Plenkovic Andrej

PM: Army guarantees Croatia's security, NATO offers umbrella of collective securityThe Croatian army guarantees the country's security and the NATO membership and its Article 5 give Croatia the key umbrella of collective security, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in London ahead of a NATO summit. 03.12.2019. | News

Striking teachers' unions and government reach agreementAfter 36 days of strike in primary and secondary schools, the unions and the government on Monday agreed on an increase of the job complexity indices for teachers, ending the longest strike in the Croatian education sector. 02.12.2019. | News

Plenkovic: Presidency opportunity for strengthening Croatia's role in EuropeBeing the chair of the European Union in the first half of 2020 will be a political opportunity for positioning and strengthening Croatia's role in Europe and for making the Croatian public more sensible to the fact that Croatia is a part of that Europe, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at a conference on Friday. 29.11.2019. | News

Plenkovic, Varadkar talk Brexit, Croatia's role as EU chairPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar met in Zagreb on Thursday and talked about Brexit, which could happen during Croatia's EU presidency in the first half of 2020, and preparations for negotiations on future UK-EU relations. 21.11.2019. | News

Merkel supports Croatia's efforts in protecting EU external bordersThe perspective of a country safeguarding the European Union's external borders differs from the perspective of member-states in the heart of the Schengen Area, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday in Zagreb, where she arrived for a European People's Party (EPP) congress. 20.11.2019. | News

Tusk and Plenkovic want to restore EU's unity regarding N. Macedonia and AlbaniaThe European Union needs to once again restore unity regarding the topic of enlargement after the disappointing decision not to okay the start of accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania, the President of the EU Council, Donald Tusk and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Zagreb on Tuesday. 19.11.2019. | News

Today we pay tribute to the hero city of Vukovar, all the defenders and victims who gave their lives for CroatiaPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday that the government constantly invested efforts to help the City of Vukovar in its development and was also dedicated to the resolution of the issue of missing people. 18.11.2019. | News

First round of presidential elections set for 22 DecemberThe government on Thursday decided to call the first round of the presidential elections for 22 December, and deadlines relevant for the procedure start running on 21 November. 14.11.2019. | News

Plenković: When you increase wages by 20% that has to be appreciatedPrime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that the government had offered education-sector unions a very fair proposal within its possibilities and that "when someone increases your wage by 20 percent," had to be appreciated. 14.11.2019. | News

PM: Strategic goal to introduce euro by end of next gov't termIn the EU accession treaty Croatia undertook the obligation to adopt the euro as its official currency and the strategic goal is to meet the criteria by the end of the next government's term, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday. 12.11.2019. | News