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Plenkovic says EU, UK should show maturity in negotiationsCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has said that in the next few months the EU and the UK should show maturity and negotiate by the end of this year the key areas of their future relations. 12.01.2020. | News

PM extends condolences to victims' familiesSix people were killed in a fire that broke out in a nursing home in Andrasevac, in Krapina-Zagorje County, on Saturday morning, and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Minister of the Interior Davor Bozinovic visited the site, with Plenkovic expressing condolences to the victims' families and confirming that an investigation was under way. 11.01.2020. | News

Together we want to build stronger, more developed and secure Europe for our citizens and member statesThe priorities of the Croatian EU presidency are also the priorities of the European Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the start of a meeting between the Croatian government and the European Commission in Zagreb on Friday. 10.01.2020. | News

Gov't sends amendments to law on regulated professions to parliamentThe Croatian government sent amendments to the law on regulated professions and recognition of foreign professional qualifications to parliament on Thursday, transposing the EU directive on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions. 09.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic, Hahn talk EU budgetCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with European Budget and Administration Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Thursday, the government said in a press release. 09.01.2020. | News

European, Croatian officials attend concert marking beginning of Croatia's EU presidencyThe most senior EU and Croatian officials gathered at the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in Zagreb on Thursday evening for a concert that officially marked the start of Croatia's presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2020. 09.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic extends condolences on Ukrainian plane's crash in IranCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has extended his condolences to the leaders of Ukraine, Iran, Canada and Sweden on the crash of a Ukrainian plane in Iran which killed 176 people, the government said on Wednesday. 09.01.2020. | News

Bozinovic signs visa liberalisation agreement with Belarus on EU's behalfCroatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic signed on Wednesday, on behalf of the European Union, an agreement on visa liberalisation and readmission with Belarus, which was the first agreement Croatia signed on the EU's behalf as its president. 08.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic and EC Commissioner for Agriculture underscore importance of family farmsPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday met in Government House with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski for talks on the European Union's agriculture policy and they underscored the importance of family farms, the government said. 08.01.2020. | News

Brain drain is existential issue, Croatian PM tells Le MondeThe mass brain drain from eastern to western EU member states is an existential issue, half the EU is faced with population losses and this problem should be dealt with at European level, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says in Wednesday's issue of the French daily Le Monde. 08.01.2020. | News