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Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament on Wednesday opened a discussion on the final proposal to amend the Electoral Units Act, with ruling and opposition MPs exchanging heavy words over the voter register.

Zagreb - On the initiative of the chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, Marijana Petir, and on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Croatia’s membership in the EU, the Croatian Parliament will host an inter-parliamentary conference on the “Contribution of National Parliaments to Improving the Common Agricultural Policy” on 25 September 2023 in Zagreb.

Zagreb - Croatian MPs on Tuesday supported the Agreement between the governments of Croatia and Hungary on cooperation in the fight against cross-border crime, but also warned of the problem of illegal migrants and criminal networks that take advantage of the absence of controls in the Schengen area.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Friday extended his best wishes to the Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Tuesday that the parliament will convene again on Tuesday, 19 September, and the session will start with Question Time, with MPs discussing the Constituencies Bill and a set of nine tax-related bills during the first week of the session.

Zagreb - The issue of Croats in Slovenia, who do not have a recognised national minority status, is one of the outstanding issues between Zagreb and Ljubljana that we would like to resolve in a spirit of good neighborliness, Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Thursday.

Zagreb - The outstanding Croatia-Slovenia issues, first and foremost the border arbitration, do not affect their relations as friends, partners and good neighbours, the two countries' parliament speakers said in Ljubljana on Wednesday.

Zagreb - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob met with Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković in Ljubljana on Wednesday, thanking Croatia for being the first to come to his country's aid after it was hit by heavy floods early in August.

Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković has received Montenegrin President Jakov Milatić, currently on an official visit to Croatia, the Croatian parliament. 

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković and Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Butković laid wreaths and lit candles on Goli Otok and Sveti Grgur islands on Wednesday on the occasion of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes.

Zagreb - The parliamentary Domestic Policy and National Security Committee supported the proposal to appoint General Ivan Turkalj as the head of the Military Security and Intelligence Agency (VSOA), the chairman of that committee, Siniša Hajdaš Dončić, said on Wednesday afternoon.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Friday sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day, Veterans Day and the 28th anniversary of  Operation Storm, saying that Storm was a turning point in the 1991-1995 Homeland War.

Zagreb - The International Day of Remembrance of the Roma Genocide Victims of the Second World War, more than half a million of them, was commemorated for the 12th time in a row in Uštica, one of the execution grounds of the Jasenovac camp.

Zagreb - Parliament on Sunday rejected by majority vote two conclusions proposed by President Zoran Milanović on the ongoing strike in the judiciary and the gas affair, after debating them over the past two days, and endorsed the conclusions of the ruling majority.

Zagreb - The Croatian parliament on Saturday continued the extraordinary session called by President Zoran Milanović, who proposed that the government be given 15 days to ensure the normal functioning of the judiciary and establish the responsibility in the gas sales scandal.

Zagreb - The parliamentary Agriculture Committee on Saturday discussed the measures being taken to curb African swine fever, with representatives of pig farmers saying that "sales must function in controlled conditions" and veterinarians pointing to a lack of Civil Protection's assistance.

Zagreb - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday amended the Homeland War Veterans Act, increasing disability allowances for veterans of the 1991-1995 war of independence and laying down a legal basis for establishing an institution for the long-term accommodation of veterans who cannot look after themselves.

Zagreb - On Friday, the Croatian Parliament supported by a majority vote the amendments to the Housing Provision in Assisted Areas Act, which allow earthquake victims living in container settlements or containers next to their family houses to be accommodated in state-owned apartments during the summer.

Zagreb - The Croatian parliament on Friday amended the Maritime Domain and Sea Ports Act, which aims to ensure modern, rational and responsible management of the maritime domain.

Zagreb - Only three candidates have submitted applications for the post of the country's third Information Commissioner, and current Information Commissioner Zoran Pičuljan is not among them, even though under the relevant law, he could have applied for another term in office.

Zagreb - A memorial ceremony was held in the Croatian Parliament on Thursday to commemorate Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day, with members of Parliament, senior government and judicial officials and religious dignitaries attending it.

Zagreb - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Croatia by the end of the year, it was said at a meeting of the Croatia-Israel parliamentary friendship group on Tuesday, when a Knesset delegation visited the Croatian parliament.

Zagreb - Finance Minister Marko Primorac on Tuesday dismissed the opposition claims that the amendment of nine tax laws is "the waging of a war" against the largest cities, saying they are steps forward in fiscal decentralisation after a long time.

Zagreb - Members of the Croatian Parliament on Monday had no objections to the government's proposal to reappoint Majda Tafra-Vlahović a member of the Hina Steering Council, while some opposition lawmakers raised objections to the work of the national news agency.

Zagreb - Justice and Public Administration Minister Ivan Malenica said in the parliament on Monday the new law on wages in government and public services was a turning point in the management of human resources and creation of an efficient and professional public administration, while the opposition said it was incomplete.

Zagreb - Parliament on Wednesday adopted the Personal Assistance Act which increases the number of beneficiaries from 4,000 to over 15,000 as well as the number of personal assistants.

Zagreb - Parliament on Wednesday unanimously amended the law on the wages of judges and other judicial officials, raising the gross base pay from €625.20 to €706.59 as well as the coefficient for first-instance court judges from 3.54 to 4.21.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said at a thematic session of the Agriculture Committee on Wednesday that Croatia was going in the right direction with agricultural production.

Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković has issued a message for Independence Day, marked on 25 June.

Zagreb - The first unit of Partisans, set up in Brezovica Forest near Sisak as the first armed anti-Fascist unit in the occupied European regions in June 1941, was the core of and an impetus to Croatia's anti-Fascist struggle, the Sabor Speaker said in his message on the national Anti-Fascist Struggle Day.

Zagreb - Croatia’s journey as a Member State is a success story, and the transformational effect of Europe is evident everywhere in Croatia, the European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, told the Croatian legislature on Tuesday.

Zagreb - Sabor Speaker Gordan Jandroković and the visiting president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said on Tuesday that Croatia had reaped big economic benefits from its membership of the European Union in the last 10 years.

Zagreb - The parliamentary opposition on Monday endorsed changes to the Social Welfare Act, which members of the parliamentary majority said would enhance support for the most vulnerable groups in society, but it resented the way they were being adopted.

Zagreb - The Croatian parliament on Monday opened discussion on a proposal to adopt a declaration recognising the Holodomor as an act of genocide committed against the people of Ukraine by the Soviet authorities in 1932-33.

Zagreb - The parliamentary committee for family and youth on Thursday unanimously supported draft amendments to the Act on Social Welfare whereby allowances will rise  for parents who have the status of caregivers for their children with disabilities or developmental delays.

Zagreb - State Secretary at the Labour Ministry Margareta Mađerić said on Thursday that the proposed amendments to the Act on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications were aimed at securing equal access to the labour market and facilitate movement for workers in all EU member countries under equal conditions.

Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament on Wednesday passed amendments to this year's revised state budget as proposed by the government, which set budget revenue at €26.6 billion and expenditure at €28.1 billion.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker  Gordan Jandroković, at the beginning of the parliamentary session on Monday, recalled the 175th anniversary of the enthronement of Ban Josip Jelačić, and on that occasion, a replica of Jelačić's ban flag was hung in the Parliament.

Zagreb - Public Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter informed the parliament in 2021 her office forwarded 156 recommendations to the bodies of the state administration concerning various topics, and that the bodies responded to 45% of those suggestions.

Zagreb - Parliament debates on Thursday a government-sponsored bill under which future foreign courts' decisions on child adoptions will be submitted to Croatian courts. The government is proposing amendments to the Private International Law Act.

Zagreb - Sabor Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Thursday visited Croatian troops in Lithuania and on that occasion pointed out the importance of Croatia's permanent contribution to the collective security of NATO in line with the alliance's deterrence and defence policy.

Zagreb - Bilateral relations between Croatia and Lithuania are excellent and their cooperation is increasingly intensive, Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković and Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilyte-Nielsen said in Vilnius on Thursday.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Tuesday laid wreath at the Monument to the Homeland in Zagreb on the occasion of Statehood Day, observed on 30 May in memory of 30 May 1990 when the first democratic multiparty Croatian parliament was founded.

Zagreb - Finance Minister Marko Primorac informed the parliament on Thursday that the government would revise the budget one more time by the end of this year and that it would also prepare one more aid package for vulnerable households.

Zagreb - Parliament on Wednesday adopted a new law on non-litigious procedure, replacing a law adopted in 1934, and under the new law courts will continue to settle uncontested divorces.

Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament on Wednesday unanimously adopted the Law on Representative Claims for the Protection of Collective Interests and Consumer Rights, which should enable complete and timely protection of consumer rights and faster court proceedings.

Zagreb - Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Šime Erlić said on Friday he sees Croatia among the most developed EU member states and countries in the world by 2030, while opposition MPs warned of falling standards and record-high inflation.

Zagreb - The Croatian Parliament opened Thursday's session with discussion on  consumer rights protection, with opposition parties criticising the government for failing to protect consumers in the case of CHF-indexed loans, while the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) claimed the opposite.

Zagreb - Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Wednesday met with Cardinal Josip Bozanić in the Parliament, thanking him for his service of more than 25 years as Zagreb Archbishop and commitment in running the Zagreb Archdiocese.

Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Monday opened the 10th simulation parliamentary session for secondary school students, saying that a politician is asked to provide answers to the challenges of today and that those answers cannot be banal.