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Education, social policy, labour ministers talk 2016 draft budgetIn the 2016 draft budget, the government plans to cut public transport subsidies for secondary school students, Education Minister Predrag Sustar said on Thursday after a government session. 10.03.2016. | News

Government adopts draft 2016 budgetThe government on Thursday unveiled the draft 2016 budget projecting revenues at HRK 114.9 billion, expenditures at HRK 122.4 billion and the deficit at HRK 7.5 billion or 2.2% of GDP. 10.03.2016. | News

Prime Minister Oreskovic: Balkan route closed without any tensionThe Balkan migrant route was closed without any tension and today we are at zero, which is positive for Croatia and the region and is more humane for refugees, PM Oreskovic said at press conference after countries on that route began to apply tighter measures based on an agreement in Brussels. 10.03.2016. | News

Prime Minister Oreskovic says budget outlays for war veterans unchanged in 2016Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic on Wednesday held talks with representatives of a score of war veterans associations and, when asked about the budget's projections for that sector, he promised that the outlays in 2016 would not be reduced compared to 2015. 10.03.2016. | News

Prime Minister Oreskovic receives Bosnian Presidency membersPrime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic and the Bosnian Presidency said in Zagreb on Wednesday that they were willing to organise a joint session of the two governments. 09.03.2016. | News

Finance Minister Maric pleased with EC's decisionFinance Minister Zdravko Maric is pleased with the European Commission's decision not to take corrective action for Croatia over excessive macroeconomic imbalances. 08.03.2016. | News

Industrial output in January soars 9.3%, highest jump since 2007Industrial production in Croatia in January increased by 9.3% on the year which is the largest leap since March 2007 and significantly higher than expected. 08.03.2016. | News

PM Oreskovic in Bruxelles: We agreed a joint framework, over the next 10 day we will have concrete agreement EU leaders have reached the outlines for a possible deal with Turkey regarding managing the migrant crisis and entrusted European Council President Donald Tusk to negotiate details with Ankara so as to define a more concrete agreement, Croatian PM Tihomir Oreskovic said after a meeting in Brussels which ended early on Tuesday morning. 08.03.2016. | News

Prime Minister Oreskovic: Closing Balkan route should be main messageArriving at an EU-Turkey summit on the migrant crisis in Brussels on Monday, Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic said that he expected that the main message of the meeting would be the closing of the western Balkan migrant route which Middle Eastern refugees are using to reach western Europe 07.03.2016. | News

Prime Minister Oreskovic, Qatari ambassador talk LNG terminalPrime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic met on Friday with Qatari Ambassador to Croatia Moza Bint Nasser Bin Ahmed Ali Al-Thani for talks on bilateral relations and possibilities of economic cooperation, notably regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG), the government said in a press release. 04.03.2016. | News