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Alternatively, you can paste one of the BBN RSS URLs into a new feed in your news reader.
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/albania.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/bulgaria.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/cyprus.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/greece.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/romania.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/slovenia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/bosnia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/croatia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/macedonia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/montenegro.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/serbia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/turkey.rss
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BASIC
- Surface Area: 56 542 sq km
- Borders: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, and Montenegro
- Capital City: Zagreb
- Population: 4 438 820 (2007)
- Official language: Croatian
- Population (Age structure & projected population growth):
- Population aged (0-14) - 15.5%
- Population aged (15-64) - 67.0%
- Population aged (65+) - 17.5%
- Population growth rate: minus 0.15% (medium variant from 2005-2010)
ECONOMIC
- Natural Resources:
Oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower. - Industries:
Chemicals, machine tools, fabricated metal, steel products, aluminum, electronics, paper, wood products, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism. - Agriculture – products: Wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products.
- Currency & Code: Croatian Kuna; Code: HRK
- Industrial Growth: n/a
- GDP (in currency): 36.2 EUR billions (2007)
- GDP Growth:: 5.55% (2007)
- GDP per capita: 8452 EUR (2007)
- Consumer Inflation: 6.1% (2008)
- Unemployment: 8.5% (2008)
- Foreign Direct Investment: (in currency): n/a
- Current Account(in currency):minus 3.163 EUR billions
- Public Debt: (as % of GDP): n/a
- External debt(in currency): n/a
- Exports(in currency): n/a
- Imports(in currency): n/a
TRAVEL TIPS
CLIMATE
- Mostly continental and mediterranean
GETTING AROUND
- Car Rental Companies: AMC Rent a Car, An Nova rent-a-car, Avis, Budget, National
- Taxi Companies: Taxi-Croatia-Zagreb, TransCroSistem, Zagreb Radio Taxi, Taxi Zagreb
- Banks: Croatian National bank, Zagrebacka banka,Centar banka, Raiffeisenbank Austria,Societe Generale – Splitska banka, Volksbank
WHERE TO STAY
- Luxury Hotels: The Regent Esplanade, Sheraton Zagreb Hotel, The Westin Zagreb, Hotel Antunovic, Hotel Dubrovnik-Zagreb
WHAT TO SEE
- Main Squares: Ban Josip Jelačić main square
- History and Culture: Croatian National Theater, Croatian Natural History Museum
- Shopping:
- Parks and Gardens: Botanical garden
Government of the Republic of Croatia (www.vlada.hr)
World Bank (www.worldbank.org)
International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org)
United Nations Population Division (www.un.org)
Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (www.apiu.hr)
Nations Online (www.nationsonline.org)
Zagreb Tourist Board (www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr)
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
Info Taxi (www.infotaxi.org)