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The institution was founded in Zagreb on 29 April 1861 by the decision of the Croatian Parliament as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. [4] The bishop and benefactor Josip Juraj Strossmayer, a prominent advocate of higher education during the 19th century Croatian national romanticism, set up a trust fund for this purpose and in 1860 submitted a large donation to the then viceroy of ...
znanost.org was founded in February 2002 by a group of a recent graduates from the University of Zagreb, Croatia.Activities during the first year and a half of operation were mostly limited to providing popular science texts.
Dubravka Oraić Tolić went to primary school in the village of Donji Andrijevci near Slavonski Brod, [2] where she had met her future husband Benjamin Tolić [].She studied Philosophy and Russian language with literature in Zagreb (1962–1966) and Vienna (1967–1969).
Matica hrvatska (Latin: Matrix Croatica) is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during the Croatian National Revival (1835–1874).
Continental Croatia (Croatian: Kontinentalna Hrvatska) was one of the two NUTS-2 Regions of Croatia between 2013 and 2021. [4] The region formed the continental part of the country. The most populated cities in the region were Zagreb, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Karlovac, Sisak and Varaždin. It accounted for 56% of the country's territory and 67% ...
zagreb.hr Zagreb ( / ˈ z ɑː ɡ r ɛ b / ZAH -greb [ 7 ] Croatian: [zǎːɡreb] ⓘ [ a ] ) [ 9 ] is the capital and largest city of Croatia . [ 10 ] It is in the north of the country , along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain.
Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Croatian: Hrvatska banka za obnovu i razvitak, HBOR) is Croatia's national development bank.Its task is the promotion of the development of the Croatian economy by extending loans, insuring export transactions against political and commercial risks, issuing guarantees, and providing business advice.
The Order of Danica Hrvatska (Croatian: Red Danice hrvatske, lit. ' Order of the Croatian Morning Star ') is the fourteenth most important medal given by the Republic of Croatia. The order was founded on 1 April 1995. The medal is awarded for different purposes and with different faces: [1] Marko Marulić – for culture