* 1941 – World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion.

* 1945 – Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.

The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.

This farmland is a part of the Parapannonian Plain stretching into neighbouring Croatia and Serbia.

Sava is making a natural border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and towns like Brčko, Bosanski Šamac, Bosanska Gradiška lies on the river.

The road Karlovac-Plitvice Lakes-Knin, which is on the European route E71, is becoming increasingly unused because Croatia built a separate highway to the west of it.

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 ).

The largest proportion of the sites is in the northern Croatia river valleys, and the most significant cultures whose presence was discovered include Starčevo, Vučedol and Baden cultures.

According to the work De Administrando Imperio written by the 10th-century Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII, the Croats had arrived in what is today Croatia in the early 7th century, however that claim is disputed and competing hypotheses date the event between the 6th and the 9th centuries.

Separate coronation as King of Croatia was gradually allowed to fall into abeyance and last crowned king is Charles Robert in 1301 after which Croatia contented herself with a separate diploma

The population density is 75. 8 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the overall life expectancy in Croatia at birth is 75. 7 years.

Croatia is currently in the fourth or fifth stage of the demographic transition.

Croatia is inhabited mostly by Croats ( 89. 6 %), while minorities include Serbs ( 4. 5 %), and 21 other ethnicities ( less than 1 % each ).

The demographic history of Croatia is marked by significant migrations, including the arrival of the Croats in the area growth of Hungarian and German speaking population since the personal union of Croatia and Hungary, and joining of the Habsburg Empire, migrations set off by Ottoman conquests and growth of Italian speaking population in Istria and in Dalmatia during Venetian rule there.

The Croatian language is the official language of Croatia, but minority languages are officially used in some local government units.

The politics of Croatia are defined by a parliamentary, representative democratic republic framework, where the Prime Minister of Croatia is the head of government in a multi-party system.

Executive power is exercised by the government and the President of Croatia.

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.

In addition, among EU states, the Italian language is most likely to be learned as a second language in Malta by 61 % of the population, as well as in Slovenia by 15 % of the population, in Croatia by 14 % of the population, Austria by 11 % of the population, Romania by 8 % of the population, and by France and Greece by 6 % of the population.

The language is taught in some universities in Australia, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Russia, Serbia, the United States, and the United Kingdom among other countries.

Blue, white, and red is a common combination in Slavic countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Croatia as well as among Western nations including Australia, France, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States of America.

* The D ' Hondt method ( or Jefferson's method ), used in Albania, Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Poland, Scotland and Spain, among other places ;

a flag of convenience registry ; includes ships from 20 countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, People's Republic of China 5, Greece 5, United Arab Emirates 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 ( 1998 est.

Below are examples of current or recently approved controversial projects: M10 Motorway in Russia, the Gazela Bridge in Serbia, Sava Bridge in Croatia, D1 Motorway in the Slovakia, Sostanj Power Plant in Slovenia, Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Plant in Uganda, Mopani Copper Mine in Zambia, among others.

They showed that the early witch-hunts originated among common people in the Switzerland and in the Croatia, who pressed the civil courts to support them.

Several wars ensued between FR Yugoslavia and seceding entitites and among other ethnic groups in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later, Kosovo.

She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others.

* Slovenia and Croatia: With absorption into the kingdom of Yugoslavia, land reform was passed in 1919 with subsidiary laws thereafter redistributing nobles estates among peasant smallholders.

Matura or a similar term ( Matur, Maturita, Maturità, Maturität, Mатура ) is the common name for the high-school exit exam or " maturity exam " in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland, as well as among Ukrainian émigrés.

This music has gained popularity among mainstream audiences in coastal regions of Croatia, with newer klapas formed by younger generations fusing klapa vocals with other music styles, such as klapa Libar's metal cover of " Pusti da ti leut svira " and the pop / klapa song " Kako ću joj reć ' da varin " by klapa DVD-a Žrnovnica Sv.

The party remains the strongest political party among the Bosniak population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it has branches in Croatia and Serbia ( Sandžak region ).

The vernacular was used in the rite of the Roman Liturgy only among certain Roman Rite Slavs of Croatia and Dalmatia, for example in the so-called Missale Romanum Glagolitice.

Very high losses were among Serbs who lived in Bosnia and Croatia, as well as Jewish and Roma minorities, high also among all other non-collaborating populations.

Activities included going to Liberia and Croatia to monitor their elections, bringing major speakers to campus, denouncing the death penalty, trying to end the United States embargo against Cuba, fostering political courage among his students, promoting amendment to the United States Constitution to end electoral college, and to limit the President to a single six-year term of office.

It originated in Hungary and was popularized by Roma music ( Cigány ) bands in Hungary and neighboring lands of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Burgenland, Croatia, Ukraine, Poland, Transylvania and Moravia, as well as among the Banat Bulgarians, including those in Bulgaria.

The group is also among the top five European magazine publishers and has a strong position, in addition to its native Finland, in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

The county is situated in the central part of Croatian state territory and covers an area of approximately 3, 622 km < sup > 2 </ sup > which makes this county one of the largest among 20 counties existing in Croatia.

Knez is nowadays a very common surname in some ex-Yugoslavian countries, mostly in Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, but also among immigrants in Slovenia and Bosnia

A rare example among the 200 Roman surviving amphitheatres, it is also the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia.

The plant is also called couve in Brazil, couve-galega or " couve portuguesa " ( among several other names ) in Portugal, kovi or kobi in Cape Verde, berza in Spanish-speaking countries, raštika in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and raštan in Montenegro and Serbia.

This created grounds for nationalist action among the indigenous Serbs of Croatia.