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Croatia switching to targeted border checks, appeals to Slovenia to follow suitPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic appealed to Slovenia on Thursday to follow Croatia in temporarily replacing systematic border checks with targeted checks after a new EU regulation on tighter Schengen border controls caused multiple negative effects and long delays at border crossings between the two countries. 13.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: We want to reverse negative trends in SlavoniaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the first meeting of the Council for Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem in Osijek on Tuesday that the government wanted to reverse the negative demographic and economic trends in Croatia's eastern region and focus on its development by relying on domestic and European sources of financing. 12.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Systematic resolution of Agrokor crisis begins todayPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told on Monday, after the government proposed a receiver for Agrokor, that today was the beginning of systematic resolution of this crisis and the first stage in restructuring the ailing food and retail group. 10.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Banks to ensure loan of EUR 150 mln to Agrokor this weekPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and representatives of the coordinating committee of Agrokor's financial creditors held a meeting on Monday after which Plenkovic told the press that the lenders supported the legislative and institutional framework for the debt-laden private group Agrokor and that they would ensure an installment of up to 150 million euros to the group this week to improve its cash-tight situation. 10.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic: Deal made to first pay Agrokor suppliers whose accounts are frozenAfter meeting representatives of disgruntled suppliers of the debt-laden Agrokor Group on Monday, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that agreement had been concluded that the suppliers with frozen accounts should be given a priority in payment and Marica Vidakovic, a manager in the confectionery producer Kras, said that suppliers would restart deliveries to that private retail and food concern. 10.04.2017. | News

Government nominates Ante Ramljak as receiver for AgrokorThe Croatian government on Monday nominated Ante Ramljak as receiver for the ailing Agrokor food and retail group. 10.04.2017. | News

PM Plenkovic meets with US Senator McCainIt is important that Croatia and the United States as NATO allies exchange views and that Croatia is kept informed of the policy of the new US administration, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Dubrovnik on Sunday after meeting with US Senator John McCain during his day-long visit to Croatia. 10.04.2017. | News

EU regulation on stricter border controls derogated from temporarilyAfter European Union Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos was notified on Saturday of problems that led to a disproportionate effect on the traffic flow at Croatian border crossings, it has been agreed to temporarily derogate from the border crossings regulation on the internal borders with Slovenia and Hungary and to activate targeted controls of citizens of the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the Croatian Ministry of the Interior said in a statement in the evening. 08.04.2017. | News

Prime Minister Plenkovic sends condolences to Swedish counterpartPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday sent his condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the Croatian government to Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven in the wake of a terrorist attack in Stockholm which left at least three people dead. 07.04.2017. | News

PM says agreement reached to continue supplying Petrokemija with gasPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that agreement had been reached that Prvo Plinarsko Drustvo (PPD) should continue supplying gas to the Petrokemija artificial fertiliser producer, after he met with PPD and Petrokemija representatives. 07.04.2017. | News