Plenkovic Andrej

Gov't sends amendments to law on regulated professions to parliamentThe Croatian government sent amendments to the law on regulated professions and recognition of foreign professional qualifications to parliament on Thursday, transposing the EU directive on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions. 09.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic, Hahn talk EU budgetCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic met with European Budget and Administration Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Thursday, the government said in a press release. 09.01.2020. | News

European, Croatian officials attend concert marking beginning of Croatia's EU presidencyThe most senior EU and Croatian officials gathered at the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in Zagreb on Thursday evening for a concert that officially marked the start of Croatia's presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2020. 09.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic extends condolences on Ukrainian plane's crash in IranCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has extended his condolences to the leaders of Ukraine, Iran, Canada and Sweden on the crash of a Ukrainian plane in Iran which killed 176 people, the government said on Wednesday. 09.01.2020. | News

Brain drain is existential issue, Croatian PM tells Le MondeThe mass brain drain from eastern to western EU member states is an existential issue, half the EU is faced with population losses and this problem should be dealt with at European level, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says in Wednesday's issue of the French daily Le Monde. 08.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic says will never put up barbed wire towards BosniaCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday his government would never put up barbed wire on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina to stop illegal migrants because there were natural obstacles and that would be a bad political message to the neighbouring country. 08.01.2020. | News

Plenkovic says talks with Macron extremely usefulCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier in the day was extremely useful and held in good time, just at the beginning of the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union. 07.01.2020. | News

Croatia dynamically starting EU presidency in Jan, says PMPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that in January Croatia would dynamically embark on the presidency of the European Union, including meetings with leading European officials and the European Commission. 27.12.2019. | News

Agreement signed on EU grant for Hrvatski Leskovac-Karlovac rail sectionAn agreement on a grant for the reconstruction of the existing and the construction of a second track on a 44 km Hrvatski Leskovac-Karlovac rail section was signed in Karlovac on Friday, a project worth HRK 3.45 billion, of which 2.7 billion is a European grant. 27.12.2019. | News

PM: May Christmas encourage us to build prosperous CroatiaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday extended Christmas greetings to all believers in Croatia and Croatians abroad, wishing for the spirit of Christmas to be an encouragement to continue building a prosperous Croatia while seeing to everyone's dignity, his office said in a press release. 25.12.2019. | News