ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - The United Kingdom will lift restrictions on access to its labour market for Croatian workers on July 1, the Croatian government announced in a press release on Monday.

ZAGREB, March 17, 2018 - The foreign ministers of six Western Balkan countries aspiring for European Union membership (WB6) confirmed in Sarajevo that their governments would continue to implement the reforms necessary for EU membership and that they would work on strengthening stability and cooperation in the region.

ZAGREB, March 13, 2018 - Croatia will remain the chief advocate of Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic integration, Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić said in Skopje on Tuesday after a meeting with her Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov.

ZAGREB, March 12, 2018 - Prime Minister and HDZ party leader Andrej Plenković on Monday dismissed media reports that he would run for President of the European Commission, saying that it was his job to be Croatia's prime minister, and noting that a majority in the HDZ leadership did not see gender ideology in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the so-called Istanbul convention.

ZAGREB, March 10, 2018 - The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy issued a statement on Friday giving a chronology of the Crno Brdo landfill case.

ZAGREB, March 9, 2018 - Croatian Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said at the ITB Berlin tourism fair that his proposal to set up an EU fund for tourism had already been supported by Bulgaria, Malta, Italy, Austria and Germany.

ZAGREB, March 9, 2018 - The European Commission decided on Thursday to refer Croatia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to ensure an adequate level of protection of human health and the environment at the "Crno Brdo" site, and for failing to update national legislation to implement common European rules in aviation security.

ZAGREB, March 8, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday that the government should work more on attracting investment as the generator of growth, and added that he expected all government departments to continue structural reforms.

ZAGREB, March 8, 2018 - Economy Minister Martina Dalić said on Wednesday that structural reforms were not easy, explaining that reforms were being prepared through a set of bills pertaining to the judiciary and legislation on how to make public administration more efficient.

ZAGREB, March 7, 2018 - Croatia has made limited progress in addressing last year's recommendations from the European Commission, but structural reforms have not advanced, the Commission said on Wednesday in a report analysing the economic and social situation in the member states, including their progress on the implementation of recommendations and assessment of possible macroeconomic imbalances.