Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: We're firmly behind our measures
"I can only reiterate what I have said in recent days, and that's a reduction of VAT on a basket of agricultural products and a new pay rise. We have made all the calculations, we know how much it costs and that it is possible," Grcic said.
- 02.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: Croatia has been managing the migrant crisis in an organised way
Prime Minister Milanovic visits United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 01.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: EC has no legal grounds to insist on arbitration
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in a letter to the European Commission on Thursday that there were no legal grounds to insist on arbitration to resolve the border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia and that therefore the Commission should not be actively involved in this or similar border disputes between EU member states.
- 01.10.2015.
Finance Minister Lalovac says gov't planning lower VAT rate on food products
Finance Minister Boris Lalovac said on Thursday that a reduction of the VAT rate on certain food products to 13% was being planned to stimulate domestic production.
- 01.10.2015.
The EUR 40 million mine clearance project Naturavita presented in eastern Croatia
A EUR 3.9 million mine clearance project in the inundation area of the Drava river in the eastern Croatian municipalities of Jagodnjak, Darda and Petrijevci has been completed and another demining project, valued at 40 million euros, is to start next year in a wooded area in the Danube-Drava region, it was said during a presentation of the two projects on Wednesday.
- 01.10.2015.
Deputy Prime Minister expects banks to efficiently convert CHF loans into euros
Deputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said on Wednesday he expected banks to be efficient in applying legal regulations on the conversion of Swiss franc loans into euros.
- 30.09.2015.
Croatia's unemployment rate in Aug slightly down, stagnates in EU
Croatia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August was down slightly compared to July, while the euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 11.0% in August 2015, remained stable compared to July 2015 and down from 11.5% in August 2014.
- 30.09.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: I'm proud of police officers who are doing their job with heart and professionality
In his speech at an award-giving ceremony for best law enforcement officers, held on the occasion of Police Day at the refugee reception centre in Opatovac on Tuesday, Milanovic said Croatia would remain open for the reception of refugees and it would not build fences at its borders.
- 30.09.2015.
Grcic: Industrial production increase to contribute to GDP growth
The 1.3% increase in industrial output in 2014 and the 1.9% rise in the first eight months of 2015 clearly shows that the industrial production growth has picked up and, together with increasing retail sales, it will make a strong contribution to GDP growth in the third quarter of the year
- 30.09.2015.
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic: No reason to close border
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said on Tuesday there was not a single reason for Croatia to close its border to refugees because it was completely safe, adding that any refugees who might attempt to enter Croatia from the south would be sent back to where they came from.
- 30.09.2015.
PM and president talk on the phone about election date
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday talked by telephone with President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on her own initiative, the government's press service said in a statement.
- 30.09.2015.
Industrial output in August up 2.8% on year
Croatia's industrial output in August 2015 was up 2.8% from the same month of 2014, and August was the seventh consecutive month in which industrial production increased albeit at a slower rate than the month before.
- 29.09.2015.