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	Croatia HISTORY
		Croatia was seething with rebellion, and the sentence of three years in prison for opposition leader Dr. Macek would have sparked an open revolt, were it not for the danger of Fascist Italy's intervention.
		Croatia was forced to cede part of Dalmatia, with most of its islands and the Boka Kotorska area, to Italy.
		Croatia had been arming since 1990 with the financial aid of émigrés, and thus withstood fighting over a seven-month period, suffering some 10,000 deaths, 30,000 wounded, over 14,000 missing and lost to the Krajina Serbs (and to the Yugoslav army).
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Croatia-HISTORY.html (8963 words)

	boys clothing: European royalty -- Croatia
		Croatia in the 12th century was confronted by Catholic Hungary and Orthodox Serbia.
		Croatia in the 15th century faced an expanding Ottoman Empire The Croatian Assembly in the mid-1400s invited the Habsburgs, under Archduke Ferdinand, to assume control over Croatia.
		Croatia's struggle for greater autonomy within the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was interrupted by the World War I. Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1919-41)
	histclo.com /royal/cro/royal-cro.htm (1370 words)

	Croatia (10/06)
		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 was admitted on May 25, 2000 into the Partnership for Peace program--which was designed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states in 1994 to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security--and, in May 2002, was welcomed into NATO’s Membership Action Program, a key step toward NATO membership.
		While Croatia has made progress on dealing with a number of post-conflict issues, the status of refugees displaced during the 1991-95 war and resolution of border disputes with Slovenia remain key issues influencing Croatia's relations with its neighbors and the international community.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3166.htm (2773 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Europe - CROATIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Croatia continued to suffer the legacy of the 1991-1995 armed conflict, particularly impunity for war crimes and other violations of human rights.
		In October Croatia signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union, which was ratified in December by the European Parliament.
		In April, the Committee requested that Croatia report back on measures taken to investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights violations after army offensives in 1995, and to provide more information on the application of the 1996 Amnesty Law which, the Committee feared, allowed perpetrators of human rights violations to escape accountability.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/eur/croatia!Open (1253 words)

	Croatia, Landmine Monitor Report 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Croatia was an early supporter of a mine ban, and took part in all of the Ottawa Process preparatory meetings and the treaty negotiations in 1997.
		Croatia is a State Party to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), and attended the Fifth Annual Conference of States Parties in November 2003.
		Croatia is a partner in the PELAN project, which researches the use of atomic energy for the detection of explosives; testing was conducted in Croatia twice in 2003.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/croatia (9740 words)

	World Press Review - Interview with Stjepan Mesic, President of Croatia
		Croatia has been beset with problems since it declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
		When Stjepan Mesic was elected in January 2000, many hoped for a turning point in Croatia's history.
		Croatia has simply not been a state ruled by law—looting and crimes were allowed and no individuals were brought to account.
	www.worldpress.org /0910croatia.htm (1780 words)

	Croatian Implementing legislation - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(2) The law and another regulation of the Republic of Croatia applied in the performance of tasks of co-operation shall be interpreted and applied in compliance with the legal system of the Republic of Croatia, in the manner appropriate to the objectives and meaning of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
		The President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia shall give such consent when it is in accordance with the circumstances of the criminal act and the needs of conduct of the proceeding.
		In that case, the effective verdict of the court in the Republic of Croatia may be executed or the execution of the verdict which was interrupted may be continued, and the criminal prosecution may begin in the case when the proceedings had not been initiated since it was conducted before the International Criminal Court.
	web.amnesty.org /pages/int_jus-legislation_croatia-eng (4583 words)

	Croatia
		Claiming that Croatia is in transition from a socialist to a capitalist economy, the Croatian government has sometimes used this as justification for deliberately hampering the development of a genuinely free press in Croatia through a variety of mechanisms.
		Croatia established at least three alien reception centers where people who received expulsion or banishment orders, whose residence permits had been revoked or who resided without the authorization of Croatia but have not been expelled are detained pursuant to the Law on the Movement and Residence of Aliens.
		Croatia has agreed to accept these additional refugees temporarily, provided that the UNHCR take responsibility for their care and ensure that they are eventually resettled in a third country.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Croatia.htm (16461 words)

	ZNet Commentary: Milosevic in the Hague: Round Two
		In the latest instalment of the cycle of trials at the Hague, where Milosevic is charged with alleged war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia, the current president of Croatia Stjepan Mesic and Slobodan Milosevic had a much anticipated confrontation.
		Throughout the first few days of the trial regarding the case of Croatia, countless such instances occurred in which the prosecution presented as uncontestable a very partial version of history that is unacceptable, if not insulting, for the Serbian public.
		Stjepan Mesic testified in the Hague that Tudjman told him at the time that he was going to meet Slobodan Milosevic alone in Karadjordjevo.
	www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2002-12/04grubacic.cfm (1224 words)

	Stjepan I of Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stjepan I (died in 1058), was a King of Croatia (c.
		Stjepan continued his predecessors' ambitions of spreading rule over the coastal lands and conducted activities in that course greatly, but it was all eventually in vain.
		Stjepan used this to his advantage, utilising the restored Croatian-Byzantine alliance as a method of pacifying the Byzantines and simultaneously frustrate Venetian desires to occupy Croatia's coastline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stjepan_I_of_Croatia (264 words)

	President of Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croatia is a parliamentary democracy where the President's main role is leading the armed forces and diplomacy together with the Government, in addition to a number of procedural duties of this eminent public office.
		appoints and recalls diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Croatia, with the prior counter-signature of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, at the proposal the Government and upon the opinion of the authorised committee of the Croatian Parliament
		President of the Presidency of SR Croatia Franjo Tuđman was declared President of the Republic of Croatia, according to the Amendments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Croatia (768 words)

	CBC.ca - Sports - World Cup 2006 - Teams - Croatia
		Croatia has very few reserves that can come on as substitutes and perform at the same level.
		Croatia comes into the tournament full of confidence, but they'd be foolish in thinking that its qualifying record is a sign of things to come in Germany.
		Croatia is an attack-minded side whose players are always working, always running and who always display fighting spirit.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/worldcup2006/groups/teams/croatia.html (1242 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Stjepan
		RadiÄ, Stjepan RADIÄ, STJEPAN [RadiÄ, Stjepan], or Stefan Radich, 1871-1928, Croatian politician.
		STJEPAN MESIC PRESIDENT OF CROATIA STJEPAN MESIC HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CROATIA
		Office of the Press Secretary -- Press background briefing on the President's meeting with Croatia President Stjepan Mesic and Prime Minister Ivica Racan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Stjepan (367 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Stjepan Drzislav inherited the throne when his father Mihajlo Kresimir II died in 969.
		Croatia at this time was a robust and peaceful kingdom, due largely to his parents' reforms following the turbulence of the 940s and 950s.
		Stjepan Drzislav delegated much of his authority to his powerful governors (bans).
	members.tripod.com /royalcroatia/drzislav.htm (223 words)

	CEELI - Croatia - Update August 2002
		Zagreb, August 2002 (RFE-RL/Balkan Times) The Foreign Ministry of Croatia announced that Croatia is not likely to enter into a bilateral agreement with the United States aimed at safeguarding U.S. citizens from extradition to the new International Criminal Court.
		Zagreb, August 2002 (Balkan Times) The government of Croatia asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for all documents related to the case involving Milan Zec, the commander of Yugoslav Army military units involved in the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik.
		Also, Croatia's Chief Prosecutor, Mladen Bajic, confirmed that a delegation from the Tribunal will visit Zagreb in early September to determine the location of a trial for the murders of 18 Croatian Serb nationals from Paulin Dvor.
	www.abanet.org /ceeli/countries/croatia/aug2002.html (1029 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - NATO Calls for Croatia to Turn Over Fugitive General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, praised Croatia for already handing over a number of former security force members to the Hague tribunal, but said this work should be completed.
		Croatia has repeatedly said it is doing all it can to find the fugitive general, and has suggested that he may not be in Croatia.
		The European Union has threatened to delay the start of Croatia's membership talks, set for March 17, unless the general is turned over to the war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
	bakutoday.net /view.php?d=12663 (546 words)

	RULERS OF CROATIA (HRVATSKA) AND SLAVONIA
		late 960s) and his son Stjepan, who may well be Krešimir II and his son Stjepan Držislav of Croatia.
		STJEPAN II Son of Gojislav, son of Stjepan I; deposed
		NOTE: This highly conjectural list is adapted from suggestions made by M. Eggers regarding the relationship between South Slavic and Moravian rulers (largely on the basis of the Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea), and the survival of a “Moravian” line in Slavonia and Bosnia until c1000 (according to two later chronicles).
	www-personal.umich.edu /~imladjov/CroatianRulers.htm (839 words)

	Croatia - International Special Reports
		Schunk’s father, Jack Gasparac, was born in Croatia this marked the first time that the Lt. Governor had visited her family’s ancestral homeland.
		Schunk reflects on her meeting with the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic and makes several observations about the Croatian economy and political climate.
		Croatia’s most urgent need is economic development, but this follows 50 years of Communism, 5 years of recent war, and 5 years of political stagnation.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /europe/01/croatia/stateofminn.html (490 words)

	President of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesiæ at WSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Croatia is proposing several projects for the promotion of multilingualism (speech recognition for different languages) and access for individuals with special needs.
		These projects are aimed at less developed countries as Croatia’s way of contributing to the global development of ICT.
		The conclusion of this speech referred to the importance of summit recommendations and their firm implementations.
	textus.diplomacy.edu /thina/GetXDoc.asp?IDconv=3046 (136 words)

	Oil Paintings Art work by Stjepan Dukic-Pista of Croatia
		Stjepan Dukic-Pista was born December 5, 1949, in Lozan near Virovitica, and his home is in Zagreb, the capital city of the Republic of Croatia.
		Croatia was named "Destination of the Year" by National Geographic Adventure magazine in its Nov. 2005 issue.
		Some excerpts from the magazine: "[Croatia] has what astronauts claim is the bluest sea on the planet, the Adriatic -- [Croatia is] the New Riviera and the New Capri...
	www.imagesofeyes.com /dukic.htm (698 words)

	CEELI - ABA Presents Annual CEELI Award to President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mesic began his political activism as a student leader at the University of Zagreb and later became a member of Parliament for the Republic of Croatia.
		He was subsequently elected by the Croatian Parliament to represent Croatia in the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
		He withdrew his membership from the HNS and assumed the office of the President of the Republic of Croatia on Feb. 18, 2000.
	www.abanet.org.cob-web.org:8888 /ceeli/press_releases/08.12.02_mesic_award_pr.html (572 words)

	NATO Update: President of Croatia visits NATO - 1 Mar. 2005
		Stjepan Mesic, the President of Croatia, visited NATO HQ on 1 March to discuss with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Croatia’s progress in the Membership Action Plan.
		He said that he hoped Croatia soon would be able to spend two percent of its GDP on defence, which would make the reform process easier.
		The Secretary General praised Croatia for its participation in and support for NATO-led operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo.
	www.nato.int /docu/update/2005/03-march/e0301a.htm (210 words)

	The Secretary-General Off the Cuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		And, as the President indicated, it was a very difficult period and for me to come back and to see the changes and how you are rebuilding and moving forward.
		I applaud the efforts and the leadership of the President and his government in preparing Croatia for integration into Europe and I was also encouraged to see that your neighbors share that future, that vision.
		I wish the President, the Government and the people of Croatia every success on their chosen path and we will do whatever we can to support you.
	www.un.org /apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=348 (430 words)

	Maltese President meets Croatian counterpart [MaltaMedia.com]
		The President of Croatia said that he was pleased to recall that Malta was amongst the first countries that had extended formal recognition to the independent Republic of Croatia.
		Croatia is spurred by similar motivations as Malta was to join the EU.
		The President confirmed Malta’s willingness to share with Croatia the experience it had gained from the negotiations process, though sometimes it may not be easy.
	www.maltamedia.com /news/2005/gp/article_12068.shtml (409 words)

	NATO
		The U.S. supports Croatia's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions and actively assists Croatia as it seeks membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
		In addition to discussing necessary military reforms so Croatia can make a greater contribution to collective security, the North Atlantic Council urged concrete progress on other issues, such as refugee returns, judicial reform and full cooperation with the International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
		The Chiefs of Defense met as part of a biannual conference to focus on their lessons learned during peacekeeping operations and to brief their progress on new towards NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) membership.
	www.usembassy.hr /policy/issues/nato/index.htm (416 words)

	Catholic World News : Croatian Leader Meets John Paul, Discusses Papal Visit
		This would be the third trip to Croatia by Pope John Paul; he visited the country in 1994 and again in 1998.
		The highlight of the trip is expected to be the beatification of two Croatians: Ivan Merz, a layman who died early in the 200 century, and Sister Marie Petkovic, the founder of a religious order based of Franciscan inspiration.
		The Holy See was one of the first two states (along with Germany) to recognize Croatia after the former Yugoslavian province declared its independence in 1991.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=19530 (336 words)

	Runoff Needed in Croatian Presidential Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Croatia's incumbent President Stjepan Mesic has narrowly failed to win an outright victory in Sunday's election.
		With votes from nearly all precincts counted, incumbent President Stjepan Mesic won 49 percent of the votes cast, just one percent short of an outright majority.
		Mesic has made enemies among Croatia's nationalists by insisting that those who committed crimes during the Balkans wars in the 1990s must be punished.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-01-02-voa33.cfm (258 words)

	Ukraine Info \| News \| News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		During the meeting with the Hungarian President the parties mainly focused on the internal political situation in their respective states, the state of affairs in protection of national minorities and prospects for further cooperation in this sphere and realization...
		During an official visit by President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia to Ukraine a series of bipartite agreements was signed.
		Presidents Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine and Stjepan Mesic of Croatia agreed that their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs within two months will prepare draft agreements on liberalization of the visa regime between Ukraine and Croatia.
	www.ukraineinfo.us /news/news/050714.html (339 words)

	freedomforum.org: Croatia: building democracy, free press
		As Croatia builds its democracy, it also builds the ethics and standards of its news media.
		In a recent paper she co-authored with Stjepan Malovic, a professor and vice dean of the faculty of political science at the university, Vilovic observed that news media in Croatia are in constant flux.
		The Zagreb forum will feature an interview with Croatia's president, Stjepan Mesic, the opening of Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal photo exhibit, and panel discussions with prominent journalists on issues such as reporting crimes of war, public service broadcasting, and the Internet and ethnic conflict in the Balkans.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=14080 (1109 words)

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