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Minister dismisses Zagreb mayor's accusations over Urban Development PlanHina - Physical Planning Minister Branko Bačić on Saturday dismissed Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević's accusations that the ministry was "splitting hairs" over amendments to the city's Urban Development Plan (GUP) by requesting additional corrections, saying the GUP does not comply with the law. 29.03.2025. | News | Information

Minister Bačić: Goal is to halt rise in property prices and rents in CroatiaHina - Construction Minister Branko Bačić said on Wednesday that the aim of the newly presented National Housing Policy Plan is to curb the rise in property prices, and consequently rental prices, in Croatia. 26.03.2025. | News | Information

Government submits to parliament amendments to Affordable Housing ActHina - At its Wednesday session, the government adopted the National Housing Policy Plan until 2030 and submitted amendments to the Affordable Housing Act to Parliament. 26.03.2025. | News | Information

Minister Bačić: Pace of post-quake reconstruction satisfactory, BBB principle appliedHina - Construction Minister Branko Bačić said on Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the Zagreb earthquake, that €2.04 billion has been spent on the reconstruction of private and public property, since that disaster that took one life and inflicted a huge damage to the city. 22.03.2025. | News | Information

Croatia commemorates 5th anniversary of Zagreb quakeHina - Five years have passed since the devastating Zagreb earthquake, which struck the city at 6:24 AM on 22 March 2020, with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, and killed one victim. 22.03.2025. | News | Information

Construction minister announces possible introduction of seismic certificateHina - Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić said on Wednesday that the government is considering the possible introduction of a seismic certificate to define the mechanical resistance and stability of buildings, primarily those intended for public use. 19.03.2025. | News | Information

Bačić: We launched National Housing Policy Plan before EUHina - Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić said on Tuesday at a panel on urbanism and affordable housing at the international conference "Smart Cities" that the government launched the National Housing Policy Plan before the EU, and that cities are the most important partners. 18.03.2025. | News | Information

PM opens exhibition of Hina photos ahead of fifth earthquake anniversaryHina - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković opened a photography exhibition by Hina photojournalists on Monday, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and the completion of the restoration of Hina’s headquarters. 17.03.2025. | News | Information

Zagreb's Merkur hospital reopened after post-earthquake reconstructionHina - Merkur is the first hospital in Zagreb to be fully reconstructed following the 2020 earthquake, it was said on Monday during the reopening of the renovated hospital in the presence of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and two ministers. 17.03.2025. | News | Information

Bačić: We are halfway through reconstruction, aim to complete all works by 2030Hina - A total of 13,093 buildings damaged in the March and December 2020 earthquakes, known as the Zagreb and Petrinja earthquakes, have been reconstructed to date, including 12,364 private buildings and 729 public and infrastructure projects. 14.03.2025. | News