ZAGREB, June 4, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said that he does not think that the talks between Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and the Adris Group management board chairman Ante Vlahović amounted to the interference in the negotiations on the future settlement regarding the ailing private food and retail conglomerate Agrokor.

ZAGREB, June 2, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović obviously liked what the MOST party was doing and that her statement praising that party was possibly aimed at expanding her voter base. "She obviously fancies what MOST has been doing. My experience with MOST was bad, but maybe she has been trying to broaden her voter base," Plenković said while answering questions from the press in Kutina, where he attended a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the local artificial fertiliser factory Petrokemija.

ZAGREB, June 2, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Friday received for talks President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Michele Nicoletti and informed him of the priorities of Croatia's six-month presidency of the Council of Europe, noting that Croatia would work to contribute to overcoming problems the organisation was currently faced with, the government said in a statement.

ZAGREB, May 31, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković commented on Thursday on the announcement which “The People Decide “ civil initiative made earlier today, namely that their petition had enough signatures for a referendum to be called, saying that the authorities need to verify if the signatures were collected properly and whether it was done in accordance with the Constitution.

ZAGREB, May 30, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced on Wednesday that he would talk with President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović after she returned from Italy, rejecting claims by the opposition that their bickering was a "well-coordinated stage play" to turn attention away from more important matters like Agrokor.

ZAGREB, May 30, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday that there would be no joint meeting of his government with President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to discuss measures to fight negative demographic trends, which she proposed on Monday. "The president has sent a letter with her proposal but it did not contain any specific measures about which she has spoken publicly on several occasions," Plenković told reporters after attending a presentation of the campaign "Find a Job in Croatia" in downtown Zagreb.

ZAGREB, May 28, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Monday received representatives of Dogus Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) who informed him about a joint capital investment worth approximately 70 million euro, earmarked for the development of marinas in Croatia, Turkey and Greece, the Croatian government's public relations office said in a press release.

ZAGREB, May 28, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that the National Security Council meeting had gone very well and added that the Hotmail scandal had not been discussed at that meeting.

ZAGREB, May 28, 2018 - Croatia's National Security Council met on Monday to discuss issues relating to information security in state institutions, highlighting the need for systematic training in order to raise security awareness and strengthen security culture.

ZAGREB, May 26, 2018 – HDZ held its convention on Saturday in Zagreb and the party adopted the new statute. During debate, several prominent party members issued thinly veiled criticism of party leadership, primarily party president and prime minister Andrej Plenković. They were often interrupted with loud applause.