ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - Health Minister Milan Kujundžić said on Monday that the Istanbul Convention on the prevention of violence against women contained a small problematic issue in connection with gender ideology, however, this was not crucial given that the document was primarily focused on the protection of women and prevention of domestic violence.

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - Commenting on a call by some members of the HDZ party on the party leadership not to ratify the Istanbul Convention, HDZ secretary-general and Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said that public and intra-party discussions on the matter had to be based on arguments, underlining that large and election-winning HDZ branches, such as those in Osijek-Baranja, Dubrovnik-Neretva and Split-Dalmatia counties, supported HDZ leader and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković's policy.

ZAGREB, March 17, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Saturday there was no need for a referendum on the Istanbul Convention within his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, stressing that the main purpose of the convention was to protect women against violence and domestic violence.

ZAGREB, March 15, 2018 - The Commercial Court in Zagreb on Thursday ordered a foreclosure of real estate of the bankrupt Niva d.d. company owned by former prime minister Nikica Valentić, which owes creditors more than 130 million kuna, while the conditions and the way of auction sale will set at a later date.

ZAGREB, March 14, 2018 - Members of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) parliamentary group and government ministers from the HDZ, led by party president Andrej Plenković, met in Breznica, in Varaždin County, on Tuesday evening to discuss, as the central topic, plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention.

ZAGREB, March 13, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday evening that the process of ratification of the Istanbul Convention would continue, even though some members of the Presidency and National Council of his HDZ party have different views on the matter.

ZAGREB, March 10, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Saturday called on the members of his HDZ party not to make conclusions on the Istanbul Convention only based on a debate in which it gained an ideological connotation, but to read it, saying its essence was to protect women from violence and that he expected a unanimous position on it on Monday, when the party would discuss it.

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 6, 2018 - Representatives of the parties comprising the ruling majority said on Monday, after their regular meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, which lasted more than four hours, that they discussed current issues and that new Agrokor emergency administrator Fabris Peruško briefed them about the situation at the heavily-indebted food conglomerate, stressing that there was no mention of the opposition’s initiative for a non-confidence vote in Economy Minister Martina Dalić.

ZAGREB, March 4, 2018 - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) posted a surplus of a little more than 6.5 million kuna in 2017, according to a financial statement for this ruling political party. Revenue in 2017 amounted to 50.5 million kuna, while expenditure amounted to 44 million kuna, resulting in a surplus of 6.5 million kuna, the HDZ said in a press release.