{"id":51053,"date":"2025-06-20T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51053"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:05:41","slug":"croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Croatia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India visited Croatia and appreciated Croatia for expressing solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Croatia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Croatia is located in <\/span><b>the south eastern region of the European Continent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the north western part of the Balkan Peninsula.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is border by <\/span><b>Slovenia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northwest, <\/span><b>Hungary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the northeast; <\/span><b>Serbia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the east; <\/span><b>Bosnia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Herzegovina and Montenegro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also bounded by the <\/span><b>Adriatic Sea in the west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Croatia shares a maritime border with Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its strategic<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">location on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea positions it as a crucial <\/span><b>maritime gateway to Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made up of fertile and mostly flat plains in the north, and low mountains and highlands along the coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>member of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both the <\/span><b>European Union and NATO.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The country&#8217;s <\/span><b>major ports\u2014Rijeka, Split, and Ploce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014are integral components of the European Union&#8217;s core TEN-T network, supporting trans-European transport infrastructure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Dinaric Alps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a few smaller mountain ranges (Velebit and Velika Kapela) slice through the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mediterranean climate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rivers like Drava, Krka and Save drains in Crotia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Zagreb<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 the capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the country\u2019s main administrative, cultural, industrial, economic and transport hub.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span class=\"w8qArf FoJoyf\"><strong>Population:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"LrzXr kno-fv wHYlTd z8gr9e\">38.6 lakhs (2023)<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"XJa8af IISixf\"><a class=\"EXSnO\" href=\"http:\/\/datatopics.worldbank.org\/world-development-indicators\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwji8_qBxP-NAxVWT2cHHRtpKVoQvRl6BAgREAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Bank<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-and-croatia-to-make-long-term-plans-for-defence-cooperation-pm-modi\/article69710571.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatia is located in the south eastern region of the European Continent, on the north western part of the Balkan Peninsula.  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