Prime Minister issues Independence Day message
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Wednesday congratulated Croatian citizens, on his and the government's behalf, on Independence Day, saying that today's battles were different than those in the 1990s but equally important for Croatia's future and prosperity.
- 07.10.2015.
EUR 2.9m spent in refugee crisis in Croatia so far
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said on Wednesday that Croatia had spent HRK 22 million on migrant care and transport so far and that EUR 5 million had been set aside for it from European emergency funds.
- 07.10.2015.
Government adopts HAMAG-BICRO guarantee scheme
At it session on Wednesday, the government adopted a programme of the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO) as part of which the agency would start issuing guarantee schemes to loan issuers to cover part of the capital amount of loans issued to small entrepreneurs.
- 07.10.2015.
PM issues Independence Day message
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Wednesday congratulated Croatian citizens, on his and the government's behalf, on Independence Day, saying that today's battles were different than those in the 1990s but equally important for Croatia's future and prosperity.
- 07.10.2015.
Migration Commissioner says crisis can be solved only by concerted efforts
The refugee crisis can be solved only if European Union member-states stick together, and Croatia has shown full support for the EU migration policy and the European Commission stands by Croatia in efforts to solve the crisis, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopulos, said in Zagreb after his talks with Croatian officials, Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic.
- 06.10.2015.
Interior Minister Ostojic says Croatia proves it is a humane and civilised country
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic on Tuesday commented on a statement by his German counterpart about a possible return of refugees to Slovenia and Croatia, saying that by its treatment of refugees Croatia had proved to the world that unlike the countries the refugees were coming from, it was a humane and civilised country.
- 06.10.2015.
IMF upgrades Croatian GDP forecast to 0.8 pct
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday upgraded its forecast for Croatia's economic growth this year to 0.8 percent, while downgrading the forecasts for unemployment and inflation for this year and the next.
- 06.10.2015.
Milanovic: Investments and activities of this kind are a bridge that connect Croatia with Europe and the world
The RALU Logistika company marked the 25th anniversary of its establishment on Tuesday by opening a new logistics and distribution centre, worth more than 150 million kuna (20 million euros), in Rugvica near Dugo Selo, about 20 kilometres east of Zagreb.
- 06.10.2015.
Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: Dubrovnik Airport development project finished by 2017
The Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Dubrovnik Airport (ZLD) on Monday signed contracts worth a total of 17.5 million euros for the expansion and upgrade of Dubrovnik's airport.
- 05.10.2015.
PM Milanovic: Wire fences are not the solution, Croatia will take care of its interests
"We in Croatia, who have always lived on borders, know what is dangerous and what is not. This is not a danger," Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Sunday during a visit to the town of Kastav near the seaport of Rijeka.
- 04.10.2015.
PM says not afraid of Hungary closing its border with Croatia
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Dubrovnik on Saturday that he was not afraid that Hungary would completely close its border with Croatia regardless of the fact that Hungarian authorities will finish putting a fence along the border with Croatia on Sunday, noting that migrants would "eat the barbed-wire fence up".
- 03.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic believes Merkel will have to talk with Greece again
Prime Minister Milanovic has said in an interview with the BBC that he hopes that Germany will find a solution to the refugee crisis, and stressed that the developments might make Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a new round of negotiations with the Greek government on the Schengen rules.
- 02.10.2015.