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PM Milanovic: I called for cancelling visa requirements for Ukraine and Georgia as soon as possible becauseCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Riga on Friday that a summit of European Union leaders and their eastern neighbours ended with "thin results" because visa requirements for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens were not liberalised. 22.05.2015. | News

Minister Lalovac announces public debt management strategyFinance Minister Boris Lalovac announced on Thursday that the government would soon prepare a public debt management strategy after which it would send a bill to parliament that will regulate public debt management and who monitors such management. 22.05.2015. | News

Government: Last year's budget deficit at HRK 12.8bnLast year's budget revenues were HRK 114.7 billion, up 5.4% in comparison with the year before, while expenditures increased by slightly less than 2% to HRK 127.5 billion, as a result of which the budget deficit was HRK 12.8 billion, according to a report on the execution of the 2014 budget, adopted by the government at its meeting on Thursday. 22.05.2015. | News

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister satisfied with strong increase in profits, exportsThe rise in profits and exports of Croatian companies is encouraging and confirms the good trends the government is talking about, Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Branko Grcic and Finance Minister Boris Lalovac said on Wednesday. 20.05.2015. | News | Economy

Lalovac announces mortgage credit billFinance Minister Boris Lalovac announced on Wednesday that the government could put forward a special mortgage credit bill to solve the problems caused by the increase in repayment instalments of Swiss franc-denominated loans. 20.05.2015. | News | Finance

20th anniversary of Operation Storm to be marked with parade in Zagreb and celebration in KninThe 20th anniversary of Operation Storm will be marked on two days - on 4 August, with a military parade in Zagreb, and on 5 August, when the main celebration will be held in Knin, the organising committee decided on Wednesday. 20.05.2015. | News | Defence and Military

HRK 155 milion available to Croatia until 2017 as part of EU's LIFE environment programmeAbout 155 million kuna is available to Croatia until 2017 under the European Union's LIFE programme designed for environmental protection and climate action projects. 20.05.2015. | News | Finance

European youth commissioner meets Croatian youth ministerYoung people's exclusion from the labour market and democratic processes leads to the strengthening of extremism and political radicalism, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics said in Zagreb on Wednesday. 20.05.2015. | News | Society and citizens

Science minister says Croatia has started using EU funds intensivelyCroatia has finally started using EU funds intensively and it hopes to make the most of the available funding in the education and science sector, Minister Vedran Mornar said after talks with European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics  20.05.2015. | News | EU Funds

Croatia among EU countries with highest export increasesIn the first three months of 2015 Croatia was among the three EU countries with the highest annual jumps in commodity exports and it also recorded the highest increase in commodity imports from other EU countries, data from the EU's statistical office Eurostat shows. 20.05.2015. | News | Economy