ZAGREB, October 25, 2018 - The Croatian Reconstruction and Development Bank's (HBOR) strategy focuses on EU funds, introduction of new market products and stimulation of exports, HBOR Management Board chair Tamara Perko said at an international conference on export stimulation organised in Dubrovnik on Thursday by HBOR.

ZAGREB, October 5, 2018 - The government intends to have contracts concluded on 60% of the funds in the EU envelope for Croatia by the end of this year, and the envisaged allocation for Croatia is 10.7 billion euro, Regional Development and EU Funds Minister Gabrijela Žalac said in Šibenik on Friday.

ZAGREB, September 26, 2018 - The City of Zagreb has absorbed about 150 million euro over the past four and a half years and the latest project to be financed with European funds is the roundabout in the suburb of Remetinec, Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić said on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, September 21, 2018 - "The fact that we have already contracted 7.9 billion kuna or 42% of about 19 billion kuna in the current European Union financial perspective, means that European finances will contribute to Slavonia's development," Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told reporters after the 6th meeting of the Council for Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem.

ZAGREB, September 18, 2018 - Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić reiterated on Tuesday that increasing the national contribution in co-financing programmes was unacceptable and that it won't help a better absorption of European funds.

ZAGREB, September 17, 2018 - The Baby Beef association believes that the European Union's new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2021-2027 period could ruin Croatia's cattle breeding industry, and has called on the government and the Agriculture Ministry to take a firm negotiating position against the proposed cuts in grants.

ZAGREB, August 30, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said on Thursday that an application procedure for the allocation of EU grants for small and medium entrepreneurs, during which 53 million kuna was allocated in just 35 seconds, would be annulled.

ZAGREB, August 28, 2018 - The European Travel Commission (ETC) has approved funding for Croatia's and Slovenia's tourist boards for a joint promotional campaign in China under the slogan "Experience Croatia, Feel Slovenia", valued at more than 200,000 euro, half of which will be provided by ETC, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, August 22, 2018 - The Health Ministry has said it is intensively working on the absorption of EU funds for projects involving combined emergency wards, day hospitals and outpatient surgeries, that it has been very successful in contracting funding in 2016-18, and that it currently manages 1.5 billion kuna worth of projects contracted as part of the 2014-20 Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion.

ZAGREB, August 21, 2018 - The Ministry of Justice and European Commission Representation in Croatia on Tuesday officially presented a project for developing a single IT system for prison administration which was financed with more than 500,000 euro from the European IPA 2012 programme.