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President and PM pleased with National Security Council meetingPresident Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Thursday expressed their satisfaction with the National Security Council (VNS) meeting, its first this year, at which guidelines were adopted for the activities of the security and intelligence agencies in 2015 and the government was instructed to draft a 2015-2024 National Security Strategy. 13.03.2015. | News | Defence and Military

Government endorses personal bankruptcy billThe government on Thursday endorsed a consumer bankruptcy bill in an attempt to give over-indebted citizens a chance for a fresh start, but Justice Minister Orsat Miljenic said this was "not a magic wand" but a difficult procedure both for debtors and creditors. 13.03.2015. | News | Social Policy

Gov't says household gas to be 7-10% cheaper as of April 1The price of natural gas for households could go down by 0.15 - 0.25 kuna per cubic metre in early April, or an average of 7-10%, shows a projection presented by Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak at a government session on Thursday. 13.03.2015. | News | Economy

Croatia submits declaration of readiness for Schengen evaluationInterior Minister Ranko Ostojic in Brussels on Thursday delivered to the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Croatia's declaration of its readiness to start the Schengen evaluation process. 12.03.2015. | News from media | Criminal Offenses and Law

Consumption up 3.5% in January, highest growth since 2007Real retail in Croatia was 3.5% higher in January 2015 compared with January 2014, which is the sixth consecutive month of consumption growth and the highest jump since October 2007, the State Bureau of Statistics (DZS) reported on Thursday. 12.03.2015. | News from media | Economy

Ministry of Finance will continue to look for cheaper borrowing Finance Minister Boris Lalovac on Thursday said that the latest favourable borrowing arrangement would save the country around HRK 350 million in interest and announced that he would continue to look for borrowing under more favourable conditions to reduce interest rates on existing loans. 05.03.2015. | News | Finance

Croatian govt won't impose visas for Serbian citizensThe government on Thursday sent a negative opinion to parliament concerning a proposal for imposing visas on Serbian citizens, as proposed by MP Ivan Simunovic of the Croatian Party of Rights Ante Starcevic (HSP AS) in light of Serbia not taking any action with regard to the hate speech by war crimes indictee Vojislav Seselj. 05.03.2015. | News | Criminal Offenses and Law

Govt adopts statement of preparedness to commence Schengen evaluationThe government on Thursday adopted a statement of preparedness to commence Schengen evaluation procedures and authorised Interior Minister Rajko Ostojic to submit the statement to the relevant European Union bodies in order to launch evaluation procedures in 2016. 05.03.2015. | News | Criminal Offenses and Law

PM promotes Youth Guarantee, visits job fair in Rijeka, compares unemployment with natural disasterPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said in Rijeka on Wednesday that unemployment in Croatia was of the extent of a natural disaster, an issue of national security and that almost 20% of Croatians did not have a job. 05.03.2015. | News | Labour and Pensions

PM opposed to kuna devaluationPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday that he expected his political opponents to distance themselves from the idea of a possible devaluation of the domestic currency, the kuna, because it would bring many citizens with foreign currency-indexed loans to the brink of poverty. 04.03.2015. | News | Finance