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PM believes his government, EU policies will reverse negative demographic trendsCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday met with members of the Croat community in Munich, expressing confidence that a combination of European and Croatian government policies would change current demographic trends and curb emigration from Croatia. 16.02.2020. | News

Plenkovic defends rule of law as foundation of "a Europe that protects"Europe should reach a new consensus on how to protect its citizens and that consensus should be based on the rule of law, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Sunday. 16.02.2020. | News

HRK 3 bn contract on Krizevci-Koprivnica-Hungarian border railway upgrade to be signed soonTransport Minister Oleg Butkovic said on Saturday that a HRK 3 billion (approx. €405.4 million) contract on the upgrading of the Krizevci-Koprivnica-Hungarian border railway would soon be signed with a Turkish company. 16.02.2020. | News

Plenkovic: Reviving European prospect for S-E Europe will be Croatian presidency's big legacyRaising the topic of enlargement to Southeast European countries to the highest level in the EU and changing the atmosphere about it will a big, positive political legacy of the Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Brussels on Sunday. 16.02.2020. | News

Croatia, US to agree on visa waiver programme, double taxation avoidance by year's endThe United States is expected to cancel visa requirements for Croatia by the end of the year, and the two countries are also expected to sign an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation, Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said in Munich on Friday. 14.02.2020. | News

Finmin: European Commission's projections similar to government'sFinance Minister Zdravko Maric said on Thursday that the European Commission's latest forecast for the Croatian economy was very similar to the government's. 13.02.2020. | News

EU has to coordinate activities in combating novel coronavirusEU member states have to act in coordination in order to effectively oppose the novel coronavirus from spreading, it was heard on Thursday ahead of an extraordinary meeting of EU health ministers, convened by Croatia's EU presidency. 13.02.2020. | News

Gov't adopted the annual plan for the management of state property for 2020.The government on Thursday adopted a draft plan for managing state assets for 2020 which, among else, includes reducing the state-owned property portfolio, managed by the Ministry of State Assets and the Centre for Restructuring and Sales (CERP). 13.02.2020. | News

PM: Companies owned by Croats from Bosnia strongly contribute to Croatia's GDPCompanies in Croatia managed by Croats born in Bosnia and Herzegovina employ more than 11,000 people and strongly contribute to GDP, and the Prsten association is working excellently in strengthening ties between the two countries, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday opening the Prsten Business Forum Zagreb 2020. 12.02.2020. | News

PM meets former inmates of Serb-run concentration camps, pledges legal supportPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with representatives of former prisoners of Serb-run concentration camps on Tuesday and agreed to establish a special commission that would provide legal and professional aid to former camp inmates. 11.02.2020. | News