ZAGREB, February 6, 2018 - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday the Croatian-Slovenian border dispute was both a bilateral and a European problem and that the two countries had the responsibility to resolve it.

ZAGREB, February 6, 2018 - The equality of states, citizens and opportunities is important for further building Europe's future and for the credibility of the European project, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in the European Parliament on Tuesday, underlining joint achievements as an instrument in building the EU's future.

ZAGREB, February 6, 2018 - The European Parliament (EP) has confirmed the results of negotiations on the Directive on geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment, Croatian MEP Biljana Borzan's Osijek-based office said in a press release on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, February 6, 2018 - The European Commission will outline in Strasbourg on Tuesday a new strategy for the Union's enlargement to include western Balkan countries, and the purpose of the document is to encourage the six aspirants to step up their efforts to meet the accession criteria, while Croatia, the newest member, welcomes the initiative and says that it will pay additional attention to the matter during its chairmanship over the EU Council in the first half of 2020.

ZAGREB, February 5, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković will address the European Parliament on Tuesday, speaking about Croatia's vision of Europe's future and its experience on the journey to European Union membership, his office announced on Monday.

ZAGREB, February 3, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković met at the government headquarters on Friday with ambassadors from EU member-states, on the occasion of Bulgaria's presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of this year, the government's public relations office said in a statement.

ZAGREB, February 2, 2018 - Eight Eastern European EU countries, including Croatia, agreed on Friday to support an increase in payments by member states in the bloc's next long-term budget, to help fill the hole after net contributor Britain leaves, Reuters news agency said.

ZAGREB, February 2, 2018 - Ante Kuvačić, a junior student of the Split-based secondary school specialised in science, is the Croatian winner of the Juvenes Translatores 2017, an annual translation contest for high school students in the European Union.

ZAGREB, January 30, 2018 - Croatia could generate up to 30 GW of energy from solar and wind sources, three times more than currently, and this, combined with hydro-power and the country's good geographical position, could make Croatia become an energy hub for Southeast Europe, European Commission Vice President in charge of Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič said in Zagreb on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, January 29, 2018 - Croatia has already met EU energy goals for the period until 2020, but it should do a lot more when it comes to meeting objectives for the period until 2030 and use the huge potential of solar and wind energy, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, who is in charge of the energy union, told Croatian reporters on Monday, ahead of his visit to Croatia on Tuesday. Šefčovič will speak at a conference on Croatia's new energy strategy and meet with the country's most senior officials.