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Minister Branko Bačić held a meeting with Slovenian Minister Jože NovakOn Monday, November 24, 2025, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić held a meeting with Minister of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning Jože Novak in the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets. 24.11.2025. | News | Information

Announcement: Workshop “Green Urban Renewal & Energy Renovation of Public Buildings” and Open Partner Dialogue – December 9, 2025The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets organises the workshop “Green Urban Renewal & Energy Renovation of Public Buildings”, which will be held on December 9, 2025, at 9 a.m. in Studio Katran, Zagreb, Radnička cesta 27. 24.11.2025. | News | Information

Vjesnik building insured as commercial building – no compensation lossesThe Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets decisively negates media headlines that Vjesnik is insured as a residential building and that the state might lose millions because of it. The Vjesnik building has been insured with Croatia osiguranje insurance company for over ten years, and the insurance policy has been regularly renewed. It was last renewed two months ago. 21.11.2025. | News | Information

APN received 2,880 subsidy requests for young people purchasing or constructing first residential real estateBy November 21, 2025, the Agency for Transactions and Mediation in Immovable Properties (APN) received a total of 2,880 tax refund requests for purchasing or constructing first residential real estate, after opening the application process on June 5, 2025, when the Ordinance on subsidies for the acquisition of first residential real estate entered into force. This is a permanent measure intended for young citizens and young families aimed at helping them solve their housing situation. 21.11.2025. | News | Information

Minister Bačić: We did everything we were supposed to do as co-owners of Vjesnik buildingMinister of Construction Branko Bačić said that they, as co-owners of the Vjesnik building, did everything they were supposed to do to ensure the building’s safety, including protection against fire, and he added the comprehensive inspection of the building should be over by the end of the week. 20.11.2025. | News

Minister Bačić: Experts will assess whether to renovate or demolish Vjesnik skyscraperMinister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić announced on Wednesday that, if experts decide so, the Vjesnik building burned down in the fire would be renovated right away, but it is necessary to wait for structural engineers to decide whether the skyscraper should be renovated or demolished. 19.11.2025. | News | Information

Structural engineers: Vjesnik skyscraper still dangerous, no one can enterAfter today’s inspection of the burned Vjesnik skyscraper, structural engineers have determined that the building still presents danger to people so for now no one can enter it, and this situation will continue until next week, when another analysis will follow. 19.11.2025. | News | Information

Fire in the Vjesnik skyscraper still not extinguishedThe fire in the Vjesnik skyscraper still has not been extinguished, Commander of the Public Fire Brigade (JVP) of the City of Zagreb Siniša Jembrih said on Wednesday morning, stating that firefighters are not extinguishing it because, as decided by structural engineers, it is not safe to enter the building for now. 19.11.2025. | News | Information

Members of Croatian Parliament discuss three sectoral ActsToday the Croatian Parliament discusses three new acts concerning physical planning, construction and energy efficiency in Building Construction. The Acts are presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić. 19.11.2025. | News | Information

Minister Bačić called emergency meeting to determine further steps after the fire in Vjesnik skyscraperFollowing the fire that started last night, on November 17, 2025, around 11 p.m. in Zagreb’s Vjesnik on Slavonska avenija in Zagreb, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Bačić called an emergency meeting this afternoon in the premises of the Ministry with the dean and professors from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, and representatives of the Croatian Centre for Earthquake Engineering (HCPI) to determine further steps for ensuring safety and emergency response actions. 18.11.2025. | News