Schemes worth EUR 7.2 milion aimed at improving tourist trade presented
Tourism is one of the most competitive sectors of Croatia's economy, however, there is still a need to enhance the quality and variety of services, make the peak season longer and increase employment in that sector, said Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
- 06.03.2017.
PM Plenkovic asks prosecutor to probe suspicious travel expense claims
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday there were many irregularities with travel allowances issued in previous governments and that he asked Chief State prosecutor Dinko Cvitan to take over the case.
- 06.03.2017.
Bill restricting tobacco use sent to parliament for consideration
The Croatian government on Thursday forwarded to parliament a bill restricting the use of tobacco and related products, over whose delay Croatia had faced the risk of EU sanctions. Among other things, the bill puts e-cigarettes on a par with other tobacco products and bans their use in places where smoking is prohibited.
- 02.03.2017.
Council tasked with addressing consequences of authoritarian regimes founded
he Croatian government on Thursday set up a council tasked with addressing the consequences of the rule of authoritarian regimes in the period from the Second World War to the declaration of Croatia's independence in 1991
- 02.03.2017.
Gov't outlines 9-measure package aimed at boosting employment
The Croatian government has allocated 1.5 billion kuna for a nine-measure plan to help jobless people who are on the margins of the labour market, and this plan was outlined in the government on Wednesday.
- 01.03.2017.
Gov't says gas prices to stay the same
Gas prices for households will not go up. The Croatian government decided on a conference call that the price of gas at which the wholesale gas supplier HEP is obliged to sell gas to public household gas suppliers will be HRK 0.1809 per kilowatt hour (kWh).
- 28.02.2017.
PM says sports needs to be given back to athletes
Commenting on an ultimatum the Bridge party made on Monday when it asked for a replacement of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) leadership, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that "sports needs to be given back to athletes."
- 28.02.2017.
PM: GDP growth because govt dealing with vital issues
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday said that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in Q4 of 2016 of 3.4% was due to the government dealing with vital issues and because it was doing what the people expected of it and that is economic growth.
- 28.02.2017.
PM reassures Croats they won't feel gas price rise
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that gas price tariffs would be determined towards the main supplier, the state power provider HEP, that would sell it to other wholesale suppliers in the network and that price formation would be conducted in such a way that Croatians did not feel any price rise.
- 28.02.2017.
Gov't okays projects important for Sisak County
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday at the beginning of his cabinet's session in the city of Sisak that holding a government meeting this town some 50 kilometres south of Zagreb, was an act of showing that a special attention and assistance was given to that region which "perhaps has undergone the hardest journey of the process of transition since the 1990s".
- 25.02.2017.
PM says all INA buy models not generating debt will be considered
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic reiterated on Friday that the council for negotiations with Hungary's MOL would consider all models for a possible buyout of MOL's stake in its Croatian peer INA, including the establishment of a state-run energy holding, and that the key criterion would be not to generate any public debt.
- 25.02.2017.
PM Plenkovic: Project Slavonia one of key government goals
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday opened the 22nd international fair of the economy, trades and crafts and agriculture Viroexpo 2017, saying it fit into one of the government's key goals, work on Project Slavonia.
- 25.02.2017.