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Boris Šprem's Best Wishes for Easter to Believers Following the Julian Calendar
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem has sent his best wishes to the believers in the Republic of Croatia marking Easter according the Julian calendar.
Second President of the National Council of Austria Fritz Neugebauer in Sabor
Zagreb – Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem received the Second President of the National Council of Austrian Parliament Fritz Neugebauer who is undertaking an official visit in Croatia.
Boris Šprem’s Easter Message
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem has sent his best wishes to the believers in the Republic of Croatia observing Easter according the Gregorian calendar.
Speaker’s Passover Message
Zagreb – Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem has sent his warm wishes to mark Passover to Ognjen Kraus, President of the Coordinating Committee of the Jewish Communities in the Republic of Croatia, to Kotel Da-Don, Chief Rabbi of The Bet Israel Jewish Community of Croatia and to all Jewish believers in Croatia.
Boris Šprem Meets Zlatko Lagumdžija, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zagreb – Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem met with the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdžija, who is undertaking an official visit to the Republic of Croatia.
Boris Šprem's Visit to Skoplje
Skoplje – Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem is paying an official visit to the Republic of Macedonia at the invitation of his Macedonian counterpart Trajko Veljanoski. Šprem and the Croatian parliamentary delegation were also received by the Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and the President of the Republic Gjorge Ivanov.
Activities While the House is Adjourned
Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem held meetings with the Japanese, Portuguese and the Dutch ambassador to Croatia.
Eventful Day at the Parliament
Zagreb – Today in the Croatian Parliament the Speaker Boris Šprem held a number of meetings. He met with the delegation of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Italian Parliament Chamber of Deputies, led by the Committee Chairman Stefano Stefani, with Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, and he received two ambassadors.
Sabor Appoints Observer MPs in the European Parliament
Zagreb – Today the Croatian Parliament appointed twelve MPs as Observers in the European Parliament. Their term of office will last until Croatia becomes a full member of the European Union. Observers were appointed based on the MP clubs’ proposals, in proportion to the current structure of the Croatian Parliament.
Slovenian National Assembly Foreign Policy Committee in Sabor
Zagreb – A delegation of the Foreign Policy Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia headed by the Committee Chairman Jozef Horvat visited the Croatian Parliament. The delegation was received by the Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem and later held meetings with the Croatian Parliament Foreign Policy Committee and with the European Integration Committee.
Sabor Ratifies Croatia’s EU Accession Treaty
Zagreb – In the presence of the Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, members of the government and diplomatic representatives in Croatia, the Croatian Parliament ratified the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union by unanimous vote. This was the only item debated at today’s plenary sitting.
International Women’s Day: Parliament Speaker at Round Table on Violence Against Women
Zagreb – On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Croatian President Ivo Josipović, in cooperation with the UN in Croatia, organized a round table conference on violence against women with the aim of creating the Network of Men Leaders, a network of men in leadership position who would serve as role models and put the important message across that violence against women needs to be stopped.
Boris Šprem meets Italian Ambassador Emanuela d'Alessandro
Zagreb – Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem received Italy's Ambassador to Croatia Ms Emanuela D'Alessandro. They talked about Šprem's recent visit to the presidents of both chambers of the Italian Parliament Renato Schifani and Gianfranco Fini. Šprem attended the Upper Chamber plenary session when Italian Senators ratified Croatia's EU Accession Treaty.
Italian Senate ratifies Croatia's Accession Treaty
Rome – On Tuesday evening, in the presence of the Croatian Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem, the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Italy supported by a majority of votes the law ratifying the Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union. The lower chamber of the Italian Parliament ratified the Treaty on February 15. Italy thus joined Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary.
Croatian and Estonian Speakers Mr Boris Šprem and Ms Ene Ergma on the Ratification of Croatia's EU Accession Treaty
Zagreb – The Estonian Parliament is going to ratify Croatia's Treaty on the Accession to the European Union in March or April, announced Ms Ene Ergma, Speaker of the Estonian Parliament during her official visit to Croatia at the invitation of her Croatian counterpart Mr Boris Šprem.
Debate on the 2012 Budget Draft
Zagreb – Most MP Clubs – all clubs of the ruling coalition, the Independent Democratic Serbian Party and the National Minorities MP Club – supported government's draft on the state budget for this year in today’s plenary discussion.
Bulgarian Parliament Ratifies Croatia's EU Accession Treaty
Sofia – In the presence of Mr. Boris Šprem, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, all of the 181 Members of the National Assembly of Bulgaria present at the Friday plenary session voted in favour of the ratification of Croatia’s Treaty on the Accession to the European Union.
Boris Šprem and Hungarian Ambassador Gábor Iván about Croatia's Accession Treaty Ratification in the Hungarian Parliament
Zagreb – The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Mr. Boris Šprem expressed his gratification with the fact that the Hungarian Parliament had ratified Croatia’s Accession Treaty to the European Union, referring to it as an indicator of very good relations between the two countries.
Round Table in Sabor: Referendum Held – What Next?
Zagreb - GONG, a renowned non-partisan NGO intended to encourage citizens’ active participation in political processes, organized a round table conference in the Croatian Parliament on the steps to be taken before Croatia’s actual Accession to the European Union on 1 July 2013. The general conclusion of the many participants, most notable among them Mr. Paul Vandoren, Head of EU Delegation to Croatia, Mr. Boris Šprem, Speaker of the Parliament, and Mr. Berto Šalaj, President of GONG Council, boils down to the fact that the better Croatia prepares for the EU membership in the following year and a half, the more it shall benefit from it.
Slovak Parliament First to Ratify Croatia’s EU Accession Treaty
Bratislava – The National Council of the Slovak Republic is the first parliament of EU Member States to have ratified Croatia’s Treaty of Accession to the European Union, Croatian News Agency (HINA) reported.
Croatian citizens voted "for" the European Union
Zagreb – According to the 8 o’clock official near complete results of the State Election Commission, 1. 298 948 or 66.27 percent of voters backed Croatia’s membership in the European Union, 649 439 or 33.13 percent voted against, while 11 732 or 0.60 percent of voting slips were invalid. These are the results collected from 99.93 percent of the polling stations.