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Plenkovic: Focus of Croatian EU presidency to be on SE EuropePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday it was good that the focus of the Croatian EU presidency was on the countries of Southeast Europe because the process of integration of these countries into the European Union was not a priority for the Union. 21.01.2020. | News

PM Plenkovic met with representatives of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European CommunityEuropean bishops met with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb on Monday, underscoring the importance of the European Union in promoting and protecting the right to religious freedom, the government said in a press release. 20.01.2020. | News

Strong Europe in a world of challenges - vision of our presidency and the way Croatian citizens experience EU membershipPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday that Croatia would pay special attention at the Zagreb summit scheduled for early May, to unblocking the start of accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania. 20.01.2020. | News

Croatian PM on two-day visit to Germany 16.01.2020. | Announcements

Inspections of nursing homes to be stricterPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday an analysis of the state of affairs in privately-run nursing homes would be conducted and the legislative framework would be amended to enable better and stricter control of those facilities so as to prevent tragedies such as the one in the Adrasevac home where six died in a fire. 15.01.2020. | News

Croatia's EU presidency huge achievement for country and its people, says PMPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday, on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of Croatia's international recognition, that the political legacy of the first president, Franjo Tudjman, was that in less than 30 years Croatia had politically established itself internationally and was now chairing the Council of the EU. 15.01.2020. | News

PM presents priorities of Croatia's EU presidency to European ParliamentThe EU is faced with numerous challenges and it must find a way to respond to its citizens' concerns, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic warned on Tuesday while presenting the priorities of Croatia's EU presidency in the European Parliament. 14.01.2020. | News

Croatian PM to visit Council of Europe 13.01.2020. | Announcements

There must be no anarchy in Croatian society, no one can take justice in their hands and do something outside the lawPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday strongly condemned the support of a part of the public for a triple murder in Split, saying anarchy was not the direction Croatian society wanted to take, and branded a tweet by HSS president Kreso Beljak as "anything but normal" behaviour. 13.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic, Pejcinovic Buric announce stronger cooperation between EU, Council of EuropeCouncil of Europe Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday announced that they would work on strengthening cooperation between the two organisations during Croatia's EU presidency, while Pejcinovic Buric called on Croatia to adopt the CoE's recommendations on migrants. 13.01.2020. | News