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European Commission forecasts Croatia's GDP to grow 0.2%The European Commission on Thursday reduced Croatia's economic downturn for 2014 to an estimated -0.5% from -0.7% forecast last autumn, while retaining its autumn forecast that the country will come out of the recession this year with a 0.2% growth, with growth set to reach 1% in 2016 and not 1.2% as forecast in the autumn. 05.02.2015. | News | Economy

Good signs for economic growth, PM saysPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday the data on the year-on-year growth of retail trade and industrial production was a good sign that the economy too would record positive growth rates. 05.02.2015. | News

Croatia's retail sales in December 2014 up for 5th straight monthRetail sales in Croatia went up by 2.6% in real terms and 1.1% in nominal terms in December 2014, compared with December 2013, according to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS) released on Wednesday. 04.02.2015. | News | Economy

FM: Although genocide wasn't proved, war crimes were committedAlthough Croatia has failed to prove that genocide was committed, that does not mean that war crimes did not occur, and they were committed by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and paramilitaries from Serbia 04.02.2015. | News | Press releases | Justice

Milanovic says Croatia not satisfied with, but accepts ICJ rulingCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction with the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling rejecting Croatia's genocide lawsuit against Serbia, but voiced satisfaction that the Serbian counter-suit was dismissed as well, underlining that the Croatian government would accept the ruling. 03.02.2015. | News | Press releases | Justice

Gov't proposes fixed CHF-HRK exchange rate for small business owners and farmers tooThe Government has put forward an amendment to the Credit Institutions Act proposing the fixed exchange rate for Swiss franc (CHF) should also apply to small business owners, free-lancers and farmers. 03.02.2015. | News | Agriculture

Croatia presented with EC Partnership AgreementEuropean Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu on Friday presented Croatia's Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Branko Grcic, with the Partnership Agreement between Croatia and the European Commission on the absorption of EU structural and investment funds to boost growth and employment in the period 2014 - 2020 and with the "Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion" for the same period. 02.02.2015. | News

Commissioner tells Croatia there's no time to relax on EU-funded projectsEuropean Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu on Friday called on Croatia not to slacken its pace in preparing projects eligible for European Union funding after the country had made huge efforts to prepare and conclude a Partnership Agreement with the European Commission and adopt the "Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014 - 2020". 02.02.2015. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic in Komarna 30.01.2015. | Announcements

Prime Minister Milanovic and Commissioner Corina Cretu visited the site of the future Peljesac bridgeEuropean Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu with Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and deputy PM Grcic visited the construction site of the new airport in Dubrovnik, and the location of future Peljesac bridge. 30.01.2015. | News