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Parliament session: €1.16 million disbursed for free legal aid in 2025State Secretary Fadila Bahović presented to the Croatian Parliament a Report on the exercise of the right to free legal aid and disbursement in 2025 26.06.2026. | News

Government session: Abolishing the obligation of State School for Judicial Officials, extending eCommunication to misdemeanour proceedingsMinister Habijan presented to the Government a package of legislative amendments including laws on the State Judicial Council and the State Attorney’s Council, the Judicial Academy, the Misdemeanour Act and a new Act on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters with EU Member States 26.06.2026. | News

Study visit of a delegation of Spain’s Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes During the visit, the delegation visited the Split County Court in Split, the Regional Centre of the Judicial Academy in Split, the Split Branch Office of the National Centre for Mediation and the Zadar County Court 23.06.2026. | News

46th CEPEJ plenary meetingFrom 18 to 19 June 2026, the 46th plenary meeting of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe (CEPEJ) was held in Šibenik, organised by the CEPEJ Secretariat and the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation of Croatia 19.06.2026. | News

Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation receives 'AI transformation' award On 11 and 12 June 2026, the regional AI Summit Adria 2026 was held in Pula, bringing together hundreds of experts from 13 countries 19.06.2026. | News

Croatia strengthening its digital base: above EU average in 5G coverage, fibre optics, digital skills and e-healthThe European Commission has published the Digital Decade 2026 Report, which provides an overview of Member States' progress towards Europe's 2030 Digital Decade targets 19.06.2026. | News

Informal Conference of Council of Europe Justice Ministers on strengthening the response to financial crimeOn 16 June 2026, Director General for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation and Anti-Corruption Mladen Bručić-Matic attended the Informal Conference of CoE Ministers of Justice dedicated to strengthening the criminal justice response to financial crime in Strasbourg 17.06.2026. | News

Final conference marks successful completion of project establishing central data lake repository and business analytics system State Secretary Vedrana Šimundža Nikolić participated on Tuesday 16 June 2026 in the final conference of the NRRP investment "Establishment of a central data lake repository and business analytics system", organised by the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation in Dubrovnik 16.06.2026. | News

New measures to protect society: life imprisonment and special treatment for high-risk offendersMinister of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation Damir Habijan held a press conference on Friday 12 June 2026, where he presented the introduction of life imprisonment and proposals for three directions of legislative changes 12.06.2026. | News

Croatia’s efforts to strengthen the rule of law recognisedOn Thursday 11 June, Minister Damir Habijan received Michael McGrath, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection 11.06.2026. | News