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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

Plenkovic says will never put up barbed wire towards BosniaCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday his government would never put up barbed wire on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina to stop illegal migrants because there were natural obstacles and that would be a bad political message to the neighbouring country. 08.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic says talks with Macron extremely usefulCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier in the day was extremely useful and held in good time, just at the beginning of the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union. 07.01.2020. | News

Extensive programme for Croatia's EU presidency preparedThe Croatian government has prepared a very detailed and extensive programme of its presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2020, which will be formally adopted at its session on Friday. 27.12.2019. | News

Croatia dynamically starting EU presidency in Jan, says PMPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that in January Croatia would dynamically embark on the presidency of the European Union, including meetings with leading European officials and the European Commission. 27.12.2019. | News

Agreement signed on EU grant for Hrvatski Leskovac-Karlovac rail sectionAn agreement on a grant for the reconstruction of the existing and the construction of a second track on a 44 km Hrvatski Leskovac-Karlovac rail section was signed in Karlovac on Friday, a project worth HRK 3.45 billion, of which 2.7 billion is a European grant. 27.12.2019. | News

PM: May Christmas encourage us to build prosperous CroatiaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday extended Christmas greetings to all believers in Croatia and Croatians abroad, wishing for the spirit of Christmas to be an encouragement to continue building a prosperous Croatia while seeing to everyone's dignity, his office said in a press release. 25.12.2019. | News

Minister: Djuro Djakovic workers will get November pay by year's endWorkers at the Djuro Djakovic metal engineering company in Slavonski Brod will be paid their November wage before the end of the year and the government is prepared to issue a state guarantee to the company for a HRK 150 million loan, Economy Minister Drako Horvat said on Monday. 23.12.2019. | News

PM Plenkovic extends best wishes to Jewish community for HanukkahPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday extended his best wishes to all Jewish believers for the holiday of Hanukkah. 22.12.2019. | News

Minister says funds secured for payment of November wage to Djuro Djakovic workersEconomy Minister Darko Horvat said on Saturday that funds had been secured for the payment of November wages to workers of the ailing Djuro Djakovic mechanical engineering group and that its workers had no reason to plan a protest. 21.12.2019. | News