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This study of the education system of Croatia is part of the handbook "The education systems of Europe" which presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines. The study begins with the historical and socio-cultural background of the Croatian educational system which is followed by the description of the organizational and administrative context of the current education system. The next step is the functioning of the current education system, beginning with a structural overview and followed by an analysis of the different levels of the education system, including, as a separate chapter, post-secondary and tertiary education. The country study ends with an analysis of current problems and discussions, and opens perspectives for further development. A diagram illustrating the structural scheme of the Croatian educational system is part of this article. (DIPF/Orig./Kie.).

Ein Charakteristikum der kroatischen Politik besteht darin, daß viele als Extremisten zu bezeichnende Politiker Teil des etablierten Parteiestablishments sind. Dies trifft insbesondere für die von Nationalisten aus der Herzegowina vertretene Position innerhalb der unter der Führung von Franjo Tudjman stehenden Kroatischen Demokratischen Gemeinschaft (HDZ) zu. Der HDZ ist es bislang im wesentlichen gelungen, andere militante nationalistische Organisationen zu eliminieren bzw. zu neutralisieren. (BIOst-Mrk)

The paper analyses the most important aspects of the draft Act on antitrust damages which is the result of the legislative efforts to implement the EU Directive on Antitrust damages into Croatian legislation.

The author presents the basic contours of 1945, which was marked by the end of the war, the collapse of the Independent State of Croatia, the establishment of Federal State of Croatia as a component of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia and the seizure of authority by the Communist Party of Yugoslav (KPJ). After the end of a liberation and civil war, the KPJ took power into its hands and created the essential prerequisites for the federal reorganization of the Yugoslav state and the revolutionary change of society in compliance with its revolutionary and federalist ideas and through the application of experiences from the USSR. The emphasis is on the most important moves by the KPJ in the first year of its rule and the fate of the main anti-communist forces in Croatia.

The article gives a detailed account of the decision about & activities of the UN peacekeeping forces (UNPROFOR) in Croatia since the end of 1991. The author analyzes the reasons for the failure to accomplish the tasks of UNPROFOR in Croatia & demonstrates that the main obstacle has been the refusal of the Serbian side to cooperate in the implementation of the original UNPROFOR mandate. He argues that the question of prolonging the UNPROFOR mandate offers a chance to reexamine & redefine it according to experience to date. Adapted from the source document.