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Government to sign Brodosplit privatisation contract on 28 FebThe government on Thursday adopted a decision on how to manage shares in the Brodosplit shipyard, thus completing the process of privatisation of that Split-based company, and a privatisation contract should be signed with the Samobor-based DIV company on 28 February in Zagreb.

21.02.2013. | News

Prime Minister says public-sector wages to be cut 3 pctPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday that gross salaries in the public sector would be cut three per cent to save HRK 1 billion in the budget, with the exclusion of primary and secondary school teachers whose salaries would go up a little.

19.02.2013. | News

Finance Minister says legislative amendments to protect citizens from banksLegislative amendments to limit current account overdrafts, the possibility to impact housing loan interest rate trends, and preventing the seizure of an entire salary are part of a programme whereby the government wants to help citizens come out of their dire debt situation, Finance Minister Slavko Linic said on Tuesday.

19.02.2013. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic holds press conference on date for EP elections in CroatiaPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic held a press conference on Friday reiterating his call to political parties to make their proposals for a date for European Parliament elections in Croatia.

15.02.2013. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic satisfied with EU budgetEuropean leaders came to an agreement on Friday following an all-night marathon meeting to negotiate a multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for the 2014-2020 period from which Croatia is to withdraw EUR 11.7 billion.

08.02.2013. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic optimistic about LB transferred savingsCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic in Brussels on Thursday declined to speak of the content of talks on the issue of the transferred Ljubljanska Banka savings, saying however that he was optimistic that an agreement on this issue would be reached.

07.02.2013. | News

The foreign ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Pusic and Erjavec, say they have found solution to LB issueThe foreign ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Vesna Pusic and Karl Erjavec, announced on Wednesday evening that they had found a solution to the Ljubljanska Banka (LB) issue, but noted they could not present it to the public until it was approved by the governments in Zagreb and Ljubljana.
  06.02.2013. | News

Government adopts draft tourism development strategyThe government adopted at Wednesday's session a draft strategy on tourism development until 2020 which envisages investments of EUR 7 billion and a EUR 6 billion increase in spending to EUR 14.3 billion in 2020.

06.02.2013. | News

Government adopts third report on meeting remaining EU membership requirementsAt the closed part of its session on Wednesday, the Croatian government adopted a third report on the implementation of the revised action plan to meet the remaining requirements from accession negotiations with the European Union.

06.02.2013. | News

Government sends several bills and amendments to parliamentThe government on Wednesday sent to parliament a bill on the right to information, proposing the establishment of an independent body - a commissioner for information who would be in charge of the "right to information" area.

06.02.2013. | News