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. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. 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, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in April 2009 and the EU in July 2013.
Croatia is a parliamentary republic.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 66 - 70 of 75Law declaring the nature park "Učka".
This Law declares a new nature park on the territory of the Croatian Republic.Area Učka and part Ćićarija, with a total area of 146 km2, is declared a nature park "Učka".
Amended by: Law amending the Law declaring the nature park "Učka". (1999-05-19)
Regulation on the establishment of the Public Institution Nature Park "Lastovo Islands".
With this Regulation, the Republic of Croatia has established a institution called “Public Nature Park Lastovo Islands", as a public institution of interest for the Republic of Croatia.This Institution provides various services in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Nature, and in particular: the protection, maintenance and promotion of the Nature Park "Lastovo Islands" in order to protect and maintain the authenticity of nature, ensuring uninterrupted continuation of natural processes and the sustainable use of natural resources; supervision over the conditions and protection meas
Law declaring the Nature Park "Lastovo Islands".
This Law provides all necessary information and standards for the declaration of the area of the archipelago including the surrounding sea area, with a total of 195.83 km surface, as a Croatian Nature Park "Lastovo Islands".
Implemented by: Regulation on the establishment of the Public Institution Nature Park "Lastovo Islands". (2006-10-23)
Law amending the Law declaring the nature park "Učka".
This Law makes some smaller tecnica corrections to the provisions prescribed by the article 1 of the Law declaring the nature park "Učka" (Official Gazette 45/1999).
Amends: Law declaring the nature park "Učka". (1999-04-23)
Regulation on the content and methodology of the program for sustainable development of the islands, with the content and methodology of the program for the sustainable development of the islands.
The Regulation defines the contents of the Sustainable Island Development Program and the methodology for the implementation of prescribed measures.This Regulation prescribes certain rules necessary for the correct application of the Program in order to determine the developmental decisions and goals, and the tasks and duties exercised by the operators in order to achieve these commitments and goals.The Plan, part of the Annex, is an integral part of this Regulation.
Implements: Island Law. (1999-03-26)