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Croatian PM addresses EP, calls for equality of states, citizens, opportunitiesThe equality of states, citizens and opportunities is important for further building Europe's future and for the credibility of the European project, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in the European Parliament on Tuesday, underlining joint achievements as an instrument in building the EU's future. 06.02.2018. | News

PM meets EU member-states' ambassadorsPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met at the government headquarters on Friday with ambassadors from EU member-states, on the occasion of Bulgaria's presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of this year, the government's public relations office said in a statement. 02.02.2018. | News

Croatian PM receives Knesset deputy speakerCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday met with Israeli's deputy parliament speaker and head of the Israel-Croatia inter-parliamentary friendship group, Esawi Frej, and the chairman of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, Avraham Neguise, the government said in a press release. 02.02.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic: National development strategy will define objectives until 2030After the first meeting of the steering committee for the preparation of the national development strategy until 2030 on Thursday, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Gabrijela Zalac said that the strategy would be a document that will define measures and goals that Croatia wishes to achieve by 2030. 01.02.2018. | News

PM: The defence budget increased, working conditions and living standards of members of the Armed Forces improvedThirty-five contracts worth over HRK 280 million were signed on Friday with 26 Croatian manufacturers of military equipment, and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who attended the signing ceremony, said that the contracts evidenced the synergy of activities by the Defence Ministry, the Armed Forces, the Croatian business sector and the country's export-oriented defence industry. 31.01.2018. | News

PM says LNG terminal would enhance Croatia's role in EU energy strategyPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that by building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the island of Krk, Croatia would assume a much more important role in the European energy policy, noting that talks were underway with the Hungarian side on the jointly-owned INA oil company and the recapitalisation of the Petrokemija artificial fertiliser producer. 30.01.2018. | News

Plenkovic and Sefcovic discuss energy and climate challengesPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with EU Commissioner for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic in Zagreb on Tuesday to discuss European and Croatian energy and environmental challenges. 30.01.2018. | News

Museum Night held in over 200 museumsMuseum Night 2018 was held in over 200 museums and various institutions in about 100 towns and municipalities around Croatia on Friday under the title "Museums and Sports - Faster, Higher, Stronger". 26.01.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic: It would be good for Croatia to be in "closer circle of the European project"Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that it would be good for Croatia to be in "a closer circle of the European project" and that therefore his government was focusing its activities on achieving this goal through a strategy aimed at adopting the euro and meeting the membership criteria for the Schengen area of passport-free travel. 26.01.2018. | News

PM Plenkovic: Memory of Holocaust victims needs to be preservedPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday, on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, that it was necessary to preserve the memory of the victims and tragedy of the Jewish people across Europe, including Croatia, "so that we can remain truly dedicated to fighting for a society free of any form of hatred and intolerance." 26.01.2018. | News