ZAGREB, May 23, 2018 - The parliamentary committees on economy and on the constitution, standing orders and political system at their joint session on Wednesday accepted with a majority vote Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's proposal to appoint Tomislav Tolušić as Deputy Prime Minister and Darko Horvat as Economy Minister, following last week's resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Martina Dalić.

ZAGREB, May 18, 2018 - Parliament on Friday included a motion by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for parliament to be dissolved. The SDP claims that, in the wake of former deputy prime minister Martina Dalić's resignation, circumstances have emerged for citizens to be allowed to go to a snap election and decide on a new parliament which will elect a new government.

ZAGREB, April 12, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in the national parliament on Thursday that the no-confidence motion against Economy Minister Martina Dalić would fail just as the previous four opposition-sponsored motions for impeachment of cabinet members in the last year and a half.

ZAGREB, April 11, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said during Question Time in Parliament on Wednesday that information on the future structure of the Agrokor food and retail conglomerate, its corporate management and detailed ownership structure would be known in the next three months.

ZAGREB, March 23, 2018 - Member of Parliament Milorad Pupovac of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) said in the parliament on Friday that a part of MPs were exposed to pressures and threats due to their position on the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

ZAGREB, March 11, 2018 - Due to the amount of work that needs to be done before Easter recess, parliamentary deputies will begin the plenary week on Monday instead of Wednesday, while the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution is scheduled to convene on Tuesday to discuss amendments to a draft Standing Orders.

ZAGREB, March 10, 2018 -  The Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) on Friday issued an indictment against Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) lawmaker Franjo Lučić for offering a bribe to freelance reporter Drago Hedl  in a bid to persuade the reporter to stop writing about his companies.

ZAGREB, March 2, 2018 - A parliamentary debate about draft amendments to the parliament’s standing orders, which started late on Thursday afternoon, lasted all night after opposition lawmakers persisted in the night-long debate, angered by the overruling of their proposal that the debate should actually start on Friday morning.

Although HDZ will probably succeed in getting rid of Dalija Orešković, the current chairwoman of the Conflict of Interest Commission, yesterday’s parliamentary failure brings into question the stability of the ruling coalition.

ZAGREB, January 25, 2018 - The Croatian parliament 's Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System on Thursday discussed the proposed changes to the Standing Orders of the national legislature and a draft code of ethics for lawmakers, and the proposals are now being fine-tuned.