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PM opens furniture fair Ambienta: Croatia's wood-processing industry has great prospectsCroatia's wood-processing industry has great prospects but emphasis should be put on wood processing and added value while exports of unprocessed material should be reduced, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said while opening the 44th Ambienta furniture, interior decoration and supporting industry fair in Zagreb on Tuesday. 11.10.2017. | News

PM says necessary to draw up firefighting plan for 2018 by year's endThis year's firefighting season in Croatia was one of the worst yet, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday, adding that it was critical to draw up a firefighting plan for 2018 by the end of this year. 09.10.2017. | News

Gov't expects those responsible for Agrokor irregularities to be identifiedThe government said on Monday it expected the emergency administrator at the ailing Agrokor conglomerate to take all the necessary steps under the law to establish responsibility, after audited financial statements for the Agrokor Group and the Agrokor joint stock company indicated accounting irregularities. 09.10.2017. | News

PM: Now it's up to judiciary to investigate nature of irregularities at AgrokorPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, speaking on Monday after the publication of audited financial statements for the Agrokor Group and the Agrokor joint stock company, said that now it was up to judicial authorities to investigate the nature of the irregularities identified by the audit. 09.10.2017. | News

PM says gov't didn't nationalise AgrokorPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday dismissed Sberbank's claims that the Croatian government had nationalised Agrokor and should therefore repay its debt to the Russian bank, saying that in the case of the indebted food and retail group, a law was in force that enabled an emergency administration for a limited period of time. 08.10.2017. | News

Croatia observing Independence DayPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday led the state leadership in honouring those killed for the country by laying wreaths at Zagreb's Mirogoj cemetery on the occasion of Independence Day, saying October 8 was a reminder to continue working on strengthening the social system by respecting universal values, the rule of law and economic freedoms for the benefit of all citizens of the free Croatia. 08.10.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic invited Pope Francis to Croatia, that would mean a lot to the Croatian peoplePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Saturday he used his meeting with Pope Francis to invite him to Croatia because that would mean a lot to the Croatian people, adding that his impression was that the visit would take place and that he would like it to be in the context of the canonisation of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac. 08.10.2017. | News

PM issues Independence Day messagePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Saturday congratulated Croatian citizens on Independence Day, October 8, saying 8 October 1991 would remain remembered in Croatian history "because we chose a sovereign, independent and democratic Croatia." 07.10.2017. | News

Plenkovic begins visit to Vatican, has informal meeting with Italian PMCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic began his visit to the Vatican on Friday by meeting with representatives of the Croatian community in Italy in the Croatian Embassy in Rome. 06.10.2017. | News

PM lays wreath to mark 26th anniversary of air raid on President's PalacePrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday laid a wreath at a memorial plaque on the government building, marking the 26th anniversary of a Yugoslav Air Force strike on the President's Palace, the then headquarters of the first Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who was on the premises at the time of the attack. 06.10.2017. | News