The sport is also very popular on the eastern side of the Adriatic, especially in Slovenia ( where it is known as balinanje or colloquial playing boče or bale from Italian bocce or palle meaning balls ), Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Hercegovina ( in Serbo-Croatian known under the name of boćanje or simply playing boće ( colloquial also bućanje or playing balote ), originating in Italian boccie ).

This was also seen in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Pacific, Scandinavia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico.

Other Serb-dominated communities in eastern Croatia announced that they would also join SAO Krajina and ceased paying taxes to the Zagreb government.

During 1992 and 1993, Croatia also handled an estimated 700, 000 refugees from Bosnia, mainly Bosnian Muslims.

The government (), the main executive power of Croatia, is headed by the prime minister, who has four deputy prime ministers, three of whom also serve as government ministers.

The government (), the main executive power of Croatia, is headed by the prime minister, who has four deputies, three of whom also serve as government ministers.

The country also has several airlines, of which the most notable is Croatia Airlines.

Seasonal intercontinental flights also operate from and to Croatia.

Croatia is also on the important Danube waterway, which connects Eastern and Central Europe.

It applied in 2003, and began with accession negotiations in 2005 ( see also: Accession of Croatia to the European Union ).

It is also practiced in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries.

He was also Apostolic King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia as Francis I.

In Croatia, from the 12th century, Glagolitic inscriptions appeared mostly in littoral areas: Istria, Primorje, Kvarner and Kvarner islands, notably Krk, Cres and Lošinj ; in Dalmatia, on the islands of Zadar, but there were also findings in inner Lika and Krbava, reaching to Kupa river, and even as far as Međimurje and Slovenia.

The Danube also flows through parts of Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, and Romania. It is navigable within Hungary for 418 kilometers.

* Meteor hydrofoils are operated by a number of tour operators in Croatia, mostly for packaged tours, but there are also some scheduled services to islands in Adriatic.

Italian is also recognized as an official language in Istria County, Croatia and Slovenian Istria where there are significant and historic Italian populations.

Beyond France it is also grown in Italy ( where it is the country's 5th most planted grape ), California, Romania, Australia, Argentina, Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, Chile, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovenia, Mexico and other parts of the United States such as Washington and Long Island.

In Croatia, " machine pistols of the American Ingram brand " were also illegally copied and manufactured.

That meeting in 2001 also saw the successful accession to the WTO of China and Chinese Taipei, which along with Estonia, Jordan, Georgia, Albania, Oman, Croatia, Lithuania and Moldova joined during Mr Moore's term bringing in the majority of the world's population within the rules-based trading system.

Romania also declared its public support for Turkey and Croatia joining the European Union.

For example, it is used in French presidential, legislative, and cantonal elections, and also to elect the presidents of Afghanistan, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zimbabwe — see: Table of voting systems by nation.

Verlan is also very similar, if not identical, to the slang often used in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia in the Serbo-Croat languages and Macedonian.

Students from the following countries and territories are eligible for the scholarships: the Visegrad Group countries ( Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia ), also Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia and Ukraine.

Spain, Hungary and Croatia were also claimed as her property, and an attempt was made to induce the king of Denmark to hold his realm as a fief from the pope.

Milošević was subsequently sent to the ICTY and was indicted on charges of crimes against humanity in Kosovo, charges of violating the laws or customs of war, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and for complicity in genocide in Bosnia.

He was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, accusing him of a " joint criminal enterprise " in an effort to expel Krajina Serbs from Croatia in 1995 during Operation Storm .< ref name =" icty ">

Many Croatian generals were indicted for these atrocities — and had the wartime president Franjo Tudjman not died, he would have been indicted, according to Carla Del Ponte, chief attorney of the Haag court, Serbia is now home to more than 800. 000 refuges from Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, most of them are Serbs, but there are Roma ( who are, in most cases, settled in cardbox ghettos around Serbian cities ( most famous is Gazela situated under the Gazela bridge in Belgrade downtown )), Gorani, Albanians and Montenegrins as well.

At that funeral, Croatian Dominican priest pater Vjekoslav Lasić held a speech in which he said that " the court that indicted Dinko Šakić indicted Croatia and Croatians " and that " every Croat should be proud of Šakić's name ".

Sections of the Una river and villages at the base of Mount Plješevica are in Croatia, while some are in Bosnia, which causes an excessive number of border crossings on a single route and impedes any serious development in the region.

Following the defeat of the Independent State of Croatia at the end of the war, a large number of Ustaše, and civilians supporting them ( ranging from sympathisers, young conscripts, anti-communists, and ordinary serfs who were allegedly motivated by Partisan crimes ) attempted to flee in the direction of Austria hoping to surrender to British forces and to be given refuge.

The expressway routes in Croatia usually correspond to a state road ( see below ) and are marked a " D " followed by a number.

Sections of the Una river and villages at the base of Mount Plješevica are in Croatia, while some are in Bosnia, which causes an excessive number of border crossings on a single route and impedes any serious development in the region.

Following pioneers like Dražen Petrović ( Croatia ) who joined the NBA in the late 1980s, an increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA.

A small number of Slovene activist, mostly from Styria and Carinthia, embraced the Illyrian movement that started in neighboring Croatia and aimed at uniting all South Slavic peoples.

Countries that are home to a significant number of speakers of Uralic languages include Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Ukraine.

After having enjoyed sales of almost 30, 000 ( this number cannot be confirmed as there is no system in Croatia to measure exact album sales, most figures are provided by record companies, therefore, there cannot be considered to be accurate ) for three Teen albums and after receiving the 2002 Porin prize, Claudia broke away from the Teens.

France, who came sixth, were voted by all the other countries that took part, which is more than the number of countries that voted for Romania, who came fourth and Croatia, who came third.

Today, there is a fair number of active jazz groups in Croatia, and various cities host jazz festivals.

The method has been adopted by a number of countries, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Iceland, and Wales.

: " Due to differing views and lack of documentation, estimates for the number of Serbian victims in Croatia range widely, from 25, 000 to more than one million.

The band's albums all officially became platinum although is no accurate system in Croatia to monitor number of record sales.

The number of representatives elected from this unit will be determined after the elections, based on how many people actually vote in Croatia, so that there is equal value of votes both inside and outside Croatia.

Any decision concerning the association of the Republic of Croatia shall be made on a referendum by a majority vote of the total number of electors in the State.

Within two decades following Tvrtko's death, Sigismund fomented a number of wars in Bosnia and Croatia and murdered almost 200 prominent families.

Rakia is considered to be а national drink in a number of countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

He is currently a representative for both the International Fund for Animal Welfare and an Animal Friends Croatia, as well as providing assistance to a number of small animal-rescue organizations in southern California.

He has also supported a number of medical institutions in Croatia through the donation of money or equipment.

In Croatia, the CARNet network connects the major Croatian towns and cities on the mainland and a number of settlements on the islands.

In order to fight international organised crime effectively, Europol cooperates with a number of third countries and organisations as follows ( in alphabetical order ): Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, CEPOL ( European Police College ), Colombia, Croatia, Eurojust, European Central Bank, European Commission, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Frontex, Iceland, Interpol, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, OLAF ( European Anti-Fraud Office ), Russian Federation, Serbia, Switzerland, SitCen ( EU Joint Situation Centre ), Turkey, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the USA, and the World Customs Organisation.

Croatian believers from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina also typically have their own priests, a number which increased during the wars that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia.

His opposite number, Count Nikola Šubić Zrinski, was one of the largest landholders in the Kingdom of Croatia, a seasoned veteran of border warfare, and a Ban ( Croatian royal representative ) from 1542 to 1556.