PM: Croatia not in Schengen area but acts as if it were when it comes to providing for refugees
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that Croatia is not in the Schengen area of passport-free travel, but that when it comes to providing and caring for refugees, it is behaving as if it were a part of that area.
- 29.09.2015.
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PM Milanovic: No refugee reception centre planned in Dubrovnik area
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Monday claimed that there would not be any refugee reception centre in the Dubrovnik area.
- 28.09.2015.
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PM Milanovic: National security has priority over profits
Croatia has blocked its border with Serbia for the sake of national security, which is more important than any profit, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Friday.
- 25.09.2015.
PM Milanovic: Border issue can be solved today, but only if Serbia starts controlling influx of immigrants
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday that Serbia, in agreement with Hungary, was sending refugees in an organised fashion only to its border with Croatia, which could not receive them in such numbers and had to block the border.
- 24.09.2015.
PM: Refugee crisis should be solved in Turkey and Greece
The huge influx of refugees can be stopped in Turkey if Greece was to start controlling its borders, while the relocation of people within Europe is a minor issue, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Brussels on Wednesday.
- 23.09.2015.
PM Milanovic: We'll discuss tomorrow in Brussels about refugee problem there where it begins, in Turkey and Greece
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday called on Serbia to "tone down its voice a bit" after Serbia's Prime Minister said that Croatia should re-open the Bajakovo border crossings or Belgrade would resort to counter-measures or seek international protection.
- 22.09.2015.
Milanovic: Croatia proved itself as humane and organised state
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Monday evening that during the migrant crisis Croatia had proved itself as a modern, civilised, humane and well-organised country of the western circle which did not handle the migrant crisis to promote its own interest nor it has allowed that its citizens be in jeopardy.
- 22.09.2015.
Defence Council supports draft defence plan
At a session held on Tuesday the Defence Council supported a draft plan for Croatia's defence and the draft will be submitted for adoption, the government's press office said on Tuesday evening.
- 22.09.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: Serbia will not introduce any measures against Croatia
Prime Minister Milanovic said that Serbia would not introduce any measures against Croatia as that would mean introducing measures against the EU and stressed that Serbia should start functioning as a state and that he had offered his Serbian counterpart Croatia's assistance in their transport
- 22.09.2015.
Croatian PM and Austrian chancellor discuss refugee crisis
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic spoke by telephone with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann about the refugee crisis.
- 21.09.2015.
Minister of the interior visits newly-built refugee camp at Opatovac
Croatian Minister of the Interior Ranko Ostojic on Sunday visited a camp built by the army along a state road near Opatovac, a village in the eastern Croatian municipality of Lovas, which is to be used for the accommodation of migrants arriving in Croatia.
- 21.09.2015.
Only one refugee has requested asylum, says Croatian FM
Already 13,500 refugees have entered Croatia so far, which is the highest number of migrants in such a short time to enter a country, but everything is under control and the state can handle it, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said on Friday, adding that of all the refugees, only one, a woman, had requested asylum in Croatia.
- 21.09.2015.