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Croatian Government launches open data portal - data.gov.hrGovernment officials on Thursday launched a new, open data portal called data.gov.hr, which offers in a single place all data related to public administration and is an integral part of the e-citizens project. 19.03.2015. | News

Government approves loans for three rail companiesThe Croatian government decided on Wednesday to launch the procedure for the conclusion of a guarantee agreement and for the granting of approval for loan agreements between three companies within the national rail operator Hrvatske Zeljeznice (HZ) and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). 18.03.2015. | News

Minister Hajdas Doncic says PM didn't undermine motorway lease, debt monetisation to continueTransport Minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic on Monday dismissed criticisms that Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic had undermined the project of monetising the debt of two state-owned motorway operators by leasing out the motorways, which Hajdas Doncic had advocated strongly, saying that the government was still committed to the monetisation of public debt. 17.03.2015. | News

Croatian and Bulgarian ministers discuss cooperation and absorption of EU fundsExperience relating to the absorption of EU funds was the main topic of talks between Croatian Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Branko Grcic and Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of EU funds and economic policies, Tomislav Donchev, held in Zagreb on Tuesday. 17.03.2015. | News | EU Affairs

PM talks protesting war veterans, opposition chief, motorways leasePrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Monday he had no comment on Saturday's protest by war veterans outside his home, adding that he was not home, but had he been, he would have come out because he "would always come out among people." 16.03.2015. | News | Economy

Minister says funds won't be transferred from second to first pension pillarLabour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic has dismissed the possibility of transferring funds from the second to the first pension pillar, saying that in the long run it would impoverish all workers paying contributions into the second pillar. 14.03.2015. | News | Labour and Pensions

PM: Motorways to be offered to pension funds, citizens for managementPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that the government has given up its plan to monetise the debt of two state-owned motorway operators by leasing out motorways, saying that motorways will be given to pension funds and interested members of the public for management. 14.03.2015. | News | Economy

PM says gov't didn't promise to EC that it would introduce real estate taxPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in an interview with Croatian Television on Friday that his government had not promised to the European Commission that a real estate tax would be introduced this year. 13.03.2015. | News | Society and citizens

PM Zoran Milanovic against kuna devaluationInternal devaluation is not a good solution, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Friday in the northern town of Koprivnica, where he attended the 14th meeting of exporters. 13.03.2015. | News

Grcic and Maras: Reform measures will be decided in CroatiaDeputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said on Friday that regardless of the European Commission's control mechanisms as part of the Excessive Deficit Procedure and the European Semester, measures for the implementation of necessary reforms would be decided by the Croatian government. 13.03.2015. | News