ZAGREB, April 9, 2018 - In 2016, around 995,000 persons were granted citizenship of a member state of the European Union, and the biggest relative increase was recorded in Croatia, according to figures which Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, released on Monday.

ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - The government on Thursday sent to parliament amendments to the Law on Aliens under fast track procedure in order to align it with the EU directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, study, training, voluntary service, student exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing.

ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - Croatians' sentiment towards the European Union today is significantly different than five years ago, when they voted in a referendum in favour of joining the bloc, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday, announcing additional government efforts to strengthen the pro-EU sentiment.

ZAGREB, March 29, 2018 - The European Parliament has made a recommendation to the European Commission's Economic and Financial Committee for the establishment of a special financial line for tourism in the next multi-annual financial framework, Croatia's Tourism Ministry reported on Thursday, considering this to be a sign of support for Croatia and Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli's initiative for setting up such a financial line.

ZAGREB, March 28, 2018 - Croatia, along with Estonia and Slovenia, has the highest share of young people willing to relocate to another European Union country for work, according to Eurostat data for 2016.

ZAGREB, March 25, 2018 - Digital skills drive economic growth in Europe and a comprehensive digital strategy is expected to include Croatia more successfully in Europe's Digital Single Market, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and European Digital Economy and Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said. The two officials held talks in Zagreb, the government said in a press release.

ZAGREB, March 23, 2018 - EU leaders have agreed a rather sharply worded statement condemning Russia for a recent nerve agent attack in England, and some countries are considering expelling Russian diplomats or withdrawing their ambassadors from Moscow, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Brussels early Friday morning.

ZAGREB, March 22, 2018 - Slovenia's outgoing government has proposed a bill under which the Slovenian labour market would remain closed to Croatian workers for another two years, but entrepreneurs think this measure would be counterproductive.

ZAGREB, March 22, 2018 - Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Biljana Borzan of Croatia's Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Wednesday won the MEP Award or the so-called EU Oscar, which is given every year to the most successful members of the European Parliament in 18 categories. For each of the 18 categories three MEPs were shortlisted.

ZAGREB, March 20, 2018 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić reiterated in Brussels Croatia's position that the border dispute with Slovenia was not the issue of the European acquis communautaire and Slovenia had neither grounds nor reasons to initiate proceedings against Croatia at the Court of Justice of the European Union "for allegedly breaching EU law."