevent violence against women and domestic violencePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday called on Croatian lawmakers to support the bill ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, saying that it would strengthen the national mechanisms in preventing violence against women and domestic violence. 11.04.2018. | News

Statement of the Foreign and European Affairs MinistryCroatia is satisfied with the guilty verdict against Vojislav Seselj, handed down earlier on Wednesday by the UN court in The Hague, but considers the pronounced sentence to be far too mild with respect to the acts committed and their consequences, the Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Ministry said in a press release. 11.04.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic extends condolences over Algeria plane crashCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic extended his condolences, to his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Ouyahia over a tragic plane crash in Algeria. 11.04.2018. | News

6th session of the Special Expert CommissionThe Special Expert Commission (PSP) for the implementation of the Education, Science and Technology Strategy appointed at a conference call on Tuesday 12 members of the Expert Task Force (ERS) for the implementation of the curricular reform and cancelled an earlier invitation for applications for the ERS head, with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic appointing Radovan Fuchs as special government advisor on the coordination of the ERS' work. 10.04.2018. | News