"Fifty days before the expiry of the 18-month deadline, €321 million has been spent on reconstruction in the area of Petrinja, with 319 million having originally been made available," Bačić said in a Facebook post.
He noted that the reconstruction of the most important public buildings in the earthquake-hit Sisak-Moslavina County, including the area of Petrinja, was currently under way.
"Even though we have absorbed the funds made available under the EU Solidarity Fund, we are continuing with the implementation of projects using funds from the state budget and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan," the minister said.