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By Goran Cuk
Basic Facts
Population – 4,553,000 Capital – Zagreb GDP – $74.414 million GDP per capita - $18,000 (Ahead of EU member states Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, and above EU average)
Croatia is set to join NATO April 2008 and the European Union late 2008, early 2009. It is currently in the UN Security Council.
Croatia had 18 million tourists in 2007. Croatia was named “Destination of the Year” in National Geographic in 2006 6 “UNESCO World Heritage Sites” are located in Croatia
Marco Polo was born in Croatia Croatia has more than a thousand islands It also has the biggest bird reservation in Europe The smallest town in the world (Hum) is in Croatia, with city walls, two streets, a church, and 23 inhabitants The pen, the tie and the parachute were invented by Croatians PLIVA is the largest pharmaceutical company in Central and Eastern Europe The oldest blind theatre, arboretum, insurance law, manual about navigation, manual about book-keeping in Europe was in Croatia The oldest maritime law in the world came from Croatia Three Nobel prize winners are from Croatia
Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia, one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented AC electricity, the radio, the tesla coil, hydroelectric power, the remote control, x-ray, robot, the light bulb, among 300 other patents. Before he died, he had ideas for wireless transmission of electricity, electric submarine, death ray, mechanical oscillator (compresses the air until it is a liquid), earthquake machine, force field, antigravity aircraft, time travel, teleportation, and most bizarre, a thought camera. He declined numerous Nobel prizes.
Zagreb
Capital – Belgrade Population – 10,018,000 GDP – $72 billion GDP per capita – $8,200
Serbia lost over 1,200,000 soldiers in World War I, a third of its population back then. 8 UNESCO world heritage sites are in Serbia Serbia had a 18% increase in tourism last year. Serbia holds the 2 biggest concerts in Eastern Europe each year, the EXIT festival, and Guca. Serbia is known for being a very big party country. Serbia grows a third of the worlds raspberries. Madeline Albright was saved by Serbs in World War 2. Serbs also rescued 600 American pilots in World War 2. Albert Einstein was married to a Serbian. Serbia has had the highest economic improvement in the last 3 years than any other European Country. Serbia won the Eurovision Song contest last year and will host it this year. Serbia has won the world cup more than any other country.
Basic Facts
Population – 4,553,000 Capital – Zagreb GDP – $74.414 million GDP per capita - $18,000 (Ahead of EU member states Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, and above EU average)
Croatia is set to join NATO April 2008 and the European Union late 2008, early 2009. It is currently in the UN Security Council.
Croatia had 18 million tourists in 2007. Croatia was named “Destination of the Year” in National Geographic in 2006 6 “UNESCO World Heritage Sites” are located in Croatia
Marco Polo was born in Croatia Croatia has more than a thousand islands It also has the biggest bird reservation in Europe The smallest town in the world (Hum) is in Croatia, with city walls, two streets, a church, and 23 inhabitants The pen, the tie and the parachute were invented by Croatians PLIVA is the largest pharmaceutical company in Central and Eastern Europe The oldest blind theatre, arboretum, insurance law, manual about navigation, manual about book-keeping in Europe was in Croatia The oldest maritime law in the world came from Croatia Three Nobel prize winners are from Croatia
Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia, one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented AC electricity, the radio, the tesla coil, hydroelectric power, the remote control, x-ray, robot, the light bulb, among 300 other patents. Before he died, he had ideas for wireless transmission of electricity, electric submarine, death ray, mechanical oscillator (compresses the air until it is a liquid), earthquake machine, force field, antigravity aircraft, time travel, teleportation, and most bizarre, a thought camera. He declined numerous Nobel prizes.
Zagreb
Capital – Belgrade Population – 10,018,000 GDP – $72 billion GDP per capita – $8,200
Serbia lost over 1,200,000 soldiers in World War I, a third of its population back then. 8 UNESCO world heritage sites are in Serbia Serbia had a 18% increase in tourism last year. Serbia holds the 2 biggest concerts in Eastern Europe each year, the EXIT festival, and Guca. Serbia is known for being a very big party country. Serbia grows a third of the worlds raspberries. Madeline Albright was saved by Serbs in World War 2. Serbs also rescued 600 American pilots in World War 2. Albert Einstein was married to a Serbian. Serbia has had the highest economic improvement in the last 3 years than any other European Country. Serbia won the Eurovision Song contest last year and will host it this year. Serbia has won the world cup more than any other country.
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