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Calls for applications for housing loan subsidies to be published by 31 DecemberThe government has sent a bill on housing loan subsidies to the parliament for fast-track consideration, moving the deadline by which the APN real estate agency invites applications for subsidies to 31 December for each calendar year. 09.12.2020. | News

Coric: 80.000 people more will use new measuresA crisis is no time for talks on cutting VAT, Economy Minister Tomislav Coric said on Croatian Radio on Wednesday. 02.12.2020. | News

Croatia logs 3,539 new COVID cases and 55 deathsCroatia registered 3,539 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 55 people have died as a consequence of COVID, the national COVID response team said on Wednesday. 02.12.2020. | News

Maric: tax changes should boost employment and wagesLegislative amendments that are part of the fifth round of tax reform should lead to higher employment and wages, Finance Minister Zdravko Maric said in parliament on Wednesday where the bill, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2021, received a second reading. 02.12.2020. | News

Govt proposes penalties for violations of epidemiological restrictionsThe government on Monday forwarded to the parliament amendments to the law on protecting the population against infectious diseases to be discussed under fast-track procedure, proposing new measures to prevent and contain infectious diseases as well as fines for non-compliance. 30.11.2020. | News

HRK 2.1bn aid package for private sectorThe new aid package for businesses that have been ordered to shut down as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic will amount to HRK 2.1 billion and will include support for wages, for covering fixed costs and for "COVID loans", Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced on Monday. 30.11.2020. | News

Set of bills from fifth tax reform round sent to parliament for second readingThe government has sent to parliament for second reading bills from the fifth round of tax reform, proposing also changes to the law on financing local government units to regulate an increase in those units' share in income tax revenue and that the Fiscal Equalisation Fund be taken over by the state. 26.11.2020. | News

Croatia confirms 4,009 new coronavirus cases, 51 deathsCroatia has registered a record 4,009 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and 51 people have died, the national coronavirus response team reported on Thursday morning. 26.11.2020. | News

New package of COVID-19 measures, additional testing and preparations for vaccine distributionPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that the new measures aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak, which the government will present in the afternoon, would be in force from Saturday November 28 until Monday December 21. 26.11.2020. | News

New measures here to suppress the pandemic spread, personal responsibility remains the keyPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Thursday presented new epidemic prevention measures that go into force on Saturday, November 28 and last until Monday, December 21, including locking down cafes and restaurants, and a ban on wedding parties, fairs and most sports events. 26.11.2020. | News