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Minister Gordan Jandroković participated in the concluding meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs within the framework of support to cross-border co-operation of the local communities on the joint border of the three states: the Republic of Croatia, MThe topic of the meeting held on Wednesday, 8 July 2009, in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, was entitled “Presentation of Project Oriented Cross-Border Co-operation of the Three States”08.07.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković had working lunch on Tuesday, 7 July 2009, with ambassadors of the European Union Member States accredited to the Republic of CroatiaOn that occasion, Minister Jandroković specifically emphasised that no changes had occurred in the priorities of the Government of the Republic of Croatia07.07.2009. | Press releases

Ambassador Željko Vukosav, together with the Portuguese hosts, opened on Saturday, 4 July 2009, the International Handicrafts Fair in the town of Maia. This is the largest fair of this kind in Portugal with more than 200,000 visitors06.07.2009. | Press releases

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration welcomes the interim measure passed by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspending the implementation of the Law on Protection of Domestic Productionhis interim measure of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will enable continued fulfilment of the mutual internationally undertaken contractual commitments06.07.2009. | Press releases

State Secretary Maja Vrtarić met with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marcel PeškoState Secretary for Organisation and Management at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Maja Vrtarić met on Monday, 6 July 2009, with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marcel Peško, who on that occasion held a presentation entitled “Modernising Foreign Affairs Services in Slovakia”. Together with State Secretary Vrtarić, the presentation was attended by all directors and other managerial personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration06.07.2009. | Press releases

State Secretary Maja Vrtarić co-chaired on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, the 30th anniversary session of the Standing Commission Croatia-Bavaria in MunichFurther cooperation between Croatia and Bavaria in a number of fields was discussed at the session: from the economy, tourism, education, science, culture, agriculture, judiciary and local self-government, to environmental protection and internal affairs02.07.2009. | Press releases

A meeting was held of culture advisors and the personnel responsible for the promotion of cultureIn the organisation of the Independent Service for Croats Abroad and Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, on Thursday, 2 June 2009, a meeting was held of culture advisors and the personnel responsible for the promotion of culture in diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Croatia in European states02.07.2009. | Press releases

Ambassador Željko Kuprešak opened in Belgrade an exhibition entitled “Golden Basketball of Mirko Novosel” put on by author Veljko Smajević, which is also the title of the presented monograph authored by Zoran Kovačević and Milorad Bibićhe exhibition consists of several thematic elements which tell about his life and career, including photographs, newspaper articles, and a memento of the 1987 Universiade in Zagreb01.07.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković led on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, the Croatian delegation at the first meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Ministers of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of ItalyThe Croatian delegation consisted of State Secretary at the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Branimir Jerneić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Tonči Božanić, and State Secretary for Environmental Protection at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Nikola Ružinski01.07.2009. | Press releases

On the occasion of today’s entry into force of the Law on Protection of Domestic Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which represents a severe violation of the CEFTA provisions and introduces protectionist customs duties on the export of a large part of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration invites the competent institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to amend the Law on Protection of Domestic Production and align it with the obligations which Bosnia and Herzegovina undertook under the CEFTA agreement, thus contributing to the development of good neighbourly relations in the common interes01.07.2009. | Press releases