ZAGREB, February 23, 2018 - Croatia is supportive of the "Spitzenkandidat" concept, that is the lead candidate process, for the election of the European Commission President, and is generally supportive of increasing contributions to the European Union budget, however, Zagreb opposes the automatism for possibly making cohesion funding dependable on the rule of law, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Brussels on Friday where he was attending an informal meeting of 27 member-states' leaders.

ZAGREB, February 22, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a government session on Thursday that consultations were under way to appoint a new emergency administrator for the heavily indebted Agrokor food and retail conglomerate, and that the government would very soon propose to the Commercial Court the person to succeed Ante Ramljak, who resigned as Agrokor's emergency administrator on Wednesday, as well as his deputy.

ZAGREB, February 21, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that the process of emergency administration and talks on a settlement in the ailing Agrokor food conglomerate would continue, that the government was conducting consultations so that it could recommend the appointment of a new emergency administration to the Commercial Court, and that, until then, Ante Ramljak would continue doing his job.

ZAGREB, February 16, 2018 - In an interview with the Austrian Kurier daily published on Thursday, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that Croatia is open to the aspirations of all countries in the Western Balkans to join the European Union and that a solution to the border dispute with Slovenia is closer than it appears.

Disagreements within Croatian political leadership have allowed Vučić to accomplish his goals.

ZAGREB, February 14, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in an interview with the European online news portal Politico on Wednesday that Croatia wanted to make it to the narrow circle of EU member states and play a bigger role in forming the European future.

ZAGREB, February 13, 2018 - Commenting on his talks with visiting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Monday, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that it was important to him that Croatia dealt with issues dating back to the time of the breakup of Yugoslavia, the time of the aggression of the Slobodan Milošević regime against Croatia and occupation of a part of its territory, "which prevented and slowed down the country's development and integration with the EU and NATO." "And for that we didn't even get an apology from anyone," he stressed.

ZAGREB, February 12, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković confirmed on Monday that he had discussed the issue of war reparations with visiting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, in line with his earlier announcement.

ZAGREB, February 11, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković will attend a meeting of the College of Commissioners and meet with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels next week.

ZAGREB, February 7, 2018 - Speaking about Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's visit to Croatia on 12-13 February, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday that there was no disagreement concerning that topic, adding that he had recently met with Vučić on several occasions, including Paris and then in Davos.