Industrial sector is responsible for 25 % of Croatia's GDP, with agriculture, forestry and fishing accounting for the remaining 5 % of Croatian GDP.

Varaždin County today represents an important Croatian region with intense industrial and commercial activities and a strong financial sector.

* 1945 – World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

* 1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.

The country has only of coastline, around the town of Neum in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, although surrounded by Croatian peninsulas it is possible to get to the middle of the Adriatic from Neum.

Supported by a research fellowship from Columbia University, for several years, Bartók and Ditta worked on a large collection of Serbian and Croatian folk songs in Columbia's libraries.

The Illyrian movement attracted a number of influential figures from 1830s on, and produced some important advances in the Croatian language and culture.

By the same time, the Croatian Adriatic coast had taken shape as an internationally popular tourist destination, all coastal republics ( but mostly SR Croatia ) profited greatly from this, as tourist numbers reached levels still unsurpassed in modern Croatia.

Trends after 1965 ( like the fall of OZNA and UDBA chief Aleksandar Ranković from power in 1966 ), however, led to the Croatian Spring of 1970 – 71, when students in Zagreb organized demonstrations for greater civil liberties and greater Croatian autonomy.

On Easter Sunday, 31 March 1991, the first fatal clashes occurred when Croatian police from the Croatian Ministry of the Interior ( MUP ) entered the Plitvice Lakes national park to expel rebel Serb forces.

Clockwise from top left: The central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun ( street ) | Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik ; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia | Croatian tricolour ; soldiers of the Croatian Army getting ready to destroy a Republic of Serbian Krajina | Serbian tank ; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery ; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš

The Croatian attack quickly reconquered most of the territories from the Republic of Serbian Krajina authorities, leading to a mass exodus of the Serbian population.

The majority of the Serbs who fled from the former Krajina have not returned due to fears of ethnic violence, discrimination and property repossession problems, and the Croatian government has yet to achieve the conditions for full reintegration.

Government ministers are from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( SDP ), and the Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats ( HNS ) and Istrian Democratic Assembly ( IDS ).

This means that the country has an IASA Category 1 rating and that Croatian air carriers are authorized to establish direct flights from Croatia to the US.

At the contrary, Zagreb-Split trait construction enjoyed a constant support from Croatian public and its on-schedule completion was marked with enormous joy and pride all through the country.

Ferry services to Italian cities of Venice, Ancona, Pescara and Bari from around a dozen of Croatian sea ports, most notably Rovinj, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Korčula and Dubrovnik, is available on a daily or weekly basis.

* Croatian depositors ' savings in Ljubljanska banka from SFRY times.

home ), itself a derivation from " live " (> Greek, Latin sinō ); then, the Germanic * χimbra-finds an exact cognate in Slavic sębrъ " farmer " (> Croatian, Serbian sebar, Russ.

The words " God save Emperor Francis " were inspired by the British anthem, though not the melody, which is from the ( Croatian ) folk tradition.

It is also called Vazam ( Vzem or Vuzem in Old Croatian ), which is a noun that originated from the Old Church Slavonic verb vzeti ( now uzeti in Croatian, meaning " to take ").

Croatian horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue inherited its colours, of course, from the Croatian coats of arms: Croatian chequered red and silver, Dalmatian blue with three golden lions, and Slavonian blue with red field with black marten bordered with two white wavy lines, and golden star above.

# the oldest known Croatian coat of arms: a golden six-pointed star ( representing the morning star ) over a silver moon on a blue shield.

These accomplishments didn't come out of blue, but are a product of multicentenary tradition in Croatian language — therefore it is no surprise that Croatian linguist Stjepan Babić's monumental monograph " Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnom jeziku " ( Word-formation in Croatian literary language ), 1986, is considered still the best work on the topic in the entire Slavic philology.

The coat of arms presents the Serbian shield with white cross on the left, the Croatian shield on the right and under both there is a blue shield presenting Slovenes.

Hajduk's crest consists of the Croatian checkerboard with 25 red and white checkers bordered with a circle of blue ribbon, with two vertical lines on each side.

The team's colours are red, white and blue, similar to those of the Croatian national football team.

It is 197 km southeast of Zagreb and at an elevation of 96 m. Although ' brod ' is the word ' ship ' in modern Croatian, the city's name bears witness to an older meaning-' water crossing ', ' ford '.

Nature formed shallow basins ( Croatian pličina or plitvak, plitko means shallow ), which have been filled with water.

File: Policijski vodeni top CVT-6000. JPG | Croatian Police water cannon CVT-6000

It was first played in 1908 by a group of Croatian students from Prague who were finding it difficult to play the game of water polo in the shallow water.

In many Croatian coastal cities, fresh water froze inside the pipes.

* Josip Pavić, Croatian water polo player

Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world.

Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world., and Croatia has a leading position in Europe with regard to its water resources.

Perica Bukić ( born 20 February 1966 in Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian water polo player and politician.

* Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić ( born 1925 ), Croatian water polo player

* Perica Bukić, Croatian water polo player and politician

The water polo club Mladost often wins the Croatian championships and competes in the European club championships, while the swimming club regularly organizes international swimming events.

On the Adriatic Croatian coast, polenta goes together with fish or frog stew ( brujet, brudet ).

The strip along Separation Street has a stationer, pharmacy, butcher, 2 hairdressers, Chinese takeout, real estate agent, optometrist, a milk bar, fish and chips, florist, Tattslotto agent, cake shop, a bank, accountant, chicken shop, discount supermarket, Croatian club and Chinese restaurant.