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More than 150 events during "Rendez-Vous" French festival in CroatiaFrom May to September this year, French art and the culture of living will be brought closer to the Croatian public through more than 150 events in various fields that will be held as part of the French festival "Rendez-vous" in 22 cities around Croatia. 10.04.2015. | News

State agencies will be downsized, says Deputy PMThe downsizing of state agencies is one of the five key components of due diligence of budgetary expenditures that will be carried out because it is being agreed with the European Commission as part of a national reform plan, Deputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said on Wednesday. 10.04.2015. | News | EU Funds

Deputy PM regrets halting of reform by anti-outsourcing initiativeDeputy Prime Minister Milanka Opacic on Thursday hailed the decision of the Constitutional Court to declare as impermissible a referendum question to ban the outsourcing of non-core activities in the public sector, however, she said she was sorry to see that the initiative launched for organising the referendum halted a reform that would have led to savings. 10.04.2015. | News

FinMin glad about increasing exports and consumption growthFinance Minister Boris Lalovac on Thursday commented on the latest Croatian National Bank (HNB) estimate of a possible slight economic decline in the first quarter of 2015, highlighting the latest figures showing increased exports in the first two months of the year and further personal consumption growth. 10.04.2015. | News | Finance

PM: These trains are result of the labour and design of our people, we can sell them abroadA new electric train was formally launched at Zagreb's central railway station and the first ride was taken by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, Deputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic, Finance Minister Boris Lalovac and Deputy Transport Minister Zdenko Antesic. 10.04.2015. | News | Building and Planning

PM: There'll be no hasty decisions about outsourcingPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday that his government would make no hasty decisions after the Constitutional Court found as unacceptable the referendum question to ban the outsourcing of non-core public-sector activities. 10.04.2015. | News

PM receives French economist Thomas PikettyPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Thursday received French economist Thomas Piketty, the author of the globally successful academic study "Capital in the Twenty-first Century" which emphasises the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. 10.04.2015. | News

EUR 1.3bn available in EU funds for Croatian transport projectsCroatia is planning to invest some 1.3 billion euros available from EU funds into transport infrastructure by 2020, government officials said in Split on Friday during a conference on European Union funds. 10.04.2015. | News | Transport, Maritime and Infrastructure

President and PM extend best wishes for Orthodox EasterPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Friday extended their best wishes to all Christian Orthodox believers in Croatia who celebrate Easter on Sunday according to the Julian calendar. 10.04.2015. | News

Minister says 40,000 young people to be permanently employed by year's endLabour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic said in Dubrovnik on Friday that by the end of this year, owing to the government's employment incentives, 40,000 young people would have employment contracts for an indefinite period of time. 10.04.2015. | News | Labour and Pensions