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Croatia marks 25 yrs of UN membershipCroatia is marking 25 years of UN membership on Monday, with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic saying at a ceremony that the peaceful reintegration of the Danube river region had been one of the UN's most successful missions in Europe and that Croatia could share that experience with Ukraine, which he said was in a similar situation. 22.05.2017. | News

EC recommends Croatia's exit from Excessive Deficit ProcedureThe European Commission on Monday made a recommendation to the Council to abrogate the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) for Croatia, after Zagreb reduced both the budget deficit and public debt last year. 22.05.2017. | News

Italy, Croatia agree to three-year fishing ban near Jabuka PitCroatia and Italy have reached an agreement to ban fishing in the vicinity of Jabuka island from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2020, the Agriculture Ministry reported on Monday. 22.05.2017. | News

EP President tells PM that EU supports CroatiaCroatia can count on an excessively important friend in Brussels and the European Parliament, who is on Croatia's side, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani told a joint press conference with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, in Zagreb on Friday. 19.05.2017. | News

Croatian PM receives award as European leader and lobbyist for BosniaCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday received an award from the Bosnian Vecernji List daily as European leader and lobbyist for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his support to BiH last year to apply for European Union accession candidate status and pushing for the European Commission to give BiH the accession questionnaire. 18.05.2017. | News

Gov't continues implementing energy rehabilitation, introduces "no-kill" animal sheltersThe cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday decided to prolong the implementation of the programme of financial support for the energy rehabilitation of public buildings until the end of 2018 and 160 million kuna will be secured from the budget for this purpose. 18.05.2017. | News

Croatian government set to raise child benefitsThe cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday sent to the parliament draft amendments to the child benefit legislation and already set aside HRK 156.6 million in 2017 for planned increase in maternity allowances, parenting payment and other forms of child benefits. 18.05.2017. | News

Belupo invests HRK 530 mln in new plantThe Belupo pharmaceutical company on Tuesday opened a new factory in Koprivnica for solid, semi-solid and liquid medications and will employ 200 new workers. 17.05.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Talks about new ministers to be held after first round of local pollsPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday he would begin talks on the appointment of four new ministers after the first round of local elections on Sunday and the nominees would be presented in Parliament after the second round of voting. 17.05.2017. | News

Bleiburg commemoration heldA memorial service was held at Bleiburg field in Austria on Saturday in memory of the disarmed Croatian soldiers and civilians killed there and on the Way of the Cross death marches through Yugoslavia at the end of WWII. 13.05.2017. | News