ZAGREB, March 6, 2018 - European Union defence ministers approved in Brussels on Tuesday the first list of 17 collaborative projects as part of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in defence, with Croatia participating in five.

Israeli airplanes, which are reportedly about to be bought, are just ten years younger than the current MIGs and about as old as the MIGs were when, in the middle of last decade, the government began to publicly and seriously consider buying a new fleet.

ZAGREB, February 17, 2018 - Defence Minister Damir Krstičević said on Friday that Croatia was systematically increasing its defence budget to reach NATO's goal of 2% of GDP from the present 1.32%.

A possible conflict of interest?

ZAGREB, February 15, 2018 - Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krstičević held talks with his US, UK, Montenegrin and Polish counterparts in Brussels on Wednesday about bilateral defence cooperation and the modernisation and equipping of the armed forces, the Defence Ministry said in a press release. The talks were held on the fringes of a NATO summit.

ZAGREB, February 1, 2018 - Croatia's Defence Minister Damir Krstičević on Thursday said that Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić was welcome in Croatia, but that he first expects an apology for the Great Serbia military aggression against Croatia.

ZAGREB, February 1, 2018 - Defence Minister Damir Krstičević said on Wednesday that a decision on the purchase of multipurpose fighter aircraft would be made very soon.

The government wants to make us believe that any criticism is part of some mysterious anti-Croatian effort.

Media reports claim that Minister Krstičević copied parts of his dissertation without giving references to sources.

Six US senators meet with Croatian officials.