Croatia is now officially a candidate for entry to the European Union, it was announced in Brussels. |
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Staffing has increased since Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia and the former Zagreb consulate became a full-fledged embassy. |
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Did the rush to recognise independence for Croatia and Slovenia in 1991 prepare the way for armed conflict or not? |
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Looking forward, Croatia could be a potentially lucrative market for political consultants. |
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For Croatians living outside of Croatia, the tamburitza was a cultural symbol binding them to their homeland. |
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Croatia was represented only by diplomats from its mission in Sofia, due to visa restrictions. |
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This match also doubled as a parade of Scotland hopefuls ahead of the double-header against Croatia and Belgium next month. |
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I have described the recent war in Bosnia and Croatia as a religious war fought by irreligious people. |
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Now then, Croatia have a free-kick just outside the left edge of the penalty area. |
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He reached the edge of the penalty area and the dispirited Croatia defence opened up for him. |
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For Croatia and Middlesbrough it was like watching a precious Ming vase wobble on its pedestal. |
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Bosnians joined Slavs from Serbia and Croatia in an uprising against the Turks. |
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Once these republics seceded, however, the legal status of minorities, such as the Serbs in Croatia, was undermined. |
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It is only a few years since Croatia shook the football world by finishing third in the World Cup in France. |
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Assuming they get the necessary point against Croatia on Monday, inevitable disaster awaits the Poms in the quarters or semis. |
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Since Croatia could never leave the Everton forward downcast, the task fell to Eriksson. |
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I have a hard time accepting that we rank below Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia and Slovakia. |
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He was party general secretary in 1991, when Croatia claimed independence from the Yugoslav federation. |
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It is bordered by Croatia to the north and west, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south-east. |
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Other increasingly popular destinations are Croatia, Bulgaria, Cuba and Turkey. |
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Spain and Portugal will be next followed by Italy and Croatia, Russia and China. |
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Now back within two, Croatia made the most of its next power play to cut the deficit to one on a score by Samir Barac. |
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Promoted to the general staff of the Austrian Army in 1809, he led the conquests of Croatia, Istria and the Po region. |
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But with only 500 metres left to race there was only one second separating the top four boats with France and Croatia pressing hard. |
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Bulgaria has signed such accords with Croatia, Romania and Macedonia while talks with Albania were concluded last December. |
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As their ruined villas attest, the Romans went to Brioni, an island in the Adriatic off the coast of Croatia. |
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The new rule by the order of Franciscan monks in Croatia comes into effect from this weekend. |
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He is a nationalist who from an early age had wanted a more independent Croatia. |
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After finishing second to Bulgaria in their qualifying group, Croatia beat Slovenia 2-1 on aggregate in a Balkan play-off. |
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The pairs of collocutors will be from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia. |
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The marble the US built the White House with comes from the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. |
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San Marino were beaten, Croatia were held, and Brown's escapology confounded his critics once more. |
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Slovenia scored a priceless away goal and succeeded in holding Croatia to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their playoff. |
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At present the boxes are winging their way to countries such as Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho. |
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He faces a total of 66 counts on three indictments for genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, and crimes against humanity in Croatia and Kosovo. |
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Belgium are currently on top on 14 points with Croatia and Scotland next in line on 11 points each. |
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Most of the bluefin tuna currently caught is caged alive in floating tuna farms in Croatia and across the Mediterranean. |
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Croatia is actually located in Central Europe, but it has bridged the Eastern and Western worlds throughout its history. |
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In November 1995, Croatia agreed to peacefully reintegrate Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Dirmium under terms of the Erdut Agreement. |
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A 1990 plebiscite in Slovenia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Yugoslavia, as did one in 1991 in Croatia. |
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More than 1,000 islands and 1,400 miles of coastline make Croatia a sailing paradise, with plenty of modern marinas and hidden anchorages. |
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On the Danube, water levels exposed previously unseen World War II-era bombs in Budapest, tanks in Croatia, and sunken German ships. |
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Later, at the Croatia team base further down the mountain, she shuffles up the stairs ahead of me with a pronounced limp. |
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When I visit Croatia, some of my friends, in conversation, keep touching my shoulder and my biceps, and if we sit down, they slap me on the knee. |
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Taking less than an hour to traverse Slovenia, the convoy soon finds itself winding through stunning landscapes and vistas of Croatia into the Adriatic port city of Rijeka. |
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Croatia is also a lot more expensive than a lot of the other former Yugoslav republics to live in, yet this still did not send people towards begging. |
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I mention that once Croatia joins the Schengen Area, the green line on the floor will mean nothing. |
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With the agreement of President Tudjman, a Croat-Muslim alliance was formed, laying down a federal Bosnia with the Croat entity having confederate status with Croatia itself. |
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Five of the other eleven EU member states had troops in Bosnia or Croatia in early 1995, Danes and Swedes with Norwegians and Finns in a joint Nordic battalion. |
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Shot in Croatia and the Czech Republic, Red Tails also marked the first time Jordan went on location for a movie. |
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Croatia had offered spirited resistance then but not much going forward. |
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In Croatia, name days paid homage to the saint for whom you were named. |
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Since Lisbon Strategy is a topics which has not been given much attention in Croatia, the published articles represent the base for further research. |
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The protests follow the discovery of the slaughtered birds in an Italian lorry during a customs check at the Udvari border crossing point to Croatia. |
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The Dalmatian riviera in Croatia is fast becoming the place to be seen. |
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Croatia is only the second former Yugoslav republic to seek membership. |
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A significant reason for this was horse-trading between the Germans and the French who historically had been associated with Croatia and Serbia respectively. |
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He has two daughters, ages four and 17, and lived in Croatia with his second wife, Dragana. |
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Photographers hiding in bushes at the Croatia team hotel captured pictures of players bathing in the nude. |
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Croatia last medaled at the 1996 Olympic Games, taking silver in Atlanta. |
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Theomania has swept the country since the 19-year-old became a national hero with a hat-trick in England's 4-1 win in Croatia last week. |
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Against Spain and Italy, Croatia will play it tight with Tomislav Dujmovic and Darijo Srna employed in midfield for exactly that reason. |
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The only current EU member state that has not signed an ESA Cooperation Agreement is Croatia. |
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They have recently been achieving great success, defeating teams including Sweden, Croatia and Latvia. |
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Scotland failed to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, finishing third in their qualifying group behind Croatia and Belgium. |
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Scotland finished their qualification section by winning three of their last four matches, including two victories against Croatia. |
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The EU states not in the OECD are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, and Romania. |
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Its provisions have already been implemented by 26 states, leaving just Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, and Romania to do so among signatory states. |
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The only EU member state that has not signed any agreement with ESA is Croatia. |
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Separatist nationalist parties attained power in other republics, including Croatia and Slovenia. |
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The objectives of the nationalists in Croatia were shared by Croat nationalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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Central European countries, especially Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland are some of the most competitive tourism destinations. |
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Croatia acceded to the EU in July 2013, which obliged them to apply for EEA membership. |
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For 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, Wales were drawn in Group A with Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland and Macedonia. |
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Slovenia began erecting a border barrier along its border with Croatia in 2015 to control illegal migration into the Schengen Area. |
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Classic examples of solution lakes are abundant in the karst regions at the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and within large parts of Florida. |
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In Croatia, in areas of ancient Dalmatia, such as Herzegovina and the Krajina, they are known as gromila. |
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Croatia joined on 1 July 2013, following ratification of the 2011 Accession Treaty by all other EU countries. |
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It comprises, from West to East, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Bulgaria. |
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The local Bosnian Cyrillic alphabet was preserved in Bosnia, while a variant of the Glagolitic alphabet was preserved in Croatia. |
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The most important farming countries are Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Croatia, and Egypt. |
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Wolves in Slovakia, Ukraine and Croatia may disperse into Hungary, where the lack of cover hinders the buildup of an autonomous population. |
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Wolf numbers have declined in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1986, while the species is fully protected in neighbouring Croatia and Slovenia. |
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In Croatia, wolves kill more dogs than sheep, and wolves in Russia appear to limit stray dog populations. |
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There are many seaside resorts on the jagged coastline of Croatia, including several on its islands, which have been popular for many years. |
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Camp California in Croatia is another international summer camp on the Adriatic. |
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The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia. |
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It is estimated that if a major oil spill happened, a million people would lose their livelihoods in Croatia alone. |
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Croatia and Slovenia started negotiations to define maritime borders in the Gulf of Piran in 1992 but failed to agree, resulting in a dispute. |
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Tourism in Adriatic Croatia has recently exhibited greater growth than in the other regions around the Adriatic. |
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The hydrological parameters of Danube are regularly monitored in Croatia at Batina, Dalj, Vukovar and Ilok. |
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Romania also declared its public support for Turkey, and Croatia joining the European Union. |
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Until 796, Charles continued to expand the kingdom even farther southeast, into today's Austria and parts of Croatia. |
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The most southeast Frankish neighbours were Croats, who settled in Pannonian Croatia and Dalmatian Croatia. |
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As with neighbouring Germany, there has also been heavy immigration from Turkey and former Yugoslav states such as Croatia and Serbia. |
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Possible cases of the virus have also been found in Croatia, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. |
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Under communism Dubrovnik became part of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
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In 1991 Croatia and Slovenia, which at that time were republics within Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, declared their independence. |
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At that event, Socialist Republic of Croatia was renamed Republic of Croatia. |
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In negotiations with Croatia, however, it was accepted that Croatian would become a separate official EU language. |
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Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro in their constitution have all named the language differently. |
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This has, however, never occurred in the history of the Republic of Croatia. |
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Spain, France, Croatia, even Azerbaijan, were quick to the rescue. |
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And, according to him, nothing could match the close of day in Zadar, Croatia. |
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Ryanair, an Ireland-based low cost airline, is set to open its newest base in Europe, and its first airbase in Croatia, at Zadar. |
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Jelic moved to Zagreb, Croatia to work as a linguist with the Croatian Information Center. |
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England were beginning to look as impotent against the Kazaks as they were impressive in Croatia. |
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I so enjoyed shooting the Purple Wedding over five days in Croatia. |
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One he was particularly proud of was, I think, from Croatia. |
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Following the termination, Adria commenced proceedings against the Croatian Lottery in the courts of the Republic of Croatia. |
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Remains for the Protocol to be signed by the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia. |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan Peninsula bordering Croatia. |
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Zemmama reckons Scotland boss George Burley would bemad to leave him out of the squad for next month's friendly against Croatia at Hampden. |
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Mr Caffery, who is originally from Speke, is currently saddlesore in Austria having cycled across Bosnia and Croatia. |
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I loved Dubrovnik in Croatia, except when I kicked some sort of sea hedgehog and am still scarred. |
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He also helped to engineer coups in Slovakia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia. |
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But there were also lingering conflicts in Croatia, notably in Eastern Slavonia, adjacent to Serbia. |
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Croatia alleges that Serbia's destruction of towns and expulsion of ethnic Croats in Slavonia amounted to genocide. |
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Slovenia has cancelled all rail traffic with Croatia so that migrants are not able to enter the country by train. |
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A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire arrived early Wednesday in Veliki Obrez, at the Slovenian border with Croatia. |
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I love him and I'll be cartwheeling through the streets if he scores against Croatia. |
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Croatia Airlines' Airbus A319 passenger jet arrived in Istanbul Wednesday carrying Turkish and Croatian flags. |
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The lawsuit was a reaction to charges filed more than ten years ago by Croatia, which the ICJ in 2008 decided that it would hear. |
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Believe it or not, the normally efficient Germans have sent out thousands of flags and guidebooks featuring the wrong flag for Croatia. |
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In the Dalmation Coast, Croatia, I found a two-bedroom house that sleeps up to six at an amazing pounds 325 for the week. |
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Sretic arrived in the United Kingdom from Croatia in 1996 and claimed asylum in the name of Pavo Martinovic. |
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Blitz-CineStar operates nine other multiplexes in Croatia which will be digitalised by Barco in the next year, according to the Belgian company. |
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He soon resettled in Croatia and now lives in a spacious apartment on the right bank of the Drava River in Osijek. |
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Four-man bobsleds from Croatia and Latvia crashed during training on Monday and there were a number of crashes in two-man bobsled training on Saturday. |
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It was subsequently equalled by Croatia in the 1998 tournament. |
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In the Republic of Croatia we are faced with the fact that the quality has not been considered as an important factor in the hotel company business operations for decades. |
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The geographic shape of today's Croatia is the result of the 14-century long history of the Croatian people in this crossroads of different civilizations. |
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When Croatia broke away, it defined its official language as Croatian. |
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The agents, three Canadians of Croat origin, landed at Lika, in Croatia. |
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The Republic of Croatia, situated on the crossroads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, is spread across 56,542 square kilometers of land area. |
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A study of Noah's ark shell in Mali Ston Bay, Adriatic Sea.The potential for aquaculture of the bearded horse mussel and Noah's ark shell in southern Croatia. |
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The first successful soccer club in Croatia, HASK, was founded in 1903 and Hinko Wurth, founder of the club, is regarded as the father of Croatian soccer. |
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Armenian export of aluminum foil paper thinner than 0,2 mm to USA, Croatia, and Chili increased for 6, 43, and 186 percents respectively reports Armen Press. |
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The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh. |
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Scheduled European leisure carrier Monarch Airlines on Wednesday announced plans to launch new services to Dubrovnik in Croatia and Heraklion in Crete. |
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As of 2016, it reports 108 parishes and missions in the United States and three in Canada, and also has churches in Croatia, Cuba, Germany, and Serbia. |
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By the early 1900s, the movement included groups in England, Canada, Croatia, France, Denmark, Italy, United States, the Philippines, China, and Hungary. |
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Another source of competition in the spice trade during the 15th and 16th century was the Ragusans from the maritime republic of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. |
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Pannonian Croat duke Vojnomir of Pannonian Croatia aided Charlemagne, and the Franks made themselves overlords over the Croats of northern Dalmatia, Slavonia and Pannonia. |
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The remaining power confronting the Franks in the east were the Avars, however Charlemagne acquired other Slavic areas, including Bohemia, Moravia, Austria and Croatia. |
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Members include representatives from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Serbia, It meets regularly twice a year. |
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The kingdoms of Croatia and Serbia also appeared in the Balkans. |
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The two countries were partitioned between the three Axis allies, Bulgaria, Germany and Italy, and the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Italy and Germany. |
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The borders drawn in 1918 and 1919 are mostly preserved as those of the contemporary states of Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Austria. |
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Klis Fortress in Croatia, built into the south face of a rocky mass. |
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In Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia and parts of Croatia breakfast usually consists of various kinds of savory or sweet pastry, with cheese, meat or jam filling. |
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Also known as the proteus, the olm is a blind amphibian found only in the underwater caves of southern Europe, specifically parts of Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia. |
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According to Eurostat, Croatia has a stable market economy and its GDP per capita in 2010 was 61 per cent of the EU average, exceeding that of four other EU member states. |
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He says there's no precise, uncontestable way to decide whether the Baltic states, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, and Bulgaria are parts of Central Europe or not. |
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Conversely, Croatia is privatising its shipbuilding industry. |
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On 19 November 1994, the North Atlantic Council approved the extension of Close Air Support to Croatia for the protection of UN forces in that country. |
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In June 1992, the UNPROFOR, originally deployed in Croatia, had its mandate extended into Bosnia and Herzegovina, initially to protect the Sarajevo International Airport. |
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This powerful first novel explores the history of Croatia and its diaspora from World War II to the present through the Moric family on a fictional island, Rosmarina. |
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If Croatia were to win it, Eduardo's star would rise even higher. |
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Theomania has swept the country since 19-year-old Walcott became a national hero by scoring a hat-trick in England's 4-1 victory in Croatia last week. |
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During the war in Croatia, arms had been pouring into the country. |
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The Serb and Croat paramilitaries involved volunteers from Serbia and Croatia, and were supported by nationalist political parties in those countries. |
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Croatia has made tremendous political and economic progress over the past 15 years,' said Orsalia Kalantzopoulos, the World Bank's Croatia country director. |
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In the second half of 1991, the war was intensifying in Croatia. |
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