1. CROATIA The new EU member 1st July 2013Presented by:Mladen HanevakiEASA Social Committee EventContinuing Airworthiness Rulemaking Officer (SNE)Cologne, 06.11.2013.

2. Outline Croatia ID CardCroatian Adria, islands and beaches Sights of nature national parks and nature parksArchitecture 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: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *- Principality8th century- Kingdom925- Union with Hungary1102- Joined Habsburg Empire1 January 1527- SHS secession from AustriaHungary 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) 8. Adria beaches 9. The flying boat?No, the clean and clear sea! 10. Sights of nature - National parks (8) and nature parks (11)NP MljetNP KrkaNP KornatiNP 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 17. Austro-Hungarian architecture 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 strengthalternating 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 Vrani (1551 1617)Machinae Novae 25. Great Croatians Antun Lui inventor of the first oil drill (Texas 1855)Ivan Lupis-Vuki inventor of the first self-propelled torpedo (27 August 1813 11 January 1875)Ivan Vueti pioneer of the dactiloscopy (fingerprints identification) July 20, 1858 January 25, 1925 26. Famous Croatians 27. Croatian team sports 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) 32. Thanks for watching To access the video clips, please click on the following links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVvnkg3dR0E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbzlKQt3fJc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T3SHPtaSOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN4pygl3ZpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFa_x9gDvjM