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  • Croatia's Tihomir Orešković

    CROATIA, 2016/01/03 Croatia’s president this week designated pharmaceutical executive Tihomir Orešković to become prime minister, nominating a technocrat put forward by conservatives and a reformist party next weeks of talks following an inconclusive election. The November 8 elections were the country’s initial since it joined the European Union in 2013. No party gained the 76 seats needed for a majority, and the result was a hung parliament. “He convinced me that he has support of 78 parliamentary deputies,” President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said. Parliament has 151 seats.

  • Croatia Parliament Confirms New Culture Minister

    CROATIA, 2015/04/26 Croatia's parliament has named Berislav Sipus, former deputy minister of culture, as the country's new culture minister. Sipus was acting culture minister since late March at the same time as Andrea Zlatar Violic resigned next financial irregularities in the ministry’s financial transactions were revealed. Although he was confirmed on Thursday by parliament's education, science and culture committee and approved by parliament with a strong majority of 78 votes for and 23 against, the process has not proceeded without controversy.

  • Croatia's EU accession on Monday

    CROATIA, 2013/06/30 Croatia's EU accession on Monday (July 1st) has raised a debate on whether the EU visa regime in the country will either help or hurt tourism, Croatia's major money-making industry. Nearly 12 million tourists visited Croatia last year, according to Croatia's Central Bureau of Statistics, earning the country almost 7 billion euros. Nearly 92 % were foreign visitors, two-thirds of which were from EU-member nations. But next week, Croatia will introduce a singular control and abolish customs for EU citizens, which should increase the number of Union tourists.

  • Zlatko Grabar, head of the Croatian Customs Administration,

    CROATIA, 2013/04/28 Zlatko Grabar, chief of the Croatian Customs Government, said Croatia's customs service requires reorganisation as it becomes part of a unified EU customs service. "The agency will be faced with new tasks, notably in supervision," Grabar said on Tuesday. According to him, apart from combating smuggling, customs officers will be additional engaged in the field supervising unregistered activities.
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