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Prime Minister Milanovic: Salaries for several office-holders were raised on my initiativePrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday that last week's increase of salary scales for heads of several government agencies, which has provoked a public outcry, was done at his initiative because public-sector executives who cannot receive bonuses should be properly rewarded for their work.

10.01.2013. | News

Infrastructure minister announces plan for optical networking of 75% of CroatiaTransport and Infrastructure Minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic said on Thursday that Croatian public companies had the potential to cover 75% of Croatia with the primary optical network and announced steps to this effect until the end of this year.

09.01.2013. | News

'Clean Start' shows former govt. left behind disastrous state of affairsThe "Clean Start" project, an analysis of the situation in 22 government bodies and state companies on 1 January 2012, indicates a catastrophic state of affairs with huge dubiosities and no signs of reform or restructuring, was said on Monday at a presentation of the project.

07.01.2013. | News

Finance Minister: Government to help salvage 1472 companies in pre-bankruptcy settlementsBy 2 January the Ministry of Finance received a total of 1,472 pre-bankruptcy settlement applications from ailing companies that owe more than HRK 20 billion and employ nearly 16,000 workers, Finance Minister Slavko Linic said on Thursday at the first cabinet meeting in 2013.

04.01.2013. | News

Government adopts decisions at closed sessionAt the closed section of the cabinet meeting on Thursday, the government authorised Croatia's representative before the European Court of Human Rights to propose unilateral recognition of the violation of the right to a fair trial.

03.01.2013. | News | Press releases

Croatian government sets up three working groups for investmentThe Croatian government, at its session on Thursday, established working groups for public investment, EU funds, and the business climate and private investment in a bid to attract and increase public and private investments.

03.01.2013. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic issues Christmas and New Year messagePrime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Sunday extended his best wishes to citizens of Croatia for Christmas and the New Year, thanking them for patiently carrying the burden of the crisis.

23.12.2012. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic: Croatia has a chance to move forwardPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he was pleased with what his government had done in its first year in office, but that he was not pleased with the results. He, however, noted that based on the steps taken so far Croatia "has a chance to move forward."

23.12.2012. | News

Government to align 107 laws with acquis in 2013The government on Thursday formulated a plan of alignment with the European Union's acquis for 2013 under which 107 laws, 191 bylaws and 63 implementation measures are to be aligned with European regulations.

20.12.2012. | News

Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: Huge progress made in use of EU fundsThe Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Branko Grcic, said in Zagreb on Wednesday that this year Croatia had made huge progress in the use of European Union funds, but noted that the next year, when Croatia joins the EU, would be full of challenges in that regard.

19.12.2012. | News