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Croatia and Israel ink agricultural cooperation agreement Croatia's Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolusic and his visiting Israeli counterpart, Uri Ariel, on Monday signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation in agriculture, and talked about a number of possibilities for cooperation in irrigation and export of Croatian agricultural produce, the Croatian Agriculture Ministry said in a press release Monday.  13.11.2017. | News

Council for Demographic Revitalisation: Child allowance for nearly 100 thousand householdsNext year, shortly below 1 billion kuna will be secured for the implementation of demographic revival measures, it was said in Government House on Monday following a meeting of the Council for Demographic Revitalisation. 13.11.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic says government responsible, Opposition flippantPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told the national broadcaster HRT on Saturday that the government was responsibly doing its job and that the Opposition was irresponsible, flippant and populistic. 11.11.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic says government protects general interest, economy, jobsAfter a marathon session on a no-confidence vote in the government, a motion tabled by the strongest Opposition party -- the Social Democratic Party (SDP) over the government's handling of the crisis in the debt-laden food conglomerate Agrokor, which the Croatian 151-seat legislature rejected early on Saturday morning, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said his government protected the general interest, Croatia's economy, stability of the financial system and jobs. 11.11.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: We have done what responsible gov't should doPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that he refused all arguments the Opposition provided for its motion for a no confidence vote in his cabinet, and that in connection with the Agrokor issue, the current government did all that "a responsible and serious government should do". 10.11.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic says government continues with reform processPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has said that the latest European Commission's decision to revise upward its forecast of Croatian GDP growth for 2017 from 2.9 percent to 3.2 percent is a good projection of trends, stressing that the government is continuing with activities in the reform process. 09.11.2017. | News

Croatian PM Plenkovic, ECHR president call for fewer cases from Croatia

The Croatian government and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) want the number of cases from Croatia to be as low as possible, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and ECHR president Guido Raimondi said in Zagreb on Thursday.

 

 

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Gov't adopts draft collective agreement for civil servantsThe Croatian government on Thursday adopted a draft collective agreement for civil servants, under which the base pay was set at HRK 5,421.54. 09.11.2017. | News

Plenkovic rejects opposition criticisms over handling of Agrokor crisisPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday that the government was conducting a responsible policy towards the heavily indebted Agrokor food and retail conglomerate, adding that opposition leaders were not up to the required level of political responsibility in present circumstances. 08.11.2017. | News

Prime Minister informed MPs in Croatian parliament about European Council meetings in Tallinn and BrusselsWith its aspiration to join the Schengen Area as soon as possible, to join the euro area and to actively participate in European cooperation initiatives, Croatia must use the current circumstances in the European Union to show where it wants to belong, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in parliament on Wednesday. 08.11.2017. | News