What should be known about Croatia?

The Croatian Republic is currently in an intense preparation to join the European Union. They are adjusting their laws to meet that of the European Standards and the ones that currently meet those standards are those dealing with the real estate business. These laws ensure safe and secure real estate transactions.

Most European television stations, such as ZDF, ARD, RAI, CNBC, and BBC, are regularly informing and stimulating the business world and public mass in the direction of Croatia. For example, Ryan Air is opening three destinations in Croatia for UK travelers in the year 2004. For now Rijeka, Split, and Dubrovnik are those destinations, but soon there will be more scattered throughout Croatia.

Culture:
Belonging to the Middle-European and Mediterranean cultural and civilisation circle and tradition. Extremely rich and valuable cultural and historical heritage is pointing to a millenium old presence of Croatia in the area. The specific urban culture of coastal and island areas is easily seen in towns such as: Porec, Rovinj, Pula, Zadar, Sibenik, Hvar, Korcula and Ston, with Split (Diocletian's Palace) and Dubrovnik representing a part of the world cultural heritage under UNESCO protection.

Climate:
Northern Croatia has a continental climate. Central, semimountainous and mountainous regions, as well as the entire Adriatic coast, have a Mediterranean climate. Spring and autumn are mild along the coast, while winter can be cold and snowy in central and northern regions.

General Info

Location: Geographically situated on the cross-roads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
Official name: Republic of Croatia
Official language: Croatian
Alphabet: Latin
Currency: Kuna (100 lipa)
Population: (1991.) - 4,784,000 (2,465,000 female, 2,319,000 male)
Number of islands: 1,185 (66 inhabited)
Capital: Zagreb (nearly 1 million inhabitants)
Political system: parlamentary multiparty Republic
Area:
Total state area: 89,810 km2
Teritory area (land): 56,610 km2
Aquatorium area: (internal sea line) 33,200 km2
Marine economy region: (teritorial sea line) 23,870 km2
Total economy area: 113,680 km2
Coastline length: 5,835 km
Coastline length of mainland: 1,777 km
Coastline length of islands: 4,058 km