Poland needs a big victory against Croatia and a lot of help in tomorrow's other Group B match in Euro 2008 to keep alive its hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals at the European Championship.

U.S. President George W. Bush delivers a speech Saturday in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, where he is expected to praise Croatia for being invited to join NATO.

A group of Croatian activists, opposed to President Bush's visit, have signed a huge postcard inviting the U.S. president not to return to their country.

With the passing of time, the nations that made up former Yugoslavia are beginning to see the strongly desired and violent fragmentation of the federation as a great loss. Developing a whole new set of Yugo-mythology, Serbs, Croats, Macedonians and even Slovenians set up to collect memorabilia, reinvent heroes, revive old and create new Yugo-festivities.

A newly identified fault that runs under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the famously beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to a new research report.

The Republic of Croatia officially abolished compulsory military service on January 1, 2008, which had been in place since it was a part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and following in the tracks of its neighbour Bosnia and Herzegovina, which did the same two years prior on January 1, 2006.

Bali and Maui top the list of top ten islands for vacation and travel.

Celebrities were supporting Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and huge amounts of money were invested in his campaign ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections. Yet all that may not be enough for his conservative party to stay in power.

If you look-up Croatia on a map, you see a horse-shoe shaped country in Southern Europe. For many cultures, a horse-shoe is either a good-luck charm, or symbolizes good luck. And it looks like Croatia's luck has taken a definite turn towards good.

On June 28, 2007 the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a EUR50 million loan for the Revenue Administration Modernization Project (US$68 million equivalent) for Croatia.

World Bank Approves Three Major Loans

Croatia must show concrete results in fighting corruption before it can be allowed to join the European Union. This former Yugoslav republic, which gained independence in 1992, opened EU membership negotiations in October 2005, with hopes of joining in 2009.