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Parliament Speaker congratulates President-elect Kolinda Grabar Kitarović
Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Josip Leko on Tuesday sent a message of congratulations to Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic on her election as President, in which he underscored that it would be his pleasure to cooperate in a completely democratic atmosphere in the fight for national interests and further strengthening of the rule of law.
Parliament Speaker announces new session of Sabor
Zagreb - This year's first regular session of parliament will start on January 21 and is scheduled to run for ten weeks, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko announced after a meeting of the parliament's presidency on Tuesday.
Croatian Parliament Speaker extends condolences to French Parliament heads
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko on Thursday extended his condolences to French National Assembly President Claude Bartolone and Senate President Gerard Larcher on yesterday's terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.
Parliament Speaker Josip Leko sent his Christmas greetings to Croatian citizens
Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Josip Leko sent his Christmas greetings to Croatian citizens wishing them and all of society success and fortune.
Parliament Speaker Leko: Sabor has done proper job this year
Zagreb - In the year drawing to a close, lawmakers spent 103 days in parliament and discussed 373 items on the agenda, adopted 185 laws and parliament Speaker Josip Leko said that parliament had done a proper job this year in fulfilling its constitutional duty.
Croatian Parliament unanimously condemns Šešelj's release
Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament on Wednesday formally expressed deep dissatisfaction at the decision by the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to grant provisional release to the war crimes indictee, Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, and called on the tribunal to withdraw its decision.
Croatian Parliament Speaker met with Qatari Prime Minister Al Thani
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said in Doha on Thursday that the Croatian government would soon form a joint economy committee with Qatar, and told Qatari officials that the investment possibilities in Croatia were big, notably in energy and tourism.
Croatia wants Qatari investments in energy, tourism
Doha - Croatia wants to attract Qatari investments, notably in energy and tourism, and Croatian construction companies have been invited to intensify their presence in Qatar, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko and the Qatari emir said in Doha on Wednesday.
Leko attends conference marking 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin - The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Josip Leko, attended a conference in Berlin on Saturday marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Leko, Hamaček underline importance of parliamentary cooperation
Zagreb - Croatia and the Czech Republic push for intensifying parliamentary cooperation, notably regarding the European policy, and for implementing the Treaty of Lisbon which envisages a stronger role for parliaments in government supervision, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko and Czech Chamber of Deputies Chairman Jan Hamaček said in Zagreb on Thursday.
World Roma Language Day marked in Croatian Parliament
Zagreb - The member of Parliament representing the Roma minority, Veljko Kajtazi, said on Wednesday that a lot had been done for the Roma language in Croatia over the last three years, expressing hope that during his term in office he would manage to have the Roma language included on the list of minority languages in Croatia.
Veterans repeat their demands and walk out of conference room
Zagreb - A round table discussion on war veterans' rights in Parliament on Thursday lasted only 15 fifteen minutes as veterans repeated their demands and walked out of the conference room after introductory remarks by Parliament Speaker Josip Leko and the head of the Fully Disabled Homeland War Veterans Association, Đuro Glogoški.
Parliament Speaker visits protesting veterans
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko on Sunday afternoon visited the protesting disabled veterans who had been rallying outside the War Veterans' Ministry for seven days in a row, and called on them to come to the parliament building and discuss their problems there, while protesters' representatives responded that they would come to the Sabor only if Prime Minister Zoran Milanović relieved War Veterans Affairs' Minister Predrag Matić and his two closest associates of their duties.
Place of worship for Macedonian Orthodox faithful to be built in Zagreb
Zagreb - The foundation stone laying ceremony for the future place of worship for members of the Macedonian Orthodox Church was held in Zagreb on Sunday.
Parliament tasks government with checking outsourcing referendum signatures
Zagreb - The Croatian parliament on Friday unanimously tasked the government with checking the number and authenticity of signatures collected by unions for a referendum on passing a law that would ban the outsourcing of non-core activities in public and state services.
Croatian Parliament organised Doors Open Day
Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament organised Doors Open Day on Sunday on the occasion of Independence Day, observed on October 8.
Croatian Parliament to hold an Open Day on 12 October 2014
Zagreb - To mark the Independence Day - 8 October – in memory of the legislators' unanimous decision on 8 October 1991 to sever all ties with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with Croatia becoming a free and independent state, Citizens Service of the Croatian Parliament will be organizing the Open Day event.
Senior state officials lay wreaths to mark Independence Day
Zagreb - Senior Croatian state officials laid wreaths at Zagreb's Mirogoj Cemetery on Independence Day on Wednesday to commemorate all Croatians who had struggled for the freedom and independence of Croatia.
Croatian Parliament marks Independence Day
Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament held a special session on Wednesday to mark Independence Day.
Euro-Mediterranean Committee on Environment convenes in Zagreb
Zagreb - Environment protection, renewables in construction, sustainable tourism and the development of an eco-cities project were some of the topics on the agenda of a meeting of the Union for Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Energy, Environment, and Water, which convened in the Croatian parliament on Monday.
Croatian Parliament Speaker underlines importance of flood protection
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko in Budapest on Friday pointed out the importance of implementing all flood defence projects planned by the Danube strategy and of cooperation with neighbours in water management.
Croatia to consider assisting flood-hit areas in Bosnia's Posavina region
Domaljevac-Šamac - Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Josip Leko, who is currently on a two-day visit to neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, said on Tuesday that Croatia would consider the possibility of providing assistance to municipalities in the country's northern Posavina region which were severely hit by recent floods.
Croatian Parliament Speaker: Corridor 5C to improve development prospects for Odžak
Odžak - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said in Odžak, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Monday that the transport corridor 5C would improve development prospects for that region, announcing participation in developing projects designed to protect the area of Odžak from natural disasters such as floods that recently hit the Bosnian Sava River Valley region.
Leko says his two-day visit to Bosnia fruitful
Orašje - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said on Tuesday that his tour of the Posavina area of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina was "interesting, fruitful and instructive".
Leko says Brčko District example of tolerance, coexistence
Brčko - Croatian Parliament President Josip Leko said on Monday that Brčko District in the northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina served as an example of peaceful coexistence, announcing that he would advise Croatian business people to invest there.
Sabor Speaker says Croatia considers Bosnia to be more than friend
Tuzla - Bosnia and Herzegovina is more than a partner and neighbour for Croatia and Zagreb will help it on its path towards the European Union, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said in Tuzla, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Monday.
Sabor Speaker meets Tuzla Croats
Tuzla - Local Croats in the northeastern Bosnian city of Tuzla said during a meeting with Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko on Monday that they were committed to contributing to Bosnia and Herzegovina's development and that they wanted to live there on an equal footing with the other two constituent peoples, the Bosniaks and the Serbs.
MPs from S-E Europe call for strengthening trust
Zagreb - Trust is key for Europe's southeast to develop, chairmen of foreign policy committees of several Southeast European parliaments said at a meeting in Zagreb on Thursday. This, the fifth such meeting, was attended by Milorad Pupovac of Croatia and his counterparts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Germany as well as many representatives of the Croatian government and ministries, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Parliament discusses amendments to Penal Code
Zagreb - Under amendments to the Penal Code which the Croatian parliament was discussing on Thursday, there will no longer be a statute of limitations for premeditated murder, domestic mental abuse will be outlawed, for a petty offence to be treated as such its value will be lowered, and the criminal offence of defamation will be defined more precisely.
Leko attending security forum in US Congress
Washington - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko is in the US Congress attending the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum on terrorist threats, and on the sidelines of the conference he has held bilateral meetings with senior members of Congress, who told him that they considered Croatia a partner country, the Croatian Parliament's press service said on Friday.
Leko: Ukraine is important and tough problem for Europe
Oslo - The problem of Ukraine is an extremely important and tough problem for Europe and shows that threats posed by violations of international law have not disappeared, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said in Oslo on Friday following a two-day conference of parliament speakers from the Council of Europe member states.
European Interparliamentary Conference on sustanable tourism closed in Mali Lošinj
Mali Lošinj – European Interparliamentary Conference on sustainable tourism ended today in the town of Mali Lošinj with presentations of experts and panel discussions on cultural tourism and tourism in the function of environmental protection.
Parliament Speaker says rush on referendums under way in Croatia
Oslo - Civil society is an important form of extra-institutional opposition, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said at the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Oslo on Friday, adding that there was in Croatia "a sort of rush on referendums by those who are against government decisions."
First part of the European Inter-parliamentary Conference ”Challenges of Sustainable Tourism: Promoting Cultural Heritage and Environmental Protection” in Zagreb ended
Zagreb - In the final part of the plenary session, the first part of which was held in Zagreb, the participants were addressed by representatives of international organisations, with the central topic being the importance of integrating different policies in the development of sustainable tourism.
Croatian Parliament Speaker says only talks can settle Ukraine conflict
Oslo - Participants in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments (ECPP) in Oslo have expressed different positions on the Ukraine crisis and therefore the talks should continue as there is no alternative to talks and to looking for common standards and values, Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said in a statement for Hina in the Norwegian capital on Thursday evening.
Expert presentations on sustainable tourism
Zagreb - In the continuation of the European Inter-parliamentary Conference on “Challenges of Sustainable Tourism: Promoting Cultural Heritage and Environmental Protection” presentations were made by Hrvoje Carić (Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia), Ugo Soragni (Head of Regional Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Landscape of the Veneto Region, Italy), Panos Livadas (Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organization, Greece), Matija Franković (Head of State Institute for Nature Protection, Croatia) and Sandra Vlašić (UNDP – Programme Officer of the United Nations Development Programme, Croatia)
European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments starts in Oslo
Oslo - Europe is faced with many difficult challenges such as millions of jobless people, violations of human rights in parts of the continent, serious breaches of international law and armed conflicts that inflict suffering on civilians, notably in Ukraine, said speakers who opened the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments in Oslo on Thursday (ECPP).
European Interparliamentary conference on Sustainable Tourism in the Croatian Parliament
Zagreb - The Challenges of Sustainable Tourism: Promoting Cultural Heritage and Environmental Protection is the topic of the first European Interparliamentary Conference on Tourism which started in the Croatian Parliament on Wednesday. The Conference is being held in Zagreb and Mali Lošinj from September 10 to September 13 and is organized following the initiative of the Tourism Committee of the Croatian Parliament.
Korea for opening Croatia's embassy in Seoul
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko, who is on an official visit to South Korea, on Monday met with his Korean counterpart Chung Ui-hwa for talks on strengthening bilateral relations, notably on the economic front, with the South Korean official saying that the opening of a Croatian embassy in Seoul would be conducive to that goal.
Zhang, Leko for intensifying parliamentary, economic cooperation
Zagreb/Beijing - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko met in Beijing on Saturday with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, Zhang Dejiang, who invited Croatia to utilise China's increasingly intense cooperation with Central and East European countries.
Croatia marks Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day on August 5
Zagreb - Croatia commemorates the Day of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving and the Day of Croatian Defenders on August 5, the day when 19 years ago its military and police forces regained control of most of the occupied territory in a military offensive dubbed Operation Storm.
High-level state delegations lay wreaths to mark Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
Zagreb - High-level state delegations laid wreaths at Zagreb's Mirogoj Cemetery on Monday, marking Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day, Croatian Defenders' Day and the 19th anniversary of Operation Storm. The Croatian Parliament delegation was led by MP Gordana Sobol.
European affairs committee backs Mimica as European commissioner candidate
Zagreb - The parliamentary European Affairs Committee has endorsed Neven Mimica as Croatia's candidate for the European Commission in the 2014-19 period. Addressing the committee, Mimica spoke of the EC's achievements in consumer protection, for which he was in charge, the need to strengthen the European Union's democratic legitimacy through cooperation with the national parliaments, and the political guidelines of new EC President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Leko welcomes participants in Transatlantic Forum
Zagreb - The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Josip Leko, welcomed participants in the 15th Transatlantic Forum of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation entitled "Croatia: From Independence to the 28th Member of the European Union and NATO - A Guarantee for a Peaceful Future", which was being held in the Croatian Parliament building on Wednesday.
Croatian parliament Speaker pushes for stronger economic ties with US
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko and Deputy Speaker Dragica Zgrebec on Wednesday attended a meeting of a United States business delegation and representatives of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) and the Croatian Employers Association which discussed possibilities of developing economic cooperation.
Parliament Speaker said that Parliament had fulfilled its constitutional task in the first half of the year
Zagreb - Speaker Josip Leko said on Wednesday that parliament had fulfilled its constitutional task with its work in the first half of the year but that he was not fully satisfied with it, notably with the fact that the bulk of the laws was adopted in fast-track procedure.
Italian EU Presidency to focus on growth, employment
Zagreb - Italy as the EU President wants to be a catalyst of political changes which should ensure sustainable growth in the European Union and restore citizens' trust damaged by the economic crisis, Italian Ambassador to Croatia Emanuela D'Alessandro said in Zagreb on Monday.
Parliament discusses report by Children's Ombudswoman for 2013
Zagreb - Members of Parliament on Monday warned about the need for a more active role of society in better protecting children's rights, agreeing that as the most vulnerable group, children were affected by poverty the most.
Speaker urges Croatian MEPs to bring EP closer to Croatian citizens
Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Josip Leko told Croatian members of the European Parliament (EP) on Monday that their task, as well as that of the Croatian parliament, was to bring the EP closer to Croatian citizens, acquainting them about its importance for Croatia and them.