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Deputy PM Grcic: We are not backing out of "Model B" monetisationThe government is not backing out of monetising the motorway operator debt through the model whereby citizens could bid for shares in the motorways, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Branko Grcic said in Split on Friday. 27.03.2015. | News

Government defines rules for financing referendum campaignsThe government sent to parliament on Thursday a bill on the financing of political activity, election campaigns and referendums, defining for the first time the way of financing referendum campaigns. 27.03.2015. | News

Gov't defines list of owners of speculative stocks of sugarThe government on Thursday defined a list of 134 owners of speculative stocks of sugar with a total of 37.1 tonnes of sugar. 27.03.2015. | News | Agriculture

Gov't sends land consolidation bill to parliament for 2nd readingThe Croatian government on Thursday sent a bill on farmland consolidation to parliament for a second reading and changed a programme for the energy upgrading of family houses. 27.03.2015. | News

Govt asks Court to reject requests on referenda on outsourcing, motorway leaseThe government has sent its opinion to the Constitutional Court with regard to a request to call a state referendum concerning the adoption of a law on the outsourcing of non-core public-sector services, a press release from the closed session of the government on Thursday says. 27.03.2015. | News | Press releases

Lalovac: Government agencies must live like ordinary peopleState agencies must adapt and live like ordinary Croatians, Finance Minister Boris Lalovac said after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, commenting on measures to rationalise the costs of 187 state agencies. 27.03.2015. | News | Finance

Grcic: It's important to secure funds for the future of Immunology InstituteDeputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said on Thursday that in the process of privatisation of the Institute of Immunology it was important to ensure funds for its future, while Health Minister Sinisa Varga said that if that failed, the Economy Ministry needed to find a different model for the survival of this strategic company. 27.03.2015. | News

Miljenic says threats to lawyers to be prosecuted ex officioJustice Minister Orsat Miljenic said on Wednesday that threats or acts of coercion directed at lawyers would be treated as acts that were prosecuted ex officio and that during his term in office, nothing resembling verbal offence, including an indictable act of denying the character of the 1991-95 Homeland War, would be introduced in the Penal Code. 25.03.2015. | News

PM extends condolences over Germanwings plane crash 25.03.2015. | News | Press releases

Minister Grcic urges cooperation in efforts to absorb available EU fundsAs much as 96 billion kuna is put at the disposal to Croatia within the European Union funds from 2014 to 2020, and in order to enhance the absorption of those funds, cooperation between the government, entrepreneurs, citizens, local self-government and civil society associations is necessary. 25.03.2015. | News