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Tourist arrivals for Easter up 68%, bed nights up 94%During the Easter holidays, from 14 to 17 April, 117,300 tourists visited Croatia and generated 400,000 bed nights, up 68% and 94% respectively compared with last year, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday citing figures provided by the eVistor tourist check-in and check-out information system. 18.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic issue Easter messages"To all believers, on behalf of the government and on my own behalf, I wish you a Happy Easter, and joyous and blessed holidays!" the prime minister's message said. 16.04.2017. | News

Catholic, Orthodox faithful celebrate EasterChristians in Croatia who follow the Gregorian or Western calendar were celebrating Easter across the country on Sunday. 16.04.2017. | News

Seven Croatian cities to receive 345 mln euro from EU fundsAn agreement on conducting delegated activities, signed at government headquarters on Thursday, will provide Croatia's seven largest cities with a total of 345 million euro from three EU funds. 13.04.2017. | News

Croatia switching to targeted border checks, appeals to Slovenia to follow suitPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic appealed to Slovenia on Thursday to follow Croatia in temporarily replacing systematic border checks with targeted checks after a new EU regulation on tighter Schengen border controls caused multiple negative effects and long delays at border crossings between the two countries. 13.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: We want to reverse negative trends in SlavoniaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the first meeting of the Council for Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem in Osijek on Tuesday that the government wanted to reverse the negative demographic and economic trends in Croatia's eastern region and focus on its development by relying on domestic and European sources of financing. 12.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Systematic resolution of Agrokor crisis begins todayPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told on Monday, after the government proposed a receiver for Agrokor, that today was the beginning of systematic resolution of this crisis and the first stage in restructuring the ailing food and retail group. 10.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Banks to ensure loan of EUR 150 mln to Agrokor this weekPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and representatives of the coordinating committee of Agrokor's financial creditors held a meeting on Monday after which Plenkovic told the press that the lenders supported the legislative and institutional framework for the debt-laden private group Agrokor and that they would ensure an installment of up to 150 million euros to the group this week to improve its cash-tight situation. 10.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Deal made to first pay Agrokor suppliers whose accounts are frozenAfter meeting representatives of disgruntled suppliers of the debt-laden Agrokor Group on Monday, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that agreement had been concluded that the suppliers with frozen accounts should be given a priority in payment and Marica Vidakovic, a manager in the confectionery producer Kras, said that suppliers would restart deliveries to that private retail and food concern. 10.04.2017. | News

Government nominates Ante Ramljak as receiver for AgrokorThe Croatian government on Monday nominated Ante Ramljak as receiver for the ailing Agrokor food and retail group. 10.04.2017. | News