Croatia against fences on borders, says Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic
Croatia is against erecting walls on borders, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said in Luxembourg on Saturday, responding to Hungary's announcement of the possibility of putting up a fence on the Croatian border if migrants started coming to Hungary from Croatia.
- 05.09.2015.
Prime Minister: Government now to focus on controlling public debt
In Ludbreg, Milanovic visited the foreign-owned companies Ducati Komponenti and ACG Lukaps, which respectively manufacture electric-drive vehicles and capsules for the pharmaceutical industry and are export-oriented.
- 04.09.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic says refugee quotas acceptable, walls not
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Friday it was acceptable that the European Commission should define refugee allocation quotas and the member states accept them, but that it was unacceptable to erect walls and fences to stop immigrants in their quest for a better life.
- 04.09.2015.
Vesna Pusic says Croatia can provide for migrants, quotas questionable
Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said on Friday that Croatia could provide for 3,200 migrants and refugees, although it would have to do so for 550 people, and that the issue of quotas remained very questionable at the level of European Union member states.
- 04.09.2015.
Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: Continuation of positive trends in Croatia's economy
Regional Development and European Union Funds Minister Branko Grcic said that the data confirmed that Croatia was on the rise. "That's the highest growth rate since the beginning of the crisis, way back in 2008. That confirms our claims that Croatia is growing," said Grcic.
- 03.09.2015.
Retail trade rises for 12 straight months
Retail trade in Croatia rose by 4.5% this July compared to July 2014, according to preliminary figures released on Thursday by the Croatian statistical office which also said this is the biggest increase in nearly eight years.
- 03.09.2015.
Vesna Pusic Croatia's candidate for UN Secretary-General, expects president's support
Foreign and European Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic has said that the government has decided to nominate her for the post of UN Secretary-General and that she hopes President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will support her nomination.
- 03.09.2015.
Gov't introduces solidarity charge to pay electricity bills of poor households
The Croatian government on Thursday adopted a regulation under which households will pay a HRK 0.03 solidarity charge per kilowatt hour of electricity to finance electricity costs of underprivileged households.
- 03.09.2015.
Industrial production increases for 6th straighth month in July
In July 2015, Croatia's industrial production increased 3.9 percent on the year, increasing for the sixth consecutive month and faster than in June, the national statistical office said on Thursday.
- 03.09.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: I don't believe parliament will be dissolved at extraordinary session
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Split on Wednesday that he did not believe that parliament would be dissolved for elections at its extraordinary session, scheduled for September 8.
- 02.09.2015.
Croatia again among EU states with largest y-o-y falls in unemployment
In July 2015, Croatia was once again among the European Union member states with the largest year-on-year falls in unemployment, the EU statistical office, Eurostat, said on Tuesday.
- 02.09.2015.
At the government's request, speaker convenes extraordinary parliamentary session
The government held a conference call today to ask parliament to convene an extraordinary session to discuss several important bills - bills of amendments to laws on welfare, excises, and the financing of local government, a consumer bankruptcy bill, and a bill on renewables and highly efficient co-generation.
- 02.09.2015.