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PM: Motorways to be offered to pension funds, citizens for managementPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that the government has given up its plan to monetise the debt of two state-owned motorway operators by leasing out motorways, saying that motorways will be given to pension funds and interested members of the public for management. 14.03.2015. | News | Economy

PM says gov't didn't promise to EC that it would introduce real estate taxPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in an interview with Croatian Television on Friday that his government had not promised to the European Commission that a real estate tax would be introduced this year. 13.03.2015. | News | Society and citizens

PM Zoran Milanovic against kuna devaluationInternal devaluation is not a good solution, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Friday in the northern town of Koprivnica, where he attended the 14th meeting of exporters. 13.03.2015. | News

Grcic and Maras: Reform measures will be decided in CroatiaDeputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said on Friday that regardless of the European Commission's control mechanisms as part of the Excessive Deficit Procedure and the European Semester, measures for the implementation of necessary reforms would be decided by the Croatian government. 13.03.2015. | News

President and PM pleased with National Security Council meetingPresident Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Thursday expressed their satisfaction with the National Security Council (VNS) meeting, its first this year, at which guidelines were adopted for the activities of the security and intelligence agencies in 2015 and the government was instructed to draft a 2015-2024 National Security Strategy. 13.03.2015. | News | Defence and Military

Government endorses personal bankruptcy billThe government on Thursday endorsed a consumer bankruptcy bill in an attempt to give over-indebted citizens a chance for a fresh start, but Justice Minister Orsat Miljenic said this was "not a magic wand" but a difficult procedure both for debtors and creditors. 13.03.2015. | News | Social Policy

Gov't says household gas to be 7-10% cheaper as of April 1The price of natural gas for households could go down by 0.15 - 0.25 kuna per cubic metre in early April, or an average of 7-10%, shows a projection presented by Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak at a government session on Thursday. 13.03.2015. | News | Economy

Croatia submits declaration of readiness for Schengen evaluationInterior Minister Ranko Ostojic in Brussels on Thursday delivered to the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Croatia's declaration of its readiness to start the Schengen evaluation process. 12.03.2015. | News from media | Criminal Offenses and Law

Consumption up 3.5% in January, highest growth since 2007Real retail in Croatia was 3.5% higher in January 2015 compared with January 2014, which is the sixth consecutive month of consumption growth and the highest jump since October 2007, the State Bureau of Statistics (DZS) reported on Thursday. 12.03.2015. | News from media | Economy

Ministry of Finance will continue to look for cheaper borrowing Finance Minister Boris Lalovac on Thursday said that the latest favourable borrowing arrangement would save the country around HRK 350 million in interest and announced that he would continue to look for borrowing under more favourable conditions to reduce interest rates on existing loans. 05.03.2015. | News | Finance