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Plenkovic for agreeing on 2021-27 MFF as soon as possibleCroatia will do its best during its presidency of the Council of the EU, together with the next European Council President Charles Michel, so that an agreement on the 2021-27 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is reached as soon as possible, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Prague on Tuesday. 05.11.2019. | News

Croatian and Czech PMs meet to discuss European and bilateral issuesCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković met with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis in Prague on Monday evening, discussing ongoing negotiations on the multiannual EU budget, strengthening economic cooperation and trade between the two countries, enlargement of the Schengen area, migration, and the priorities of the forthcoming Croatian presidency of the EU. 04.11.2019. | News

PM, Zagreb mayor satisfied with meetingPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic said on Monday they were pleased with a meeting at which they had talked about the capital's zoning plan, but did not say if city councillors from Plenkovic's HDZ party would back the plan and MPs from Bandic's party the state budget. 04.11.2019. | News

FM: Support to neighbouring countries' European future guarantee of Croatia's security

Southeast Europe is one of the priorities of Croatia's presidency of the EU in the first half of 2020 because Southeast European countries deserve a European future and Croatia must lend a hand, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said on Monday, noting that support to Southeast Europe also guaranteed Croatia's security.

 

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Zagreb University marks 350th anniversaryThe central event marking the 350th anniversary of Zagreb University was held in Zagreb on Sunday evening, with speakers at the ceremony, including representatives of the state authorities and the academic community, being unanimous in their description of Zagreb University as a central, autonomous national institution and a guardian of the Croatian national identity. 03.11.2019. | News

Priorities of Croatia's EU presidency: Europe that develops, connects, protects and is globally influentialA Europe that develops, connects and protects and is influential on the global scene are the four pivotal areas of Croatia's presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2020, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at a news conference in Zagreb on Wednesday, outlining elements of those priorities. 30.10.2019. | News

European Union-Arab World Summit in Athens: Migration affects cooperationEurope and the Arab world need better coordination of efforts aimed at tackling migration, an issue that dominates the relations between the two blocs, it was said at the 4th European Union-Arab World Summit  in Athens on Tuesday. 29.10.2019. | News

Aladrović: Rise in the base wage was on the agenda of today's meetingLabour and Pension System Minister Josip Aladrovic said on Monday that the act of three trade unions walking out of a meeting at which the government and unions were negotiating possibilities for a base pay rise was "a performance" whereby those three unions from the educational sector had "privatised" the negotiations for their specific interests. 28.10.2019. | News

PM: Croatia moves up on Doing Business ranking, further steps neededPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that Croatia had achieved progress in the latest World Bank (WB) 'Doing Business' study, adding, however, that it is necessary to take further steps to improve various aspects of doing business so that based on varied criteria the country could climb even higher up the ladder. 28.10.2019. | News

Grlic Radman: Brexit won't affect priorities of Croatia's EU presidencyCroatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said on Monday that the extension of the time frame for the departure of Great Britain from the European Union would not affect the priorities which Croatia had set for its rotating presidency of the EU in the first half of 2020. 28.10.2019. | News