Republic of Croatia Republika Hrvatska CAPITAL: Zagreb FLAG: Red, white, and blue horizontal bands with the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered). ANTHEM: Lijepa Nasa Domovina. MONETARY UNIT: The Croatian kuna (HRK was introduced in 1994,...

Croatia The Republic of Croatia is located in southeastern Europe, bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the south, Hungary to the north, Slovenia to the west, and Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Herzegovina to the east. According to the 2001 census, the...

Croatia POPULATION 4,390,751 ROMAN CATHOLIC 87.83 percent EASTERN ORTHODOX 4.42 percent OTHER CHRISTIAN 0.58 percent OTHER 1.4 percent AGNOSTIC, UNDECLARED, NOT RELIGIOUS, OR UNKNOWN 5.77 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Croatia is...

on the European continent  (white)  — ...

Politics and soccer will mix in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, which can't make FIFA happy.South and North Korea will meet in Asian qualifying for the tournament, and the United States could face Cuba in the CONCACAF semifinals.England also was drawn with the same...

Croatia's ruling conservatives and center-left opposition competed for allies Monday to form a government after both sides fell short of a majority in close-fought parliamentary elections.Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's Croatian Democratic Union had a slight edge in the race to form a coalition. With nearly...

The prime minister promised an investigation Friday into Croatia's worst firefighting disaster, in which six men were killed and seven badly injured when they were trapped battling a fierce forest blaze.The group _ including volunteers aged 17 and 18 _ was encircled by flames Thursday...

England's so-called golden generation sat dejected on the muddy field of Wembley Stadium, trying to drown out the celebratory cheers of Croatian fans. The unthinkable had happened: The nation that invented modern soccer, which plays at a stadium that styles itself as "the venue of...