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Gov't pushes bill regulating regular and sale pricesThe government on Thursday adopted a consumer protection bill which regulates special forms of sales, namely the sale of products and services at discount prices.
  27.02.2014. | News

Croatia, New Zealand to ink working holiday scheme agreementUp to 100 young people from Croatia annually will be able to study or work for a year in New Zealand, and as many young people from New Zealand will be able to do so in Croatia, according to an agreement on a working holiday scheme the Croatian government adopted on Thursday at the suggestion of the government of New Zealand.

27.02.2014. | News

Gov't to nominate Cvitan as new Chief State ProsecutorPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic announced at the start of Thursday's meeting of his cabinet that the incumbent head of the Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK), Dinko Cvitan, would be nominated as the new Chief State Prosecutor to replace Mladen Bajic at this post.

27.02.2014. | News

Croatian PM to visit Australia, New Zealand in March 26.02.2014. | News | Press releases

Croatian PM speaks at EBRD investment forum in LondonCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and the prime ministers of six other Western Balkan countries - Vjekoslav Bevanda (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Edi Rama (Albania), Hashim Thaci (Kosovo), Nikola Gruevski (Macedonia), Milo Djukanovic (Montenegro) and Ivica Dacic (Serbia) - met at an investment forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London on Monday and presented the advantages of their countries and the region as a whole for investment, focusing on the transport sector and energy.

24.02.2014. | News

Govt. changes rules on cars for officials after public uproarThe Croatian government on Thursday amended the regulation on terms and conditions for the use of executive cars for official purposes under which cabinet ministers are entitled to use middle-class executive cars while deputy prime ministers are eligible to use upper middle-class ones.

20.02.2014. | News

Gov't to cut state officials' pays, not pensionsCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday the government would reduce state officials' pay, including those of his cabinet ministers, through a budget revision, adding however that pensions would not be cut.
  20.02.2014. | News

PM apologises for wrong figures about purchase of government vehiclesPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic held a news conference on Tuesday to apologise for giving wrong figures about the purchase of vehicles for the government departments, the figures that were considerably higher than the actual prices.

18.02.2014. | News

PM says considering cutting wages to state officialsPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday the government was seriously considering reducing salaries of state officials by between 5 and 10%, as part of a budget revision and the Excessive Deficit Procedure.

18.02.2014. | News