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We didn't join EU to take as much money as possible, EU values importantPrime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that Croatia had been an EU member for eight years, that it had experience and was respected, and that getting as much money as possible was not the reason it joined the EU but that the values and principles on which the EU was founded were more important. 30.09.2021. | News

Plenković: Fast road to Bjelovar and Virovitica priority for this governmentThe remaining 12 kilometres of the fast road from Farkaševac to Bjelovar will be completed during the term of this government and certainly before the next local election, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday. 29.09.2021. | News

Gov't to provide €48m in interest-free loans for quake-devastated areasThe government has ensured HRK 360 million in interest-free loans for the repair of the damage caused by last year's earthquakes, Deputy Prime Minister Tomo Medved told a press conference after an inner cabinet meeting on Wednesday. 29.09.2021. | News

COVID certificates mandatory for health, social care employees as of 4 OctCOVID certificates or a negative test will be mandatory for all employees in health and social care as of 4 October, the social policy minister's advisor, Zvjezdana Bogdanović, said on Tuesday. 28.09.2021. | News

Plenković welcomes U.S. decision to include Croatia in Visa Waiver ProgramPrime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to include Croatia in the Visa Waiver Program, saying this would additionally strengthen the ties between the two countries. 28.09.2021. | News

Money from EC will boost growth and developmentThe money that the European Commission on Tuesday disbursed to Croatia is the biggest amount ever paid into the Croatian budget by a foreign institution and it will help us head in the direction of growth and development, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told a press conference after a meeting of the parliamentary majority. 28.09.2021. | News

Croatia donating another 200,000 vaccinesCroatia will donate an additional 200,000 vaccine doses to poor countries via the COVAX mechanism, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Saturday in a video message during the Global Citizen Live concerts taking place today in a number of cities across the world. 26.09.2021. | News

Only those students in close contact will need to self-isolateSchool children aged from 10 to 19 account for most of the COVID cases since mid-September, and only those students who were in direct contact with someone who was infected with COVID will have to self-isolate, the head of the Croatian Institute for Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, said on Friday. 24.09.2021. | News

The temporary injunction decision is worrying, freedom of the press is paramountPrime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that he will not accept the theory of media freedom being stifled in Croatia. 23.09.2021. | News

New referendum billThe government on Thursday sent a referendum bill to parliament with the aim to improve the vague referendum legislation, notably concerning referendum petitions by people's initiatives. 23.09.2021. | News