ZAGREB, January 17th, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said during Question Time in Parliament on Wednesday that the government would reduce Value Added Tax (VAT).

ZAGREB, January 17, 2018 - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said in Sarajevo on Wednesday that Croatia had always been and would remain Bosnia and Herzegovina's friend as well as a strong advocate of the equality of all its peoples and citizens, expressing at the same time regret about unnecessary political conflicts between the two countries' officials over the past weeks, including accusations against her coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ZAGREB, January 18th, 2018 - Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar on Wednesday strongly denied an article in the Croatian newspaper Vecernji List according to which he backed down from a draft agreement on resolution of the border dispute a day before his recent visit to Zagreb, saying that Slovenia was insisting on the implementation of the border arbitration ruling.

ZAGREB, January 17th, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that seven renowned finance houses had submitted bids to the government's call for consultants in the buyout of Hungarian oil company MOL's stake in its Croatian peer INA.

ZAGREB, January 17th, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told parliament during Question Time on Wednesday that he expected the European Commission to provide Zagreb very soon with its position on the government's approval of a state guarantee for the Uljanik shipyard to help with its restructuring and financial consolidation.

ZAGREB, January 17, 2018 - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said on Wednesday there were no obstacles to the construction of Pelješac Bridge, emphasising that it was a very important development project for Croatia and posed no threat to the interests of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ZAGREB, January 17, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) chief Davor Bernardić on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Andrej Plenković for censorship, asking him "Where's the money?" which in Croatian (Di su pare?) is the name of a satire Facebook profile, to which Plenković responded there was no censorship in Croatia and that everyone was allowed to speak their mind responsibly and in accordance with the law.

ZAGREB, January 17th, 2018 - The coordinating committee of Italian and Croatian ministers will hold its third meeting in Rome on Thursday, for the first time in over seven years and for the first time since Croatia joined the European Union, and the meeting reflects the high level of political relations between the two countries and a mutual wish to make further progress in areas of special interest, the Croatian Foreign Ministry has said.

ZAGREB, January 17, 2018 - Only a few protesters rallied outside Croatia's embassy in Sarajevo on Wednesday when Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović arrived for a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

ZAGREB, Jan 16 (Hina) - Primorje-Gorski Kotar County head Zlatko Komadina and Omišalj municipal head Mirela Ahmetović held a news conference on Monday, again voicing their opposition to a project to build a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Omišalj on the island of Krk, as well as to the adoption of a law that would facilitate its construction.