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PM Plenkovic: We will provide accommodation to people and help them rebuild their homesAbout a dozen houses have been damaged, of which several severely, by a landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica, 70 kilometres southeast of Zagreb, however, no casualties were reported. 13.03.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic receives ETUC secretary-generalPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday received the Secretary-General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Luca Visentini, for talks and the meeting focused on ETUC's initiative for a pay rise at the European level, the need to improve social dialogue in Croatia, and the coming pension reform. 13.03.2018. | News | Press releases | Foreign policy

Serbia, Croatia ink memo on reconstruction of Belgrade-Zagreb railwaySerbia and Croatia on Friday signed a memorandum of agreement between their transport and infrastructure ministries on cooperation in promoting the efficiency of rail transport, which is expected to result in a reconstruction of the Belgrade-Zagreb railway and accelerate passenger and freight transport from 7.5 to 4 hours. 09.03.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic received Romanian FMCroatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday held talks with Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu at which it was said that relations between the two countries were good and their economic ties had the potential to be even better. 09.03.2018. | News | Press releases | Foreign policy

PM Plenkovic says government continues to strengthen economic growthPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday the government was continuing to strengthen economic growth in three ways -- by improving conditions for doing business, strengthening the efficiency of state institutions and strengthening the investment potential. 09.03.2018. | News | Press releases | Economy

PM Plenkovic: LNG is a strategic investment project which puts Croatia in an adequate place on the energy map of EuropePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that some political stakeholders, primarily the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Bridge party, "are now signing a different tune" about the future LNG terminal on the Krk island, saying that as a state and a society we must decide if we want to use these strategic energy projects to put Croatia in a proper place on the map of Europe. 09.03.2018. | News

Gov't adopts action plan to ease administrative burden on businessesAt its meeting on Thursday, the Croatian government adopted an action plan to ease the administrative burden on businesses in 2018, and Economy Minister Martina Dalic said that it contained 98 measures which would reduce the costs of businesses by HRK 625.9 million. 08.03.2018. | News

PM says government to discuss Istanbul Convention in two weeksPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that the Istanbul Convention would be on the government agenda in two weeks, after which it would be sent to parliament for ratification. 08.03.2018. | News

Statement of Deputy PM and minister Martina DalicEconomy Minister Martina Dalic said on Wednesday that structural reforms were not easy, explaining that reforms were being prepared in 2017 through a set of bills pertaining to the judiciary and legislation on how to make public administration more efficient. 07.03.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic and Vice-President Scannapieco discuss Croatia-EIB cooeprationCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday received the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Dario Scannapieco, for the talks on the cooperation between Croatia and that investment bank, and they also agreed the continuation of cooperation in transport, tourism energy, healthcare and agriculture, the government said in a press release. 06.03.2018. | News | Press releases | EU Affairs