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Government adopts Minimum Wage BillThe government on Friday adopted the Minimum Wage Bill under which the amount of the minium wage would be defined by a government regulation. It said that the aim of the bill was to protect workers' standard of living.
  01.02.2013. | News

Government says some companies operating more transparentlyThe government on Friday adopted a report on the implementation of the anti-corruption program for state-owned companies from 2010 to 2012, which showed that some companies had improved the transparency of their operations.

01.02.2013. | News

Government adopts amendments to Science and Higher Education ActThe Croatian government on Friday passed amendments to the Science and Higher Education Act that were expected to set the course of development of science and higher education in the country.

01.02.2013. | News

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU FundsGrcic: Working groups producing initial resultsThe working groups which the government has set up to improve the business and investment climate in the country are producing initial results as the Working Group for the Business Climate and Private Investment has helped clear obstacles to the implementation of a project worth 60 million euros, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Branko Grcic

31.01.2013. | News

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs PusicPusic says solution to bank issue with Slovenia won't cheat anyoneThe solution to the Ljubljanska Banka issue should be such that neither party can say that they have been cheated and that it can be politically presented to the public in Croatia and Slovenia, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said in Brussels on Thursday.

31.01.2013. | News

Croatian Prime Minister meets Chilean presidentPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic who is in Santiago where he is scheduled to take part in the summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), on Friday held talks with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera.

26.01.2013. | News

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Pusic: Croatia has fulfilled all 10 requirementCroatia has fulfilled all ten requirements from the European Commission's monitoring report of October, and there is a realistic chance that the Ljubljanska Banka issue will be resolved relatively soon, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Vesna Pusic, said on Wednesday.
  25.01.2013. | News

Minister Maras presents Business Impulse 2013 programThe government this year will abandon the model of vertical grants for certain branches of industry and switch to horizontal grants, and for the first time grants to small and medium-sized businesses will be larger than those for shipyards, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Minister Gordan Maras said while presenting the Business Impulse 2013 program at a government session on Thursday.
  24.01.2013. | News

Government adopts five-year contract with public broadcaster The government on Thursday adopted a draft contract with the public broadcaster Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2017, defining the HRT's programming obligations and the amount and source of their financing.

24.01.2013. | News

Minister says Croatia together with IMF to try to modify its fiscal ruleThe Croatian government has begun talks with the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials on modifying the fiscal rule which Croatia finds difficult to follow due to its five-year-long recession, Finance Minister Slavko Linic said on Monday after meeting the IMF deputy managing director Nemat Shafik in the government's office.

21.01.2013. | News