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- 1. CROATIA The new EU member – 1st July 2013 Presented by: Mladen Hanževački EASA Social Committee Event Continuing Airworthiness Rulemaking Officer (SNE) Cologne, 06.11.2013.
- 2. Outline Croatia – ID Card Croatian Adria, islands and beaches Sights of nature – national parks and nature parks Architecture Great / famous Croatians Bonus
- 3. * CROATIA – ID Card * Country name: HRVATSKA * Country code: HR * Capital: ZAGREB (792.895) * Population: 4.284.889 * Size: 56,594 km2 (126th) 89,810 km2 (land + sea) * Language: Croatian * Ethnic groups: * Croatian – 90,4 % * Serbs – 4,4 % * Others: 5,2 % * Religion: Roman catholic – 86%
- 4. CROATIA – ID Card * Currency: KUNA (HRK) ~ 1 € = 7,5 HRK * GDP (nominal): * - Total $63.842 billion (65th) * - Per capita $14,457 (44th) * Bank deposits per capita = 4.700 € * Bank loans (credits) = 3.900 € * Average wages: $955 (733 €) * Unemployment rate: 17,2% (EU=12,2%) * HDI (2013): Increasing = 0.805 very high · 47th * NATO member: since 2008 * Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic * Legislature: Sabor (Parliament)
- 5. * CROATIA – ID Card * Establishment: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - Principality 8th century - Kingdom 925 - Union with Hungary 1102 - Joined Habsburg Empire 1 January 1527 - SHS secession from Austria–Hungary 29 October 1918 - Creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) 4 December 1918 - Yugoslavia becomes a republic 29 November 1943 - Decision on independence 25 June 1991 - Declaration of independence 8 October 1991
- 6. Croatia – the country with 1,244 islands
- 7. … and 5.835 km of sea coast (1.777 km land)
- 9. The flying boat? No, the clean and clear sea!
- 10. Sights of nature - National parks (8) and nature parks (11) NP Mljet NP Krka NP Kornati NP Brijuni
- 11. Plitvice Lakes
- 12. Plitvice Lakes
- 13. Plitvice Lakes in winter
- 14. Plitvice Lakes in Winter
- 15. Romanic architecture – Split Diokletian palace
- 16. Romanic architecture – Pula Arena Colosseum
- 18. Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
- 19. Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
- 20. Dubrovnik
- 21. Dubrovnik
- 22. Great Croatians – Slavoljub Penkala (1871 – 1922)
- 23. Great Croatians – Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) Scientist and inovator: • • • • • • • “TESLA" - the SI unit measure for magnetic field strength alternating current electricity supply AC induction motor Transformer High voltage and high frequency power experiments Radio communication, X-ray experiments Radio remote control vehicle Wireless transfer of electricity, …
- 24. Great Croatians – Faust Vrančić (1551 – 1617) “Machinae Novae”
- 25. Great Croatians Antun Lučić – inventor of the first oil drill (Texas 1855) Ivan Lupis-Vukić – inventor of the first self-propelled torpedo (27 August 1813 – 11 January 1875) Ivan Vučetić – pioneer of the dactiloscopy (fingerprints identification) – July 20, 1858 – January 25, 1925
- 26. Famous Croatians
- 28. Croatia is No.1 in the world Croatia is the best in the world for the number of human organ donors and for kidney and liver transplants.
- 29. Before you visit Croatia, you should know … (click on the picture to see video clip)
- 30. Before you visit Croatia, you should know … (click on the picture to see video clip)
- 31. Before you visit Croatia, you should know … (click on the picture to see video clip)
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