The finance minister announced that the government would adopt a budget revision with measures to reduce the deficit in February, after the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) defined measures. He said the government would ‘try to avoid cutting salaries in the public sector, especially reducing pensions, as pensions are already as low as they can get and it is impossible to reduce them’.
English: http://dalje.com/en-croatia/finmin-says-will-try-not-to-cut ...
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