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Government facilitates construction of golf courses and camping sitesThe government forwarded to parliament from its session on Thursday amendments to the law on forests which facilitates business activities, notably the construction of golf courses and camping sites.

13.02.2014. | News

Croatian PM visits Mostar to support efforts to calm situationCroatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic in Mostar on Sunday visited buildings damaged during three-day protests in this southern Bosnia and Herzegovina town, saying he arrived in Bosnia to support efforts aimed at the calming the situation in the country.

09.02.2014. | News

EU Funds Minister says not one euro from EU funds will go to wasteNot one euro allocated by the European Union to Croatia will remain unused, Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Branko Grcic said on Friday, calling on the Opposition not to "confuse the public with intentional falsehoods."
  07.02.2014. | News

Deputy PMs brief EU ambassadors on measures against excessive deficitCroatian deputy prime ministers Milanka Opacic and Branko Grcic met with EU ambassadors in Zagreb on Friday to acquaint them with the measures which the government intended to implement to reduce the excessive deficit and with other reforms aimed at consolidating the financial system.
  07.02.2014. | News

Minister hopes "Business Impulse" to help create 5,000 jobsEnterprise Minister Gordan Maras said on Thursday that he expected the "Business Impulse" programme to create 5,000 new jobs and set up 205 new businesses in 2014.
  06.02.2014. | News

PM: Underground electrical grid should be spread throughout G. KotarPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said that after the large-scale damage caused by freezing rain over this past weekend in Gorski Kotar, it is evident that it is necessary to spread underground electrical cables for providing electricity throughout that mountainous Croatian region, while Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic has announced a possibility for this region to apply for assistance from the European Union's solidarity fund after being hit by this natural disaster.
  06.02.2014. | News

Gov't amends three laws in tourism and theatres lawThe Croatian government on Thursday proposed amendments to three laws from the tourist trade regulating sojourn tax, provision of services in tourism, and restaurant services, and the draft amendments sent to parliament transfer the responsibility for inspections from the Tourism Ministry to the Finance Ministry.

06.02.2014. | News

Gov't to reduce number of state administration offices from 20 to 5The Croatian government sent the State Administration System Bill to Parliament on Thursday, proposing that the number of state administration offices be scaled down from the present 20 to five in order to ensure a more effective distribution of work and cut costs.

06.02.2014. | News