Country Profiles: Croatia

Republic of Croatia -- Republika Hrvatska

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Croatia: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Zagreb
• Embassy of Croatia in Washington, D.C.
• The President of Croatia
• The Government of Croatia
• The Parliament of Croatia

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Croatia Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Croatia Country Page Information about Croatia and USAID programs
• Croatia and the IMF The IMF's Croatia Country Page with links to articles
• Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe Information regarding the impact of recent wars on the national economies of Southeastern Europe

Internet Resources: General

• Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Croatian Homepage maintained by the University of Zagreb
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Croatia Page of the Institute of East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Croatia with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb A beautiful site displaying the museum's collections
• South Slavic online dictionaries

Online News Sites and Servers

• Croatian Information Center Online news, bookstore in five languages including Croatian and English
• HRT News Daily online news service in Croatian and English. Also hosts real-time radio
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Croatian (South Slavic) Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Croatian Language Study

• Serbo-Croatian Courses offered through The UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Slavic and Baltic Language Resources hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb's site with information about programs and a journal online
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants for East European Studies
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The Association for Women in Slavic Studies The AWSS homepage contains a list of members' research, information about AWSS, a mentoring list, and other information
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Republic of Croatia is a crescent shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union.