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Architect Marko Vidaković, the Zagreb exhibition of Contemporary Czechoslovakia architecture (1928)

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Damjanović D.

Umění (Art)

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2015

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vol. LXIII

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issue 1-2

79-91

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Czech modern architecture exerted a considerable influence on Croatia owing to the work that Czech architects did in Croatia (e.g. the construction of the Bata factory in Borovo), and more importantly to the many Croatian and Yugoslav architects who studied at the Technical University in Prague. Marko Vidaković (Golubinci, 18 July 1890 - Zagreb, 5 January 1976) was one of the most important such architects. After attending the Vienna University of Technology for a year (1909-10), Vidaković studied intermittently at the Czech Technical University (Česká vysoká škola technická) in Prague from 1910 to 1919. He played a key role in the emergence of modern architecture in Croatia by organising Czechoslovakian Contemporary Architecture exhibition in Zagreb (17 March - 1 April 1928), which he did with the help of Zdenĕk Wirth from the Czechoslovak Ministry of Schools and Public Education. Soon after the exhibition, Vidaković designed and built one of the first buildings designed in the international style in Zagreb, a villa owned by Ljudevit Pfeffermann and located at 27a Jurjevska Street (1928-1929). This and his later architectural designs (such as a never built design for the 1931 pavilion at the Zagreb Fair) show the influences of Czech architectural work. Although the Pfefferman Villa was his last built project, the unrealised designs he created for various buildings and structures in Zagreb (tram stop shelters, 1930; an art pavilion, 1930) provide clear evidence of the great talent of this architect, who adopted the vocabulary of modern architecture. He also played a major role in helping to spread the international style in Croatia and Yugoslavia through his many writings, which were published in the Ljubljana-based magazine Architecture and in daily newspapers in Zagreb and Belgrade. During the Second World War he actively participated in campaigns to save Serbian children in the pro-fascist Independent State of Croatia.

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Croatia’s participation in the Seventh Framework Programme: a Moderate Success?

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Mataković H., Novak I. R.

Business Systems Research Journal

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2013

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vol. 4

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issue 2

126-143

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Background: The Framework Programme (FP7) is the main instrument of the EU for financing research, and participation in the programme benefits greatly to countries’ technological development. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to assess the participation of Croatian organisations in FP7 in terms of specific programmes, funding schemes and the coordinator organisations. Methods: In order to assess this participation, two analyses have been done: the first is the analysis of participation itself analysing the basic characteristics of Croatian participation in FP7 using participation data. The second analysis is the analysis of external conditions for participation, i.e. a framework that influenced the quantity and the quality of participation in FP7. Results: Participation of Croatian institutions in the FP7 has the following features: the positive rate of the national and the EU financial contribution; an unequal regional distribution; a small number of projects coordinated by Croatian participants; a low success rate and rare participation in large research projects. Conclusions: Support should be provided to researchers in order to increase the participation in future funding programmes. First, researchers should perform only research and not the project administration since it requires well-educated and trained administration staff. Second, participants in future projects, especially coordinators, should be financially rewarded.

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Výzkum mezi krajany

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Havránek P.

Národopisný věstník

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2009

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vol. 26_(68)

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issue 1

234-239

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In the Croatia territory, the Czechs are concentrated predominantly in the area of the northwestern Slavonia. Center of this region with relatively compact Czech settlement is the town of Daruvar. Before and after the World War I, when the Czechoslovak Foreign Institute and the National Czechoslovak Council were established, the interest in this region increased. In 1930’s the Czechoslovak Foreign Institute initiated a mapping survey of this region, which was, however, not completed. The further initiative was launched several decades later. A research of culture of the Czech colony in the Daruvar region was carried out in 1965-70 by the Ethnography and Folklore Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (ČSAV) and the Folk Art Institute in Zagreb. More recent works devoted to the Czechs living in Croatia originate primarily in the country itself. My research in the region was realized above all in the form of interviews. I received a lot of necessary information from the Czech Union archives and from the local professional literature. In comparison with the previous research and with respect to the several-decade distance, it was possible to trace the process of acculturation and assimilation and to estimate its possible development. The accessible printed materials and literature are of miscellaneous origin. they partly come from the Czechoslovak Foreign Institute employees - Antonín Šembera, Rudolf Turčín and Jan Auerhan. Many valuable documents are deposited in the Central State Archive in Prague, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archive as well as in the Náprstek Museum’s archive. A rich archive is situated in the seat of the Czech Union in Croatia - in the Czech House in Daruvar. It contains many documents from the life of the Czech minority. The collections in this archive were assorted with the help of the Czech Republic, that is to say by archivists from the Central State Archive in Prague who had been working here for several years since 2001.

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Innovation Propensity in Croatian Enterprises: Results of a Community Innovation Survey

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Aralica Z., Račić D., Radić D.

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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2008

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vol. 3

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issue 1

77-88

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This paper assesses the determinants of innovation activities in Croatian enterprises and their implications for innovation policy. A Type-2 Tobit model is used for modelling the innovation behaviour of Croatian companies, based on the results of a Community Innovation Survey conducted for the period 2001-2003. This model identified the positive effects of conditions for enterprise growth (enterprise size and demand pull variable) and the integration of enterprises into international flows of capital and goods (through foreign direct investments) as well as R&D activities. These variables can be tackled through a more effective policy framework that should increase competitiveness within industries in order to stimulate the demand for innovation. The focus should be on fostering enterprise growth, attraction of FDI with strong spillover effects, and stimulating the export capability of enterprises. Only in such a context can the positive effects of engagement in R&D be maximised.

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Process of local government fragmentation in Croatia: From a big-bang to a status quo

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Škarica M.

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development

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2021

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vol. 25

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issue 1

46-53

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The paper explores and explains the fragmentation process in Croatian local government during the transition period from 1990 onwards. Special focus is given to the emergence of new municipalities (municipal splits/ secessions) that occurred after the new two-tier local government system was established in 1993. Excessive fragmentation of territorial structure at the beginning of the 1990s was a systematic and centrally driven reform that was meant to break with the inherited local government model and break up its territorial structure as radically as possible. While the initial overhaul in 1993 was mostly the result of conscious policy implemented in a top-down manner, subsequent municipal splits were mostly the outcome of local initiatives and lobbying, and were predominantly shaped by local, primarily economic factors, whereas political and cultural factors were of secondary importance. The national institutional context, including criteria and procedural rules for splits, were quite liberal during this whole period, with a moderate tightening-up trajectory. The number of municipalities finally stabilised in 2006, since when there have been no more splits.

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„Chorwaci islamskiej wiary” – byt rzeczywisty czy twór propagandy?

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Gucka A.

Slavia Meridionalis

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2011

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vol. 11

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The “Croats of Islamic faith” – reality or a creation of propaganda? According to the latest census, in 2001, 56, 777 Muslims live in the Republic of Croatia. The present article is an attempt to answer the following questions about these “Croats of Islamic faith” (Hrvati islamske vjeroispovjesti): Who are they? Where do they come from? And how are they socially perceived?The notion that the Bosnian Muslims are “Croats of the purest blood” was first formulated in the first half of the XIX century by Dr. Ante Starčević, the founder of the Law Party and the originator of a modern Croatian national doctrine. His views were fully adopted and accepted by the Ustasha propaganda, which claims that Bosnia and Herzegovina is the historical cradle of the Croatian state. As a result of this, local Muslims enjoyed a status which was equal to that of the Catholic community. Some propaganda gestures of the time, such as a celebration of the opening of a big mosque in downtown Zagreb, were meant to make the Bosnian Muslims accept the idea of the NDH state and induce them to enroll in the Ustasha Army. After World War II numerous Muslims, who uncritically became advocates of the Ustasha propaganda also shared the fate of Pavelic and his followers. The other Muslims who left their country before the war cultivated the infamous traditions of the NDH state, as well as the myth of an apparent Catholic-Muslim brotherhood.Following the civil war (1991–1995) thousands of Muslim refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina returned to Croatia, and the issue of their ethnic identity caused some problems. The level of social acceptance of the Muslim community in this traditionally Catholic community, however, is insufficient given the history, and displays of religious activity such as the establishment of Islamic schools and the building of mosques, raise anxiety and a fear of Islamicization amongst many Catholic Croatians. One can observe ongoing and endless Internet debates on the issue as to whether or not the Muslims living in Croatia are true Croatians, while politicians struggle to make use of the Muslim issue for their own purposes. In reality the “Croats of Islamic faith” are simply trying to adapt themselves to the global community and are too busy with everyday matters that they seem not to notice these debates that are largely theoretical.

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POSTĘPOWANIE W SPRAWIE ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCI KONSTYTUCYJNEJ PREZYDENTA CHORWACJI

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GRABOWSKA S.

Polityka i Społeczeństwo

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2017

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issue 3(15)

57-62 (6)

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The subject of this study is the Croatian procedural regulations concerning the constitutional responsibility of the president. I try to answer the question of whether the Croatian legislator normalized the functioning of the institution in an appropriate manner.

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Business Cycle Synchronization in Croatia

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Šergo Z., Poropat A., Gržinić J.

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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2012

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vol. 7

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issue 1

29-41

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze business cycle synchronization in the Croatian economy using various annualized growth rate variables over a period of eighteen years (1992-2010), de-trended by a Hodrick-Prescott filter, and following the Harding and Pagan methodological procedure in the determination of its turning points. Our conceptual analysis of synchronization is based on the technique of concordance indexes and correlation coefficients obtained by the HAC estimators. The main result of the research shows that there is a high degree of probability that dismissal of employees in the Croatian economy will coincide with the contraction phase in industry. The cyclic phase of growth in job creation in great measure coincides with the cyclic phase of growth in exports and the construction sector, as well as with tourist arrivals. There is an almost perfect synchronization between the cyclic phases of the construction sector and imports. The central conclusion of the paper is that this study can establish stylized facts about the dynamics of Croatian business cycles.

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Forest fires in Dalmatia

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Šiljković Ž., Mamut M.

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

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2016

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vol. 32

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issue 32

117-130

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Every year the Republic of Croatia, especially in its south part in Dalmatia, faces forest fire risks. The weather is exceptionally conducive to fires, so the main period of fire occurrences is between June and October, characterized by long lasting dry and warm weather with temperatures over 30°C. Research carried out by the authors in 1997 and 2012 have pointed to the fact that human impact is the main cause of ignition. This paper presents an overview of the total number of fires in the period from 1998 to 2012, with the emphasis on forest and woodland fires in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. Data on the situation in Dalmatia refer to the situation in the areas of responsibility of four Dalmatian Police Administrations. Analysis is based on official data of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior and the report of the National councillor for managing and controlling forest fires. The authors have analysed the frequency of forest fires in Dalmatia in a period of fourteen years (1998-2012) comparing it with the previous period, 1989-1996. The results that the authors have obtained reveal how forest fires most commonly (2/3) break out during the warm part of a day, from 09.00 until 18.00 hours in the warm period of the year. Particularly vulnerable are the forests of Aleppo pines and maquis being mostly thermal forests, whilst in the south of the country the forests of Holm oak (Quercus ilex) and English oak (Quercus robur) are at the highest risk. Reforesting of burned areas is very slow and Croatia has been far behind in reforesting in the continental part of the country.

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Re-inkarnacje narodu. Chorwackie narracje tożsamości w latach dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku

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Bujwid-Kurek E.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2010

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issue 1(13)

535-540

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In the present book we can see many new topics, which in general acceptance does not recognized, and definitely in the literature looking for "guilty" decomposition of the Yugoslav Federation.

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European Elections in Croatia

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Cipek T.

Political Preferences

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2014

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issue 9

21-37

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This text discusses the results of European elections in Croatia. It reaches the conclusion that voters, unhappy with the economic situation, punished the ruling social democratic coalition which suffered a heavy defeat. On the other hand, election results prove the recovery of HDZ, the opposition, centre-right party. It is also obvious that most Croatian citizens do not believe that European elections are important enough to warrant voting. Euroscepticism in Croatia is on the rise because citizens see no obvious benefits from joining the European Union. On the contrary, it is becoming increasingly clear that, in its first year as a member, Croatia will pay more funds into EU budget than it will receive from it. It is evident that direct elections of European Parliament members did not succeed in strengthening EU’s legitimacy in the eyes of Croatian voters, and that European elections are actually of secondary importance.

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Obóz „Goli otok ” w relacji międzypokoleniowej. Przypadek filmu Goli Tihej K. Gudak

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Taczyńska K.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2017

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issue 47

145-157

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The issue this paper refers to concerns the camp for political prisoners established in 1949 in Yugoslavia on the island of Goli otok. The primary objective of my article is to show that documentary films are a significant space for reflection on Goli otok camp. In the context of postmemory, particularly noteworthy is the film Goli from 2014, directed by Tiha K. Gudac, born in 1982. The analysis of this documentary is to present how the memory of the Goli otok prison camp works in the film and how it is transmitted. The film author belongs to the generation of the descendants of Goli otok prisoners. Goli is an attempt to confront the inherited traumatic experience of her grandfather, which – although hushed and hidden for the rest of his life – directly affected the family relationships.

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Sex determination from femora in late antique sample from Eastern Adriatic coast (Salona necropolis)

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Jerković I., Bašić Ž., Kružić I., Anđelinović Š.

Anthropological Review

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2016

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vol. 79

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issue 1

59-67

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The determination of sex is one of the first steps in anthropological analysis. When skeletal remains are fragmented, the most useful approach is application of osteometric methods. The methods are population specific, and therefore require development of discriminant functions for each population group. The aim of this study was to test sexual dimorphism of femoral measurements and to calculate discriminant functions applicable for sex determination on fragmented skeletal remains on the late antique sample from the Eastern Adriatic coast (2nd-6th century AD). 214 randomly chosen skeletons from the excavation site Solin-Smiljanovac were analyzed. Sex and age were assessed using standard anthropological methods, and skeletons were examined for pathologic and traumatic changes. In the next step, we selected 27 female and 48 male skeletons free of peri- or post-mortem changes that could affect measurements Eight standard femoral measurements were taken. Sexual dimorphism was initially compared using independent sample t test, after which discriminant functions were computed. All femoral measurements showed statistically significant sexual dimorphism (p<0.001). Ten discriminant functions for every part of femur were calculated and obtained classification accuracy of 73.1-91.8%. This study reached relatively high classification, which will improve further analysis of the skeletal remains from the Salona necropolis. Due to similar population structure in the Roman period across the Adriatic coast, the discriminant functions could be applicable for all populations from the same period and area. This study also raised a few methodological questions showing that when creating discriminant functions we should consider not only the accuracy, but also the applicability based on the experience from the anthropology laboratory that considers the state of preservation and frequent pathology.

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Population of the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pelješac Peninsula, southern Croatia

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Ceryngier P., Romanowski J., Szymańska J., Galanciak M., Bardzińska M., Romanowski M.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2013

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vol. 11

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issue 4

79-91

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Samples of the invasive alien ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, were collected between 27 July and 8 August 2013 at four localities on the Pelješac Peninsula in southern Croatia. Altogether, 209 individuals were collected, of which 114 (54.5%) were males and 95 (45.5%) females. Three colour forms were present in the samples: the non-melanic form succinea and the melanic forms spectabilis and conspicua. The form succinea clearly predominated (90.5% of collected individuals) followed by spectabilis (8.1%) and conspicua (1.4%). The ectoparasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens, not previously reported from Croatia, was found on the elytron of one H. axyridis individual. The localities in Pelješac Peninsula mentioned in this paper are the southernmost of all Croatian localities so far reported to be colonized by H. axyridis.

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Croatia’s Accession to the European Union – Reflections in the Light of Assumptions Relevant to International Organizations

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Cała-Wacinkiewicz E., Podgórzańska R., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Urbański D., Piechowiak-Lamparska J., Bryc A., Bojarczyk B., Jorgensen F. A. E., Niedziołka D., Pacześniak A., Potorski R., Wincławska M., Włodkowska-Bagan A., Jeran A., Mol A., Solsbery A., Dąbrowska I., Głodkowski M., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Piechowiak-Lamparska J.

The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies

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2012

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issue 2 (2)

PL

Discussions on the methods of ratification did not undermine the existing policy on the admission of Croatia to the EU, and were merely the result of internal political disputes. Supporters of a position on the matter other than the government’s positions emphasized that they are advocates of Croatia’s accession to the EU, but the admission of a new country to the community atered, in their assessment, the strength and position of Poland in the EU and required ratification based of Art. 90 of the Constitution. After the rejection by the Sejm [the lower house of the Polish parliament] of the Law and Justice [PiS] draft resolution, which provided for the ratification of the accession treaty by a 2/3 majority vote, the government’s ratification bill was passed.Full text: http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/czasopismo/589/?idno=14762

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Obchodné aktivity Slovenskej republiky (1939 – 1945) s Nezávislým chorvátskym štátom

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Mičko P.

Acta historica Neosoliensia Vedecký časopis pre historické vedy

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2014

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vol. 17

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issue 1-2

56-77

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Foreign trade represented highly important role in the Slovak economy in the years 1939 – 1945. Ironically, when compared with the present days, where we face problems with passive trade balance, Slovakia had to cope with danger of unlimited export abroad. Majority of Slovak products found their place within the empty European markets with no major difficulties. Since, for Slovakia, foreign trade represented very important factor, at the very beginning of the state was passed the act which continued the trade treaties of the former Czechoslovak Republic. By passing the Act No. 2/1939 the first Slovak Republic also accepted all trade treaties which had been signed by the Czechoslovak Republic and other states. Doing so, the new state clearly declared rules of the foreign trade policy at its very beginning. The Slovak Republic also continued in trade relationship with Balcan region. Before the German attack of Yugoslavia, the Slovak Republic signed trade treaty with Yugoslavia. Business meetings took place in July 1940 in Belgrade. After division of Yugoslavia commenced foreign trading with the independent Croatia. Once the trade treaty was signed in October 1941 a clearing payment was introduced. Goods exchange was slow and unreliable mainly from Croatian part. Payments between both states were realised through special accounts „A“ and „B“ at the Croatian State Bank in Zagreb and at the Slovak Mortgage and Communal Bank in Bratislava and corresponding accounts at the Slovak National Bank in Bratislava. Using the account „A“ were realised payments for goods, transport and other expenses connected with goods exchange. Using the account „B“ were realised payments to diplomatic representatives. This account was also used for transferring savings of the Croatian citizens in Slovakia and the Slovak citizens in Croatia. However, foreign trade between the countries was not very intense, and despite of certain broadening of goods exchange in 1942 trade relationships were kept in minor volume until as late as the WW II.

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Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Immigration Policies and Labour Market Outcomes: Comparing Croatia with Hungary and Slovenia

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Botrić V.

Croatian International Relations Review

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2016

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vol. 22

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issue 76

5-28

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The paper provides comparative evidence on attitudes towards immigrants, their labour market outcomes and policies in Croatia and two neighbouring countries – Slovenia and Hungary. Three different data sources have been used: the European Social Survey, an ad-hoc Labour Force Survey module for the year 2014, and the MIPEX index. Although immigrants have a disadvantaged position on the Croatian labour market, most analysed indicators do not imply that they are in a worse position than in other European economies. Migrant integration policies related to the labour market are assessed as being relatively favourable for Croatia. Judging by the comparable indicators for the native population in Croatia, immigrants’ adverse labour market outcomes seem to be more related to the unfavourable general economic situation, and particularly by the deep and long recession.

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Oficjalne ramy polityki pamięci w Chorwacji

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Falski M.

Pamiętnik Słowiański

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2010

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vol. 60

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issue 2

35-50

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Politics of the memory implies formal, normative activities in the public sphere, which are undertook by representative institutions, i.e. the parliament, the government, or local administration. They are intended to create desirable attitudes and hierarchy of values within citizens, in order to maintain the community cohesion. By official frames are understood, above all, legal acts passed by the parliament or local administration, commemorations and celebration of national holidays. Croatian case shows how the official politics creates a narrative which can be seen as a point of reference for every discourse about the past, and in that way it defines the current political scene. The paper shows that in Croatian official narrative dominating categories are the stateness, the idea of continuity of the Croatian state, but an interpretation of the last war is disputable.

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Regional Convergence in the European Union, new Member States and Croatia

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Mikulić D., Lovrinčević Ž., Nagyszombaty A. G.

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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2013

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vol. 8

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issue 1

9-21

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Over the past two decades, the issue of regional convergence in the European Union has been the subject of a wide range of empirical research. This paper aims to provide more information on the differences in regional growth patterns of new member states (NMS), as well as Croatia, in addition to the factors influencing regional disparities within each country. This research provides an analysis of regional convergence in the period 2001-2008 at the NUTS II and NUTS III level. The most widely used model for testing convergence hypotheses is beta-convergence analysis. Other factors commonly included in the econometric modelling of convergence are demographic variables, labour market conditions, industrial structure, institutional factors and overall government policy. The main hypothesis is that the process of regional convergence in NMS and Croatia is not strong enough to dominate over other factors, influencing regional potential growth (mainly industry structure and quality of human capital). Absolute β-convergence can be found at the national level for EU countries. Convergence also can be found for NMS regions, but the pace of convergence on the regional level is lower in comparison to the national level and the estimated β-convergence parameter is less significant.

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Economic Crisis in Croatia

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Kubiszewska K.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2013

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issue 2

57-72

PL

Croatia is becoming the 28th member of the European Union on July 1st, 2013. Croatia has gone a long way from a socialist republic to an independent country recognized as one of the economic tigers of the Western Balkans in the first decade of the 21st century. Croatia has been hit by the global crisis, which turned out to be a huge exter-nal shock for the region of the Western Balkans. Although it does not enter the economy through the direct channels, as local banks have not been engaged in toxic assets trade, but indirect channels, like the decrease of FDI, which deepens foreign trade deficits, slow credit growth or decrease of remittance which lead to economic disturbances during the last phase of the European integration process. Small economies, like Croatia, are exposed much more to the effects of any dis-turbances on the international scene. They are dependent on foreign trade and the inflow of FDI, while their demand and inflation rate are affected by the pace of changes in big economies. The article addresses the problem of economic development in the country which needs to deal with a problem of the economic crisis infection and the EU integration process. The article studies the economic situation in Croatia which is the consequence of a recovery plan undertaken by the Croatian government.

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