Unemployment drops 4.5 pct
At the end of March 2016, 276,406 persons were registered with the Croatian Employment Service (HZZ), down 4.5 percent on the month and 13.4% on the year, and the unemployment decrease continued in April, with 269,025 persons registered with the HZZ today.
- 11.04.2016.
Croatian Prime Minister Oreskovic, Swiss parliament speaker meet
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic in Zagreb on Monday held talks with Swiss Parliament Speaker Christa Markwalder and welcomed the signing of a protocol on the free movement of people which Switzerland had signed with the EU, the Croatian government said in a press release.
- 11.04.2016.
Deputy Prime Minister Petrov meets U.S. envoy for Holocaust issues
Deputy Prime Minister Bozo Petrov in Zagreb on Monday held talks with with Nicholas Dean, US Department of State Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, and a delegation of the the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO).
- 11.04.2016.
First Deputy Prime Minister Karamarko meets U.S. envoy for Holocaust issues
Deputy PM Karamarko met with US Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Nicholas Dean and a delegation of the World Jewish Restitution Organisation. They discussed unresolved issues concerning the restitution of Jewish property and other issues of importance to the Jewish community in Croatia.
- 11.04.2016.
PM Oreskovic understands Pope's desire to bring Catholic and Orthodox Christians closer on Stepinac
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic, during a visit to the Vatican on Thursday, expressed hope that the process of canonisation of the Blessed Alojzije Stepinac would begin this summer and finish as soon as possible.
- 07.04.2016.
First deputy Prime Minister receives Hanns Seidel Foundation delegation
Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko met in Zagreb on Thursday with a delegation of the German Hanns Seidel Foundation, headed by its chief executive Peter Witterauf.
- 07.04.2016.
Prime Minister Oreskovic meets with Pope Francis
Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic met with Pope Francis in the Vatican.
- 07.04.2016.
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Priem Minister meets bishops ahead of Vatican visit
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic on Wednesday received members of the Croatian Bishops Conference for talks on his upcoming meeting with Pope Francis in Rome and the relationship between the state and the Catholic Church, which was assessed as good.
- 07.04.2016.
Foreign Minister Kovac optimist over Stepinac canonisation
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic's visit to The Vatican on Thursday will once again show that Croatia cultivates excellent and very close relations with the Holy See, Minister Miro Kovac said, adding that he was an optimist with regard to the date of Cardinal Alojzija Stepinac's canonisation
- 06.04.2016.
Government suspends bailout of 31 medical institutions
The Croatian government decided on Wednesday to discontinue the bailout of 31 medical institutions, after which those institutions will be returned to the care of their founders.
- 06.04.2016.
Finance Minister Maric: The key is to upgrade credit rating
The government's objective this year is to stabilise the country's credit rating and in the continuation of its term to upgrade it, Finance Minister Zdravko Maric said on Tuesday at a conference "Loans and Economic Growth", underscoring that upgrading the credit rating was a big challenge.
- 05.04.2016.
Prime Minister Oreskovic: Public procurement law has to be changed, it mustn't hinder investments
Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic said in Dubrovnik on Monday that the Public Procurement Law should be amended so that it did not hamper investments and that the lowest bid could not be the most important criterion in public procurement procedures.
- 05.04.2016.