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Bozinovic: Those who don't think that Croatia is ready for Schengen show ignoranceInterior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Saturday that Croatia's admission to the Schengen Area should be one of the priorities for Slovenia and  the European Union, and that those who did not think that Croatia was prepared for the Schengen passport-free area "make not only highly politicised comments but also show their ignorance." 26.10.2019. | News

PM for raising citizens' trust in unbiased, independent judiciaryPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday it was necessary to raise citizens' trust in the judiciary which, despite positive steps and a reduction in the number of unsolved cases, still was not at a level everyone would assess as satisfactory. 25.10.2019. | News

EU's external border should be protected at farthest location, says PlenkovicPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday the EU's external border should be protected at the farthest location, and pushed for reaching an agreement with Turkey on illegal migration. 25.10.2019. | News

EU will face migrations better with Croatia as member of Schengen AreaEuropean Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a news conference at the government offices in Zagreb on Wednesday that with Croatia as a member of the Schengen Area, the EU could face migration and security challenges better. 23.10.2019. | News

Schengen decision another big European success for Croatia, says PMPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday the European Commission's decision that Croatia met the conditions to join the Schengen Area was another big European success for Croatia, but did not say when he expected Croatia to join. 22.10.2019. | News

Plenkovic, Altmaier for intensifying Croatia-Germany economic cooperationCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday the political relations between the two countries were excellent and their economic cooperation was increasingly good. 21.10.2019. | News

PM Plenković's interview for France 24 TV channelCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told the France 24 TV channel that his goal at the time of negotiations on the distribution of key posts in European institutions had been for the European People's Party (EPP), whose negotiator he was, to get the post of European Commission President, which was eventually achieved. 19.10.2019. | News

Plenkovic: Croatia regrets lack of consensus on N. Macedonia, AlbaniaCroatia regrets that EU leaders failed to agree on opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, which deserve it, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday. 18.10.2019. | News

A year of raising living standard and accelerating developmentPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday presented an annual report to parliament on the work of his cabinet and commended the results achieved, underscoring, however, that there is "still a lot of work ahead of us." 16.10.2019. | News

PM says no blackmail over school strike, hints at solutionPrime Minister and HDZ president Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that there would be talks with school unions about their ongoing strike, that "there's no blackmail but there is a solution", and that the government had some ideas for school employees that it thought could be good. 15.10.2019. | News