The government on Thursday sent to parliament its explanation why it has dismissed a motion of no-confidence vote against Economy Minister Tomislav, which was tabled by 40 Opposition lawmakers.

Commenting on the case, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that the government turned down all the three opposition requests from the motion.

The Opposition doubts Coric’s trustworthiness due to his decisions concerning the Krs-Padjene wind park project, the appointment of Nella Slavica as the head of the Krka National Park and possible disrespect of the principle of fairness in the process of reappointment of Dragan Kovacevic as the CEO of the state-run oil pipeline operator (JANAF).

€594.84m for removal of quake consequences to be disbursed by year’s end

The government also decided on the distribution of EU grants for the removal of consequences caused by the 22 March earthquake in Zagreb and its environs.

Croatia has already received €88.9 million from EU funds for that purpose while the total grant allocation is €683.7 million.

The remaining €594.84 million will be disbursed to Croatia until the end of this year, after Zagreb informs Brussels how it plans to use that amount, Construction Minister Darko Horvat said.