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PM Milanovic: Government should help PetrokemijaPetrokemija should be helped so that it can continue operating, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Monday after meeting with the management of this Kutina-based fertiliser company and touring its production facilities. 24.03.2015. | News | Building and Planning

PM Milanovic: Everything the govt does is a reformEverything the government does is a reform, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Monday responding to reporters who asked what the reform package the government had sent to the European Commission in Brussels contained. 24.03.2015. | News

Croatia forwards 1st draft of reform measures to EC, says GrcicThe Croatian government has forwarded a preliminary draft of measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances to the European Commission, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Branko Grcic. 24.03.2015. | News

Milanovic assumes TTIP effect on Croatia will be neutralCroatia supports the conclusion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement which the European Union and the US are negotiating about, and the first estimates of that comprehensive agreement show that its effects on Croatia would be neutral. 23.03.2015. | News | EU Affairs

EU funds for transport connection of Croatia's south"The study will determine that the Peljesac bridge is the best solution, and the project, which is estimated at around 300 million euro. After that, we can publish a tender and implement the project with EU funds," Grcic said during a visit to Dubrovnik-Neretva County. 23.03.2015. | News | EU Funds

PM discusses Youth Guarantee employment scheme with young peopleThe Youth Guarantee aims to maintain close contact between young people and employers, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in an interview with three young people on the implementation of this employment scheme. 23.03.2015. | News | Economy

Gov't proposes scrapping pay bonuses for public service employees until year's endFollowing a conference call on Thursday, the government proposed amendments to two bills cancelling pay supplements and Christmas and holiday bonuses for public service employees until the end of the year. 20.03.2015. | News

PM in Brussels: Croatia is gradually reducing deficitCroatia is gradually deleveraging, implementing reforms and reducing its deficit, but no one will compel us to dramatically cut consumption, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Brussels on Thursday. 20.03.2015. | News | EU Affairs

Croatia's January retail sales up 2.1% y-o-yRetail sales in Croatia in January 2015 increased by 2.1% in real terms compared with January 2014, which was the sixth month in a row that consumption had grown, a second estimate of the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. 19.03.2015. | News

PM says Croatia getting close to primary surplusPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Wednesday that a set of reforms which Zagreb was due to show to the European Commission by the end of April had not yet been finalised, however, he underscored his cabinet's commitment to reduction of deficit and public spending, as a result of which the government budget was close to a primary surplus. 19.03.2015. | News