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PM Plenkovic meets with US Senator McCainIt is important that Croatia and the United States as NATO allies exchange views and that Croatia is kept informed of the policy of the new US administration, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Dubrovnik on Sunday after meeting with US Senator John McCain during his day-long visit to Croatia. 10.04.2017. | News

EU regulation on stricter border controls derogated from temporarilyAfter European Union Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos was notified on Saturday of problems that led to a disproportionate effect on the traffic flow at Croatian border crossings, it has been agreed to temporarily derogate from the border crossings regulation on the internal borders with Slovenia and Hungary and to activate targeted controls of citizens of the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the Croatian Ministry of the Interior said in a statement in the evening. 08.04.2017. | News

Prime Minister Plenkovic sends condolences to Swedish counterpartPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday sent his condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the Croatian government to Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven in the wake of a terrorist attack in Stockholm which left at least three people dead. 07.04.2017. | News

PM says agreement reached to continue supplying Petrokemija with gasPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that agreement had been reached that Prvo Plinarsko Drustvo (PPD) should continue supplying gas to the Petrokemija artificial fertiliser producer, after he met with PPD and Petrokemija representatives. 07.04.2017. | News

Defence Council discusses strategic documents, military development 06.04.2017. | News

Agreements for personal assistance services for disabled presentedSeventy-four Croatian associations of disabled persons on Thursday were awarded agreements to implement 74 projects valued at about 13.6 million euros, to be financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). 06.04.2017. | News

Gov't forms Demographic Revival CouncilThe Croatian government on Thursday formed a Demographic Revival Council to monitor and coordinate the implementation of demographic policy measures from the government's 2016-2020 programme. 06.04.2017. | News

PM: Goverment's assessments and plans corresponded very much to the plans and recommendations given to AgrokorPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and the private Agrokor Group's Chief Restructuring Officer Antonio Alvarez III underscored at a joint news conference on Wednesday evening that it was essential to restore creditors', suppliers' and consumers' confidence in that food and retail concern. 06.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: It would be unconstitutional to do nothingThe bill on emergency receivership in systemically important companies is not a bill for Ivica Todoric, it is not "Lex Agrokor", it is a bill by which Croatia and the government are protecting the interests of the Croatian financial system, the economy, workers and employees of Agrokor, family farms, suppliers and all stakeholders that are currently involved in the processes connected with that biggest Croatian company, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said Wednesday. 05.04.2017. | News

Contract on financing 2nd phase of Dubrovnik Airport construction work signedTransport and Infrastructure Minister Oleg Butkovic, Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) chief Tomislav Petric, and Dubrovnik Airport Director Roko Tolic, have signed a contract on a European Union grant for the financing of the Dubrovnik Airport Development project, namely Phase 2 of the project, worth more than HRK 1.5 billion. 05.04.2017. | News