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Three segments to mitigate energy price hikePrime Minister Andrej Plenković announced on Wednesday that the government would act in three segments in an effort to alleviate the energy price hike - social transfers, allowances for gas and electricity, and elements related to the taxation system, VAT. 26.01.2022. | News

Plenković: Croatia to procure 89 Bradleys for US$ 145.3 millionCroatia and the USA have agreed on the procurement of Bradley fighting vehicles, for which Croatia will pay US$ 145.3 million, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday. 26.01.2022. | News

Police act in accordance with law, don't follow political ordersInterior Minister Davor Božinović said on Monday that all had been done in line with the law in the case opened over comments about Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Facebook, underscoring that police do not receive any political orders and that they definitely will not while he is minister. 24.01.2022. | News

Set of measures to alleviate price hikes to be outlined before 1 AprilPrime minister Plenković said on Thursday that he did not want to speculate about the reduction of Value Added Tax rates on electricity and gas, adding that a set of measures to mitigate price hikes would be made public before 1 April. 20.01.2022. | News

Consumer protection is no. 1The National Council for Euro Adoption met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Thursday to present to the social partners and the public the bill to adopt euro as legal tender in Croatia and guidelines for the adjustment of the economy during the euro changeover process. 20.01.2022. | News

Plenković: Omicron is spreading faster and it is the more infectious variant of COVID-19, take a jabThe Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been present in Croatia for several weeks now, but it "seems slightly less dangerous than was previously the case," Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in his opening remarks at a regular cabinet meeting on Thursday. 20.01.2022. | News

Plenković: A great European left us too earlyDavid Sassoli was a great politician, a great man, Italian, European, a friend of Croatia, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday ahead of paying tribute to the late president of the European Parliament. 17.01.2022. | News

Grlić Radman and Lavrov on bilateral relationsCroatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman thanked his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Monday for Moscow's support when Croatia was gaining independence in the early 1990s, and said that Croatia's "good relations with Ukraine do not rule out good relations with Russia." 17.01.2022. | News

More hospitalised COVID patients in areas with lower levels of vaccinationHealth Minister Vili Beroš told the cabinet on Thursday that in the past 24 hours, 46.28% of those tested proved positive to the novel coronavirus and that areas with low levels of immunisation showed a higher number of hospitalised COVID patients.  13.01.2022. | News

Plenković: Social care system reform goal is efficient and fair system focused on its usersAt the start of Thursday's cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that the government would endorse a package of bills overhauling the social welfare system. 13.01.2022. | News