President criticises the government, a minister shots back.
The government is working on a new Family Law.
ZAGREB, March 16, 2018 - Currently there are over 1,000 homeless people in Croatia and the existing shelters can accommodate only 420, while about 500 live rough, a conference on psychosocial support and the integration of homeless people said in Zagreb on Friday, citing data from the Croatian Network for the Homeless.
ZAGREB, February 20, 2018 - The state secretary for demography at the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy, Marin Strmota, on Tuesday tendered his resignation, dubbing the government's demographic policy as folklore and flippant. Strmota resigned at a press conference in front of a surprised Minister Nada Murganić, who described the resignation as "a young man's impatience."
ZAGREB, February 20, 2018 - Croatia continues to be a country where thousands of people with disabilities are segregated and live in conditions that are beneath human dignity, while the national policy of deinstitutionalisation has been one step forward, two steps back despite EU funding that has been secured for that purpose, the federation of nongovernmental organisations Platforma 112 said on Tuesday, on the occasion of World Day of Social Justice.
A scandalous statement by Minister Nada Murganić causes an uproar. She claims she was misunderstood.
Officials run away from journalists asking questions.
The number of families which receive a monthly child allowance should increase by 100,000.
Couples without children will again be considered a family.
The proposal caused a maelstrom of criticism.