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Croatia ( , ), officially the Republic of Croatia ( ) is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean.

The Croatian Wikipedia () is the Croatian version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, started on February 16, 2003., this version has more than 150,000 articles, making it the 40th largest edition of Wikipedia.

The Ottoman wars instigated great demographic changes.

At the time of reporting, Croat demands for an exclusively Croatian language television channel were delaying adoption of public broadcasting laws.

A substantial proportion of Slovenes (59 ) have a certain level of knowledge of Croatian.

The Croatian government rapidly lost control of large areas of the republic.

One explanation for the recent population decrease is the Croatian War of Independence.

From 1961 to 1991, the official language was Serbo Croatian.

On 19 May 1991, the Croatian government held a nationwide referendum on a declaration of sovereignty.

Croatian replaced Latin as the official language of the Croatian government in 1847.

From 1961 to 1991, the official language was Serbo Croatian or Croato Serbian.

One such case, involving two accused, has recently been referred to the Croatian jurisdiction.

The most recent significant migrations came as a result of the 1991 1995 Croatian War of Independence.

Most of the Serbs in Croatia who remained never lived in areas occupied during the Croatian War of Independence.

Budget The Croatian military budget for the past 6 7 years was kept below 2 of GDP, a vast difference from the 1990s when defense expenditure represented a major stake in Croatian Budgetary expenditure due to the Croatian War of Independence.

Law enforcement in Croatia is the responsibility of the Croatian police force, which is under the control of the Ministry of the Interior.

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

During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia the UN was responsible for humanitarian assistance and also dedicated to peacemaking.

Languages The Croatian language is the official language of Croatia, and one of 24 official languages of the European Union since 2013.

After the operation was launched, we received well over 100 reports from various Croatian agencies which were, for the most part, of a good professional quality.

On 29 September, the Croatian authorities provided me with indisputable evidence that Ante Gotovina was in Spain.

The Chief Prosecutor of the Tribunal confirmed the credibility of the Croatian Government in her report to the European Union task force dated 3 October 2005.

The Croatian state still controls a significant part of the economy, with government expenditures accounting for as much as 40 of GDP.

Currently, five women officers from the Croatian armed forces are serving within the German contingent of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

This put an end to years of lawlessness and illegal parallel structures, a legacy of the Bosniak Croat war there.

During the final days of the war in 1995, more than 120,000 Serbs, and perhaps as many as 200,000, fled the country before arrival of Croatian forces during Operation Storm.

The Commander in Chief prescribes the organization of the Croatian Armed Forces at the proposal of the Chief of General Staff, with consent of the Minister of Defence.

In 1995, during the final days of the war, more than 120,000 and perhaps as many as 200,000 Serbs fled the country before the arrival of Croatian forces during Operation Storm.

Public schools allow religious education, in cooperation with religious communities that have agreements with the government, but attendance is not mandatory.

In addition, a captain of the Croatian armed forces was the first female officer to take part in the Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.

During the final days of the war, in 1995, between 120,000 and 200,000 Serbs fled the country before the arrival of the Croatian forces during Operation Storm.

In that regard, we welcome the arrest and transfer of Croatian ICTY indictee Ante Gotovina to the Tribunal, and congratulate the Croatian and Spanish authorities for their efforts leading to his arrest.

Notably, it provided training and support to the Croatian armed forces in 1995, despite being aware of the planned expulsion of the Serb population in Croatia.

Since the conclusion of the Croatian War of Independence, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, recording a fourfold rise in tourist numbers, with more than 10 million tourists each year.

One such result was the inclusion of the study of international humanitarian law and human rights in the curriculum of the Croatian military academy as an integral part of the military education of the armed forces.

The Judges' web is considered one of the most innovative practices in the Croatian judicial administration, and its efforts have been recognized and praised by the Ministry of Justice to the extent that the project has been incorporated into the overall legal reform strategy.

The Croatian National Youth Council has signed a social partnership agreement with the Croatian Government, and the Government has approved the Council as a member of the State working group for the elaboration of a national programme of action for youth.

A destructive dynamic is accelerating, and Bosnian and Croat nationalism is on the rise. Recent local elections gave a fillip to nationalist parties.

After the European Union postponed, in March this year, the beginning of accession talks with Croatia, the authorities drew up, together with the ICTY, an operational plan, and its implementation started in April.

Later, during the seven hours spent waiting in the heat for their names to be registered by comparatively sympathetic Croatian border police, Mahmoud sings songs of loss, struggle and love to those sitting around him.

The electoral competition in Croat majority areas seems to have changed little, with the notable exception of a local strong challenge to the dominant Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), in western Herzegovina.

The current border between Serbia and Croatia was defined in 1945 by a Yugoslav federal government commission which assigned areas with a majority Serb population to the Socialist Republic of Serbia and those with a Croatian majority to the Socialist Republic of Croatia.

During the wars in Croatia and Bosnia the UN was responsible for humanitarian assistance and also dedicated to peacemaking. Yet it was never able to use the former to advance the latter.

The Illyrian movement was the most significant period of national cultural history, as the 19th century period proved crucial in emancipation of the Croatian language and saw unprecedented developments in all fields of art and culture, giving rise to a number of historical figures.