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  Liberal Party (Croatia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Party (Croatian Liberalna stranka, LS) is a liberal party in Croatia.
In 2000, the party had two representatives in the Parliament and had one minister in a coalition government with the much larger Social Democratic Party of Croatia.
After the last elections party leader Ivo Banac announced merger of LS with Croatian People's Party and LIBRA into one big liberal party, but this inititiave was opposed by faction led by Zlatko Kramarić.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_(Croatia)   (236 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Liberal Party (Croatia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government.
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy.
Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where elected representatives that hold the decision power are moderated by a constitution that emphasizes protecting individual liberties and the rights of minorities in society, such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-(Croatia)   (715 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Liberal party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate individual rights and civil liberties, and sometimes left wing, meaning that they are egalitarian and believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor.
However, there are also many Liberal Parties which subscribe to classical liberalism and therefore support a mostly unregulated free market, or who are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.
The Liberals for Åland (Swedish: Liberalerna på Åland) is a liberal party of the Åland Islands.
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 Encyclopedia: Politics of Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Zadar county - Zadarska županija is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika.
Croatian Social Liberal Party (Croatian: Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka, HSLS) is a liberal party in Croatia.
Croatias military is officially called Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske) and it consists of these branches: ground forces (Hrvatska kopnena vojska) naval forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica) air and air defense forces (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana) Total active duty members of the...
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 Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
The People's Party was originally formed in the 19th century during the period of Croatian romantic nationalism.
During Communism in the second Yugoslavia, the liberal leaders of the Croatian Communist Party were Savka Dabčević-Kučar and Miko Tripalo, which participated in the Croatian Spring of 1971.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Party_of_Liberal_Democrats_(Croatia)   (562 words)

  
 social democratic party of croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main socialist (Social Democrat) political party in Croatia.
Its delegation left the 17th congress of the Communist Parties of Yugoslavia together with the Slovenians due to inability to cooperate with the Serbian Communist Party led by Slobodan Milošević.
The party formed a pre-election coalition with the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and proceeded to win the January 3, 2000 parliamentary elections.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /social_democratic_party_of_croatia.html   (355 words)

  
 Croatia (08/05)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Croatia is made up of 20 counties plus the city of Zagreb and controls 1,185 islands in the Adriatic Sea, 67 of which are inhabited.
Croatia's Supreme Court is the highest court in the republic.
Croatia is in the midst of pursuing a policy of greater Euro-Atlantic integration.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3166.htm   (2610 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - The Catholic Church Among the Croats - Change of a Paradigm?
The parlamentiary elections in Croatia seem to have opened a new chapter in contemporary Croatian history: The victory of the coalition of Social Democrats and Social Liberals seemed to have assured a volte-face, in spite of the heavy burden left them from the former ruling party HDZ.
In Croatia there exist organizations of laypersons, mainly professional ones (Catholic teachers, doctors and nurses, workers, entrepreneurs); however what is lacking, is their cooperation and liaisons between each other, as well as awareness of the tasks they could fulfill, and the capacity of representing themselves in public life.
The fact that it was Croatia that initiated the establishment of a supranational tribunal to sentence war crimes and its protagonists seems not to be known to a great number of Croatian politicians, neither to the population.
www.ce-review.org /00/19/gruenfelder19.html   (3172 words)

  
 Liberal Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Liberal Democratic Party or Democratic Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world.
It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal or left wing.
There are however some Liberal Parties which are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or whose views are right wing, libertarian, or difficult to categorise.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Liberal_Democratic_Party   (209 words)

  
 Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal, meaning that they advocate human rights and civil liberties, and perhaps left wing meaning that they believe in the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor.
South Africa — South African Liberal Party, outlawed by the Apartheid regime.
United Kingdom — Liberal Party, merged into Liberal Democrats.
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 liberal party of croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Liberal Party (Croatian Liberalna Stranka, LS) is a Croatian political party.
It was formed in 1997 by Vladimir Gotovac after he split with the Croatian Social Liberal Party.
In 2000, Party had 2 representatives in the Parliament and had one Minister in a coalition Government with the much larger Social Democratic Party of Croatia.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Liberal_Party_of_Croatia.html   (133 words)

  
 Atlas - Croatia Map
Croatia (in Croatian, Hrvatska), republic in south-eastern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, bordered on the north by Slovenia and Hungary, on the east and south by Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the east by Serbia.
Croatia's beautiful coastline and its numerous islands supply excellent natural harbours for the shipbuilding and fishing industries; they also form the basis of the country's single most important source of foreign exchange—tourism.
Croatia faces considerable economic problems stemming from: the legacy of longtime communist mismanagement of the economy; damage during the internecine fighting to bridges, factories, power lines, buildings, and houses; the large refugee and displaced population, both Croatian and Bosnian; and the disruption of economic ties.
atlas.freegk.com /world/europe/croatia/croatia.php   (2244 words)

  
 Croatia - Political Flags
The party was established by a LIBRA member that apparently opposed with to the merger with HNS.
The party emblem is described in the Statutes (Statut IDS-DDI, 23.03.2002 ): a white disk in green field with three goats white, two over one, facing to the dexter, with the full name in all three languages inscribed around the disk.
This is an alliance of numerous local parties in the north Croatian littoral and mountainoius hinterground (roughly the Rijeka region).
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 European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium.
On July 13, 2004 the Parliamentary Group of the ELDR approved a recommendation to unite in a new group with the UDF, the Lithuanian Labour Party and additional Italian members to create a new centre force to be called the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
President of the party is Werner Hoyer, member of parliament of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, who announced that he will step down at the next congress in september 2005 in Bratislava.
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party   (415 words)

  
 Yu-Genocide - A Short Survey of Croatian History
Croatia is located in southeastern Europe and extends along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Croatia turns to the Habsburgs for help in her battles with the Turks, and one part of Croatia ruled by the Habsburgs.
Tito and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia formally expelled from the Comintern by Stalin.
www.hic.hr /books/yu-genocide/history.htm   (1754 words)

  
 A Gay Month in Croatia
Croatia's economic troubles - its unemployment amounted to 20 percent at the time - were squarely blamed on the HDZ's xenophobia, civil and human rights abuses, sheltering of war criminals, mismanagement, and virulent nationalism.
Croatia is in the throes of a conscious effort to mend fences with its erstwhile mortal enemy, Yugoslavia.
Croatia has even, controversially, taken to handing to their prosecutors revered military figures indicted by the war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
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 Ivica Racan
Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) was the Prime Minister of Croatia from early 2000 to late 2003.
After his party, in coalition with the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), won the elections in 2000, he became the prime minister of Croatia.
The latter party later left the coalition government, but it caused no major upheaval as they were a minor participant.
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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Croatia's acceptance into NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP), and signature of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU were key achievements of the post-Tudjman era.
In June 2004, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte reported to the UN that Croatia was co-operating with the tribunal which paved the way for Croatia being granted candidate status by the EU However on subsequent occasions in 2004 and 2005, the Chief Prosecutor reported that Croatia was not fully co-operating.
Croatia joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) in May 2000, the WTO in June 2000, and signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU in October 2001.
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 Croatia Parliament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
From 1990 the Sabor consists of House of Districts (Zupanije Dom) and House of Representatives, (Predstavicke Dom).
In 2001 the House of Districts was abolished
Between 1963-67 Minister of Education, 1971-82 Leader of the Communist Party in Croatia, 1982-86 Premier of Yugoslavia.
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 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Both are widely viewed as heroes of Croatia's 1991 to 1995 conflict to establish its independence from Yugoslavia.
The leader of Croatia's Social Liberal Party, or HSLS -- the party from which the four ministers resigned -- is quoted (by Reuters) as saying that the indictments against the two suspects contain "unacceptable" references to genocide and to ethnic cleansing over the course of Operation Storm.
Mainstream political figures in Croatia are aware that the situation could threaten the nation's political and social stability.
www.rferl.org /features/2001/07/09072001121234.asp   (955 words)

  
 Liberal Party
For more information on liberal parties, visit see liberal parties and worldwide liberalism.
Liberal Party is the name or part of the name several political parties, including
South Africa - South African Liberal Party, outlawed by the Apartheid regime.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/liberal_party   (227 words)

  
 Croatian Social Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HSLS is the first party formed in 1989 when that was made possible (many politiciance now in other parties were initialy members of this one, most notably president Tudjman just before he formed his own party).
During 1990's was strongest oposition party, and in 2000 in colation with SDP and four other parties won the elections.
The party was the main coalition partner to SDP in 2000-2004.
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 Liberal Party (Croatia) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The party is a member of (Click link for more info and facts about Liberal International) Liberal International and the (Click link for more info and facts about European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
It was formed in 1997 by Vladimir Gotovac after his faction split off from the (Click link for more info and facts about Croatian Social Liberal Party) Croatian Social Liberal Party.
In 2000, the party had two representatives in the (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) Parliament and had one minister in a coalition government with the much larger (Click link for more info and facts about Social Democratic Party of Croatia) Social Democratic Party of Croatia.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/liberal_party_(croatia)1.htm   (254 words)

  
 Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world.
For more information on liberal parties, see liberal parties.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party   (304 words)

  
 Croatia -- Ruling party set for defeat
Croatia’s governing party was last night facing a surprisingly heavy defeat in general elections as voters reacted against 10 years of rule by the nationalist party which took them to independence from Yugoslavia.
The main beneficiaries of anger with the party, whose policies have isolated Croatia from the European mainstream, was a coalition of the reformed Communists, the Social Democratic party, and the centrist Social Liberals.
The party has been divided between the moderate Mr Granic, and Vladimir Seks, a hardline figure closer to the nationalist traditions of Mr Tudjman.
www.agitprop.org.au /stopnato/20000105cro2ftuk.htm   (580 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia.
Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands.
Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous and industrialized area, with a per capita output perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav average.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/hr.html   (1177 words)

  
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Prime Minister Ivica Racan from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) tried to obtain a new four-year mandate for his ruling coalition in the face of a strong challenge from the revamped nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of the late President Franjo Tudjman.
In 2000, the alliance of major opposition parties - the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Social Party (HSLS) - had ended a nine-year period of HDZ domination.
The Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) took nine seats, while the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) in coalition with the Zagorje Democratic Party (ZDS), obtained eight, the remaining seats going other parties and organisations representing the minorities.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2077_E.htm   (608 words)

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