Martina Dalic

Plenkovic has developed a strategy of silence on many of the scandals that have embroiled his own ministers and party colleagues, to good effect, Mamic said.

"If you look at his position, this is effective and efficient communication," she said. "He gives short answers, because obviously the outcome of all these cases could go in any direction."

Former Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Martina Dalic launched her new book 'The Collapse of Crony Capitalism' on Monday, insisting there was no corrupt conspiracy involved in the government's efforts to save Croatia's heavily indebted food and retail company Agrokor.

Croatia's parliament on Friday confirmed the appointments of a new Vice-Prime Minister and Economy Minister - who will be in charge of handling the Agrokor crisis.

Following the resignation of Martina Dalic on May 14, her former positions are assigned to Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolusic, as Deputy Prime Minister, and to Darko Horvat, as Economy Minister.

At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday, Croatia's Deputy Prime Minister Martina Dalic said she was resigning as she "did not want to be a burden" to the Prime Minister's government and to Plenkovic's ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

Croatian Vice-Prime Minister and Economy Minister Martina Dalic on Wednesday dismissed media allegations that she using her position to benefit her friends and business associates in the process of passing a law on the state management of ailing private company Agrokor.

Ante Ramljak confirmed his resignation as manager of Agrokor to the daily Vecernji list after meeting Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Economy Minister Martina Dalic.

Agrokor confirmed Ramljak's resignation on Wednesday.

Croatian Economy Minister Martina Dalic said on Wednesday that both the government and the Croatian National Bank, HNB, support the idea of Croatia entering the eurozone.

"The government, along with HNB, estimates that it is a good time to initiate eurozone accession, which is a medium-term goal; this can't be done in the short term, overnight [however]," Dalic said.

The government is preparing to discuss a proposed Law on Procedures for Extraordinary Management, which many see as way for the state to step in and help the troubled private giant Agrokor deal with its serious financial crisis.

N1 media on Wednesday claimed that Croatian government officials met on Tuesday with representatives of the Russian state-owned Sberbank to discuss large loans it gave to Croatia's biggest privately-owned company, Agrokor.

A new centre-right coalition government in Croatia under Andrej Plenkovic, president of the leading Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, was voted in by the country's parliament on Wednesday.

The coalition government of the HDZ, the centre-right Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, and all eight national minority MPs gathered the support of 91 of the 151 MPs in parliament.