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PM says visit to Australia, New Zealand was politically complicatedPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Wednesday he had the duty to go to Australia and New Zealand, although the two-week official visit was "politically complicated" because of the unacceptable iconography used by some of the local Croatian associations.

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PM says budget revision cuts maximum possiblePrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Wednesday the cuts the government was proposing in this year's budget revision were the maximum possible in relation to the European Commission's demands and recommendations as part of the Excessive Deficit Procedure, adding that bigger cuts would prevent the possibility of growth and badly impact the social situation in Croatia.

19.03.2014. | News

Government: Number of members of election commissions won't be reducedThe government on Wednesday adopted an amendment to the law regulating the election of Croatian members of the European Parliament and recommendations by the parliamentary opposition and some of the ruling parties not to reduce the number of members of election commissions.
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Government wants better transparency of public fundingThe government sent to parliament from its session on Wednesday amendments to the law on a transparent flow of public funds, obliging all public entrepreneurs to keep separate accounts, whether they received public funding or not.

19.03.2014. | News

Minister says hospital masterplan to improve service qualityImproving the availability and quality of health-care services is the key message of the 2014-2016 master-plan for hospitals in Croatia, said Health Minister Rajko Ostojic during the presentation of the plan at a news conference in Zagreb on Tuesday after his ministry unveiled the document on its website earlier in the day.

18.03.2014. | News

Croatian PM calls for respect for prosecutorial decisionsPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that decisions of the Croatian prosecutorial authorities should be respected and that he can't see why Finance Minister Slavko Linic may find himself in an embarrassing situation after an indictment was issued against his friend, entrepreneur Jozo Kalem, accused of economic wrongdoing.

16.03.2014. | News

Milanovic promises good conditions for investorsThe visiting Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Sunday said in his address to New Zealand inhabitants of Croatian descent in Wellington that he did not arrive there to raise their money or muster their votes but that the purpose of his visit was to create conditions for investors.

16.03.2014. | News

PM Milanovic visits AucklandCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic visited a Croatian cultural society in Auckland, New Zealand, and together with New Zealand's Social Development Minister Paula Bennett attended a Croatian folklore song and dance programme, the Croatian government said on Saturday.

15.03.2014. | News

New Zealand, Croatian PMs meet in AucklandCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic began his visit to New Zealand in Auckland on Friday by meeting with PM John Key, on which occasion the two countries signed a Working Holiday Scheme for young people.

14.03.2014. | News

Key: Croatian PM's visit to New Zealand chance to develop business linksCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic's visit to New Zealand will be an opportunity to develop trade and business links by building on the long-standing relationship between the two countries which is based around the strong Croatian community here, New Zealand PM John Key said on Wednesday.

13.03.2014. | News