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Government adopts decisions at closed sessionAt the closed section of the cabinet meeting on Thursday, the government authorised Croatia's representative before the European Court of Human Rights to propose unilateral recognition of the violation of the right to a fair trial.

03.01.2013. | News | Press releases

Croatian government sets up three working groups for investmentThe Croatian government, at its session on Thursday, established working groups for public investment, EU funds, and the business climate and private investment in a bid to attract and increase public and private investments.

03.01.2013. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic issues Christmas and New Year messagePrime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Sunday extended his best wishes to citizens of Croatia for Christmas and the New Year, thanking them for patiently carrying the burden of the crisis.

23.12.2012. | News

Prime Minister Milanovic: Croatia has a chance to move forwardPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he was pleased with what his government had done in its first year in office, but that he was not pleased with the results. He, however, noted that based on the steps taken so far Croatia "has a chance to move forward."

23.12.2012. | News

Government to align 107 laws with acquis in 2013The government on Thursday formulated a plan of alignment with the European Union's acquis for 2013 under which 107 laws, 191 bylaws and 63 implementation measures are to be aligned with European regulations.

20.12.2012. | News

Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: Huge progress made in use of EU fundsThe Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, Branko Grcic, said in Zagreb on Wednesday that this year Croatia had made huge progress in the use of European Union funds, but noted that the next year, when Croatia joins the EU, would be full of challenges in that regard.

19.12.2012. | News

Prime Minister says Croatia doesn't need IMF at this momentPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Sunday the downgrade of Croatia's credit rating was no reason for panic but a reason to think about decisions and that for now Croatia did not need the help of the International Monetary Fund.
Asked by reporters in Koprivnica if he was thinking about a government reshuffle in the wake of media reports that the ministers were inert, Milanovic said they were not and that he would not replace them.


16.12.2012. | News

Prime Minister: Rating downgraded because gov't didn't do what investment agencies expectPrime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Sunday the situation in the country was not disastrous and that Croatia's credit rating was downgraded because it had not done everything investment agencies expected of all governments, to cut left and right.
Speaking to reporters in Koprivnica, he said that when the credit rating had been upgraded "somewhat unexpectedly," he expected a stagnation and that the downgrade "isn't unexpected" because the government did not "cut left and right," which he said investment agencies expected of all governments. "I understand them."


16.12.2012. | News

Prime Minister: there isn't any money for wage supplements 13.12.2012. | News