Croatian government

The Croatian government urged parliament on Thursday to ratify a European treaty designed to combat violence against women despite opposition within the ruling party, among conservative groups and from the local Catholic Church.

Slovenia on Friday submitted to the European Commission a letter of complaint against neighbouring Croatia for its refusal to abide by an arbitration court ruling on a border dispute in the Adriatic Sea.

An expert advisory council said the Croatian government should allow the WWII fascist salute ‘Za dom spremni’, which has caused repeated controversy, to be used “in exceptional situations” under strict conditions.

The Croatian government announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Perusko to head Agrokor with Irena Weber as his deputy, after the huge company's previous extraordianary manager, Ante Ramljak, stepped down.

After months of rows and cancelled meetings, Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar is visiting Zagreb on Tuesday to meet his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic in the hope of moving forwards towards a resolution of the territorial dispute between the two states.

Dacic pointed out that Croatia has been designated as an aggressor by the Hague Tribunal.

"This is an internal political demand and propaganda, because Croatia is not doing well. Croatia has been marked as an aggressor. It has been marked in the Tribunal; Serbia has not been marked by any act," he told TV Pink.

The leadership of the small Jewish community in Croatia, along with representatives of the country's Serb minority, has boycotted the last two government-sponsored Holocaust commemorations in 2016 and 2017.

As the Croatian government prepares to spend more on 1990s war veterans, as well as purchasing 12 military jets and covering debts in the health sector, it risks increasing the country's budget deficit, experts warned.

The Croatian government said on Thursday that it will revoke controversial Ordinance on the Increase of Import Taxes that threatened to lead to a trade war between Zagreb and neighbouring Balkan countries.

Croatia recently adopted new rules that increased fees for inspections of fruit and vegetable imports from 12 euros to 270 euros.

PODGORICA - The Serbian government has sent a note to the Croatian government and the European Commission following Zagreb's decision to step up control of agricultural imports, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in Podgorica on Wednesday.

The Serbian government is talking to other countries affected by the decision so that we can act jointly on the issue, Brnabic said.