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Government moves amendments to law on cooperativesThe government sent to parliament on Thursday a bill of amendments to the Cooperatives Act, setting up the Croatian Centre for Cooperative Entrepreneurship as a legal successor to the Croatian Cooperatives Alliance.
  08.05.2014. | News

Gov't proposes lower contractual and default interest ratesThe Croatian government on Wednesday forwarded to Parliament a bill on interest rates putting the maximum allowed contractual interest rate in contracts between businesses at 12.25% and the maximum interest rate in contracts with households at 11.35%.

30.04.2014. | News

Gov't adopts micro loan programmeThe Croatian government on Wednesday adopted the credit programme "Microcredit - first step towards entrepreneurship" of the Croatian Agency for SMEs and Investments, making available to entrepreneurs loans under conditions that are much more favourable than commercial loans.

30.04.2014. | News

PM instructs ministers to determine uncollected state claimsPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Wednesday instructed the ministers of finance, internal affairs and justice to determine the amount of uncollected state claims at the time when the current government came to power.

30.04.2014. | News

PM says Croatian-Bulgarian trade insufficientNothing stands in the way of Croatian-Bulgarian economic cooperation but trade is insufficient because the two countries are insufficiently developed or rich, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday after meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Plamen Oresharski.
  29.04.2014. | News

PM: Savings deposits tax may, but needn't be leviedPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that a final decision on levying taxes on interest rates on savings deposits on 1 January 2015 has not yet been made, explaining that this is a possibility which may, but needn't be used.
  25.04.2014. | News

Croatian government adopts National Reform ProgrammeThe Croatian government on Thursday adopted a National Reform Programme and a Convergence Programme for the 2014-2017 period.
  24.04.2014. | News | Business and Crafts

Gov't proposes new Expropriation Bill to expedite proceduresThe Croatian government on Thursday sent to parliament a bill facilitating expropriation procedures with the aim of simplifying the implementation of investment projects.
  24.04.2014. | News

Public administration ministry to verify signatures for bilingualism referendumThe Croatian government on Thursday instructed the Public Administration Ministry and the national statistical office DZS to verify the authenticity of signatures which a civil society association collected to support its request for a referendum on the use of minority languages and scripts.
  24.04.2014. | News