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Prime Minister Milanovic: EC has no legal grounds to insist on arbitrationCroatian 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. | News

Finance Minister Lalovac says gov't planning lower VAT rate on food productsFinance 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. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic to visit United Kingdom and Northern Ireland 01.10.2015. | Announcements

The EUR 40 million mine clearance project Naturavita presented in eastern CroatiaA 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. | News | Agriculture

Deputy Prime Minister expects banks to efficiently convert CHF loans into eurosDeputy 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. | News

Croatia's unemployment rate in Aug slightly down, stagnates in EUCroatia'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. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic: I'm proud of police officers who are doing their job with heart and professionalityIn 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. | News

Grcic: Industrial production increase to contribute to GDP growthThe 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. | News

Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic: No reason to close borderInterior 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. | News

PM and president talk on the phone about election datePrime 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. | News | Press releases