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Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: HDZ promises lower VAT, but doesn't explain budget cuts for thisDeputy Prime Minister Grcic reacted to a press release in which the HDZ lambasted him for his statements during a TV talk show on Tuesday night about calculations of VAT (Value Added Tax), adding that he slipped up when saying that 2% of VAT amounted to 7 billion kuna.  07.10.2015. | News

Prime Minister issues Independence Day messagePrime 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. | News

EUR 2.9m spent in refugee crisis in Croatia so farInterior 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. | News

Government adopts HAMAG-BICRO guarantee schemeAt 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. | News

PM issues Independence Day messagePrime 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. | News

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. | News | Govori i izjave

Interior Minister Ostojic says Croatia proves it is a humane and civilised countryInterior 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. | News | Govori i izjave

IMF upgrades Croatian GDP forecast to 0.8 pctThe 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. | News | Izvješća | Economy

Milanovic: Investments and activities of this kind are a bridge that connect Croatia with Europe and the worldThe 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. | News

Prime Minister to visit the RALU Logistika company 06.10.2015. | Announcements