ZAGREB, May 8, 2018 - Croatian Member of European Parliament Ivan Jakovčić of the Istrian Democratic Party said in Pula on Tuesday that calls to exit the EU definitely meant the impoverishment of Croatian citizens and that Europe is not ideal, but that there is no alternative.

Croatia comes ever closer to entering the Schengen Area.

ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - Members of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) said in Sarajevo on Thursday that terrorism and the migrant crisis are a common problem of EU member states and the Western Balkans which is directly affected and requires a joint and coordinated approach to face those challenges.

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.

Brussels gets to hear the sounds of Šibenik.

The Belgian capital gets a taste of Dalmatia.

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.

March 19, 2018 - A documentary film about Croatian lighthouses will make its European debut

ZAGREB, March 5, 2018 - Croatian MEP Biljana Borzan (SDP) on Monday said that she had secured additional 800,000 euro from the EU budget to test the different quality of same brand products on EU markets, which should serve as the basis to amend the law on labelling products and unfair trade practices in the EU.

ZAGREB, February 24, 2018 - Leaders of the 27 member-states of the European Union on Friday broadly agreed on the European Parliament's proposal on the reduction of the number of MEPs in the next composition of the parliament following the exit of Great Britain, however, they are against automaticity in the process of the election of the European Commission President in the lead candidate process (the so-called Spitzenkandidate process).