Adventures in the Croatian State Archives 1
Students from the elementary school Vrbani from Zagreb visited the Croatian State Archives to capture their view of archives.
Czech and Croatian leaders meet in Zagreb
(28 Mar 2017) Czech President Milos Zeman arrived in Zagreb on Tuesday for an official two-day visit.
Zeman met with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and will attend the Croatia-Czech economic forum on Wednesday along with his delegation of investors.
During a joint news conference, Zeman said he and Grabar-Kitarovic discussed Brexit and the present state of the European Union.
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Zagreb, Croatia - Travel Around The World | Top best places to visit in Zagreb
Top best places to visit in Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia.
Zagreb is known locally as Little Vienna because of the mix of cafe-culture, Austria-Hungarian architecture, neo-Gothic cathedrals and medieval old town.
Ban Jelacic Square, named after Croatian military hero, is the central and the largest square of the city.
It is located at the boundaries of the Upper Town... and the Lower Town.
In the Upper Town is the Zagreb Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church and the tallest and the most monumental sacral building in Croatia.
But the Stone Gate is the most significant oath site in town.
Inside the gate is the portrait of Mary with baby Jesus which is said to be sacred, because it is the only thing that survived the great fire in 1731.
Near the Stone Gate is situated St Mark’s Church. One of the oldest structures in Zagreb stands on the square surrounded by the government edifices.
St Catherine Church is another important landmark in the Upper Town, and next to it is the Lotrscak Tower.
From this fortified construction, which dates to the 13th century, is a very nice view of the city.
The core of the center of Lower Town is a U-shaped system of city squares with parks.
The green horseshoe is home to several organizations and museums, such as:
A gallery hosting major city exhibitions, the Art Pavilion.
A notable national collage, the Academy of Sciences and Arts.
A world famous cultural institution, the Archaeological Museum.
Built for passengers of the Orient Express train, the Esplanade Hotel.
The central archival system in the country, the Croatian State Archives.
A place with a great art collection, the Mimara Museum.
The National Theater, a venue for theater, opera and ballet.
The Museum of Arts and Crafts and the Academy of Music.
A good place to go to get bird’s eye view of the city is the Zagreb Eye, an observation deck and a bar.
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Croatia - Tujdman's Party: Unfair Advantages
T/I: 10:22:54
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's ruling Croatian Democratic
Union (HDZ) is the strong favourite to win Sunday's (29/10)
elections for the lower house of Parliament. The opposition parties have been handicapped by the mainly state-run media and face an uphill
struggle to oust a government which has led the country from
communist Yugoslavia to national independence. Tudjman himself is
not up for re-election. But as a charismatic figurehead, his role
of boosting the HDZ campaign has been vital. The HDZ won the first
multi-party elections in 1990 and the first post-independence
elections two years later. It is seen as both nationalist and
right-wing. Tudjman and his party currently enjoy considerable
national popularity because of the Croatian military's recapture
of the Krajina region from rebel Serbs during the summer.
Tudjman's talk of further military action to retake Eastern
Slavonia, the last remaining piece of Croatia still in Serb hands,
if current negotiations for a peaceful hand-back fail have also
helped keep the HDZ at the top of the polls. At an election rally
in the southwestern port city of Rijeka on Wednesday (25/10),
Tudjman was cheered by huge crowds. Shouts of Croatia, Croatia
greeted his pledge to win back Eastern Slavonia by force if
necessary. With 90 percent of Croatia's media controlled by the
HDZ, the country's second largest party, the Croatian Social
Liberal Party (HSLS) has been struggling to win support. It was
banned from making television advertisments earlier this month and
an electoral commission running the polls appears relatively
toothless. The minority Serbian People's Party has also attacked
the Government for engineering the election. Spokesman Veselin
Pejnovic said Serbs would be forced to use a different colour
voting slip which would instantly identify them.
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VARIOUS, CROATIA, 25 OCTOBER,1995/FILE
ZAGREB, OCT 25:
Various election posters on hoardings around Zagreb including
HDZ's which says the right man, the right party at the right
time
top shots of busy Zagreb city centre
trams, people
flag on Parliament building
plaque
pullout to ws parliament building
Slaven Letica, Croatian political analayst, says the voters have
to choose between a totalitarian state or a democracy - the
future is going to be very important for the future of the
state
NEAR ZAGREB, MAY 1995:
military parade after capture of Western Slavonia - Tudjman in
white army uniform reviews troops and vehicles
OKUCANI, SERB HELD-KRAJINA, MAY 5, 1995
victorious croat soldiers on tanks rolling into town
KNIN, AUGUST 1995
Tudjman review victorious troops after capture of Krajina
KNIN, KRAJINA, AUGUST 5, 1995
ws croatian flag atop hill
croat soldier hugging and celebrating
croatian tanks through main street
RIJEKA, OCTOBER 25, 1995
HDZ rally
Tudjman sot saying he is ready to negotiate the peaceful
reintegration of Eastern Slavonia but if this is not possible
he will solve the problem by force
crowd chanting
crowd cheers
Croatian flag is raised
tudjman at attention;
VUKOVAR, CROATIA, NOVEMBER 15, 1991
soldier carrying croatian flag through town
ws vukovar devastation
soldier firing from inside building
tracking shot of devestated town
tank rolling through street
ZAGREB, 25/10
liberal party stand in town centre
Liberal Party secretary Bozo Kovacevic says there are many
obstacles in their way - the party was banned from running its
own commercials on television
banned Liberal Party advert Dosta
Drazen Budisa, Liberal Party leader waves to audience at rally
wide of stage
Serbian National Party spokesman Veselin Pejnovic saying the serbs
would immediately identify them
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ZAGREB: CROATIAN AND BOSNIAN PRESIDENTS HOLD TALKS
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Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and his Bosnian counterpart, Alija Izetbegovic, met in Zagreb Tuesday to discuss strengthening military co-operation.
President Tudjman also presented President Izetbegovic with a medal.
President Tudjman presented the Order of Queen Jelena - one of Croatia's highest honours - to President Izetbegovic in recognition of the increased co-operation between the two countries.
Both leaders toasted each other at the medal-giving ceremony, which was attended by the United States ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith.
A lavish champagne reception later followed.
Following the reception, the two leaders held private talks.
Both military and humanitarian issues are believed to have been high on their agendas.
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Croatia - Contact Group Arrives In Zagreb
Negotiators from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and
Germany -- the so-called Contact Group -- arrived in Zagreb
Saturday afternoon for talks with Croatian representatives
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ZAGREB (14/1)
contact group arriving for meeting
photo opp meeting
croat representative sot
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Erdogan arrives for two day visit to Croatia
(26 Apr 2016) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began a two-day official visit to Croatia on Tuesday.
He was welcomed at an honour guard ceremony in Zagreb by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.
The Turkish leader will hold bilateral talks with Croatian leaders on a range of issues including the promotion of economic ties between their countries and the migrant crisis engulfing Europe.
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Zagreb residents on results of Croatia election
(12 Sep 2016) Complete results of Croatia's snap election have confirmed a clear victory for the ruling conservatives, who now face a tough task of forming a coalition government.
The results reported on Monday by Croatia's state electoral commission showed that the Croatian Democratic Union won 61 seats in the 151-member parliament, while the left-leaning People's Coalition won 54.
The third-placed Most, or Bridge, party is a likely kingmaker in the future coalition government with 13 seats. The biggest surprise is Zivi Zid, or Human Shield group, which won eight seats.
Turnout was 53 percent, down 10 percentage points from the previous vote in November.
The snap vote was called after the previous coalition government collapsed in June, triggering the biggest political turmoil in the country since it joined the EU in 2013.
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Heavy snow causes transport problems in Croatia and Bosnia
(27 Feb 2018) A sudden freeze and heavy snowfall at the tail end of a relatively mild winter caused traffic disruptions, locked people indoors and prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency in parts of Croatia and Bosnia on Tuesday.
The mountainous Gorski Kotar region in western Croatia has been buried in over two metres (6.5 feet) of snow, and clearing services are rushing to clear the roofs of houses in the area to save them from collapsing.
About 1,000 Croatian soldiers have joined efforts to clear the snow in the worst-affected areas.
In Bosnia, snow clogged roads connecting the capital Sarajevo with the southern part of the country, while authorities in several cities in the western Krajina region declared state of emergency and ordered schools to remain shut.
The Arctic storm which has hit Europe has caused temperatures to fall well below freezing, with a low of minus-20 degrees centigrade in some parts of the Balkans.
The freeze is expected to continue for much of the week.
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CROATIA: ZAGREB: US AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH BOSNIA CRISIS SPEECH
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US Ambassador Peter Galbraith speaking in Zagreb today, 29th July, on Croatia's involvement in the Bosnia crisis said we very much understand the reasons for Croatia's concerns about the situation in Bihac. We have a situation in which Croatian citizens who are rebels are engaging in an attack from Croatian soil on the territory of another state. He continued if Croatia takes military action it's obvious it risks retaliation. He denied American approval of the operation.
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Croatia - Tudjman Awards Izetbegovic Medal
T/I: 10:05:57 10:23:29
In a ceremony in Zagreb on Tuesday (8 /8), Bosnian President
Alija Izetbegovic was given a special award by the Croatian
president, Franjo Tudjman. The award, in the form of a medal, was
presented for mutual co-operation. Following the ceremony the two leaders toasted each other with champagne. Also present was United States Ambassador to the region, Peter Galbraith.
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ZAGREB 8/8
Tudjman giving medal to Izetbegovic;
handshakes;
applause;
officials watching;
cu medals;
cu US ambassador Peter Galbraith;
more applause;
handshakes and champagne toast
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NEWS FEATURE Croatia looks forward to formal invitation to join NATO
Zagreb, Croatia - 30 March 2008
1. Wide of Ban Jelacic square in Zagreb
2. Statue of Croatian national hero, Ban Jelacic
3. People sitting in a sidewalk cafe
4. Mid of elderly woman reading papers
5. Wide tram arriving at station
6. People getting on the tram
7. Wide exterior of Croatian government building
8. Close up of nameplate
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Ivo Sanader, Croatian Prime Minister:
This is a done deal. Croatia will get invitation for membership to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). I believe that this is the crown, or a part of a crown of our process in joining the Euro-Atlantic integrations. Especially excited, we are, because this means that not only joining after the procedure will be finished, but it means also that Croatia is getting confirmation that we are matured country which shares same values like freedom, democracy, rule of law, free market economy, human rights with other countries.
FILE: Mazar-i-sharif, Afghanistan - 10 November 2007
10. Wide top shot of Croatian troops patrolling in Afghan desert
11. Mid of Croatian troops on foot patrol
12. Various of foot patrol
13. Extreme wide shot of desert
14. Wide of Croatian soldier on top of Hummer
15. Mid of Croatian troops consulting map
16. Various of Croatian soldier in sniper position
17. Wide of Croatian checkpoint in Afghanistan
Zagreb, Croatia - 30 March 2008
18. SOUNDBITE (English): Ivo Sanader, Croatian Prime Minister:
That (visit by US President) is, of course, very historic event for our bilateral relationship. We consider this visit by President George W. Bush as a gesture of friendship and partnership, as of course, it is an honour for Croatia, that president of the US is coming to visit Croatia immediately after NATO summit, which is even more important because it is sending a clear message towards Croatia, that Croatia is a partner of NATO, and partner of the US.
19. Wide of people at a stand in Zagreb, signing up for referendum on NATO membership
20. Poster indicating referendum petition
21. Various of woman signing petition
22. Another woman, with child standing by her side, signing petition
23. SOUNDBITE (English): Luka Damjanovic, Croatian Civil Society:
We want to collect enough signatures to make our government give us this referendum. So we can declare ourselves, whether we want to join NATO or not.
24. Tilt up woman signing
25. SOUNDBITE (Croatian): Darko Ostojic, Zagreb resident:
My only motive is really that democracy is a rule of people, and that people should decide on such big and important issues. Otherwise I support Croatia in NATO.
26. Wide of people signing
27. Wide of Ban Jelacic square
STORYLINE:
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that next month's NATO summit and a subsequent visit by US President George W. Bush to Croatia would be another turning point in his country's efforts to strengthen its ties with Western Europe and the United States.
It is an honour for Croatia, that president of the US is coming to visit Croatia immediately after NATO summit, which is even more important because it is sending a clear message towards Croatia, that Croatia is a partner of NATO, and partner of the US, Sanader said in an interview with AP Television.
Croatia hopes to be formally invited to join NATO during the alliance's summit in Romania's capital on April 2-4.
Afterward, Bush is scheduled to fly to Zagreb to meet with Sanader and may give a speech to the nation.
Sanader told AP Television that a NATO invitation would be part of a crown in a process of joining the Euro-Atlantic associations.
The Croatian leader called Bush's visit a very historic event for our bilateral relationship.
We consider it a gesture of friendship and partnership.
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CROATIA: ZAGREB: OHIO BOSNIAN PEACE DEAL DEMONSTRATION
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Protestors gathered outside the Croatian parliament in the capital Zagreb on Tuesday to demonstrate their opposition to the Dayton peace deal.
President Franjo Tudjman was due to face the protesters as he arrived for the first session of parliament.
Over 1,500 Croat refugees from Bosanska Posavina, outraged by the peace accord in Dayton which gives Bosnian Serbs control of their ancestral land in north Bosnia, voiced their anger in front of Croatia's parliament in Zagreb on Tuesday.
The demonstrations started as the Croatian parliament went into its opening session after the elections held in October.
The atmosphere in front of the parliament was electric with obvious tension between the police units and the demonstrators.
The demonstrators carried banners which read Shame on you or We want to go home and You betrayed Bosanska Posavina.
Shouting angry slogans, they demanded an answer from politicians on why the Dayton deal was struck.
SOUNDBITE: Croatian
The Dayton agreement is not correct. Its shameful and unjust. Bosanska Posavina has always been a part of Croat territory, historically and ethnically. Two thousand people from that area alone have been killed, thousands injured, and I think the grab for Posavina should not have been signed. This demonstration is a normal reaction.
SUPER CAPTION: Ante Dzapic, Opposition politician,
Police jeeps blocked long, narrow streets that lead to the parliament building from Zagreb's main square, preventing demonstrators from marching through.
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Zagreb commuters react to election results
(23 Dec 2019) Early morning commuters in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, gave their reactions on Monday to Sunday's election results, which showed that no candidate won an outright majority in the first round of voting.
Croatia's conservative president Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic will now face liberal former prime minister Zoran Milanovic in a runoff election early next month.
The vote was held just days before Croatia takes over the European Union’s presidency for the first time.
The governing conservatives are hoping to to keep their grip on power ahead of assuming the EU chairmanship.
Milanovic led the field with nearly 30% of the votes in preliminary returns.
Grabar Kitarovic had almost 27%, the state election authorities said after counting almost all ballots.
Right-wing singer Miroslav Skoro was in third place with around 24%.
Some 3.8 million voters in the EU's newest member country chose from among 11 candidates in Sunday's election, but only the top three finishers had been considered serious contenders.
Milanovic and Grabar Kitarovic now will face each other in a second round of voting January 5.
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Croats mull Milanovic election victory
(6 Jan 2020) Croatians had mixed reactions Monday to their newly elected president.
Leftist challenger Zoran Milanović won Croatia's highly contested presidential election on Sunday, beating a conservative incumbent, which is a rare victory by a liberal in recent votes in central Europe.
With 99% of the vote counted, Milanović, a former Croatian prime minister, had 53% while Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the country's first female head of state when she won five years ago, had 47%.
The result is a blow for the ruling conservatives at a time Croatia holds the European Union's rotating presidency and before a parliamentary election later this year.
One Zagreb resident felt Milanović would bring Croatia more success in Europe, whereas another felt the previous president's language skills made her more worldly.
An elderly resident felt new blood entirely would have been better, saying, Milanović was prime minister for 4 years, Kolinda was president for 5 years, please, is there anyone new?
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Croatia - Shalikashvili In Zagreb Talks
T/I: 11:06:12
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili arrived in
the Croatian capital, Zagreb, to meet President Franjo Tudjman
for talks on Saturday (14/10).
SHOWS:
ZAGREB, CROATIA 14/10
us airforce plane taxiing on tarmac;
gate opening;
convoy of cars down road;
us joint chief of staff, john shalikashvili arriving at foreign
ministry and walking down red carpet;
vs of meeting with croatian chief of staff, vladimir cervenko;
ws of other military personnel seated around table;
shalikashvili walking out of building to his meeting with tudjman;
into car and driving away;
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Croatia - Radio station wins legal battle
T/I: 10:30:59
An independent Croatian radio station won a long legal wrangle with the
government on Friday (24/1) when the state telecommunications council
awarded it a broadcasting licence.
Government authorities tried to silence the often critical Radio 101
last November by awarding its frequency to a fledgling rival station, but mass protests forced the authorities to back down.
SHOWS:
ZAGREB, CROATIA, 24/1
WS meeting of Croatia's State Telecommunications Council, discussing
awarding license to Radio 101;
CA council member;
CU document;
Council member announcing decision to grant license to Radio 101;
WS meeting;
Radio 101 journalist on phone, calling station to say that Radio 101 got
its license;
Radio 101 journalist on air;
VS of Radio 101 journalists celebrating with champagne.
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What if there weren´t Croatia, Croatian Inventions and Discoveries_ part 2
Croatia like Dragoon, Croatia, one of the world´s oldest and smallest countries, which is given our world much of technology and innovations that we use today. How it all came to be and who are the champions of this endavours? Lets find out in starting in alphabetical order.
Leopold Ružička 00:01
13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry[ who worked most of his life in Switzerland. He received eight honors causa doctorates in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies.
Mario Puratić 02:42
(1917 - 1993) (usually spelled Puretic, and sometimes Puretich, in English) is a Croatian-born American inventor who made major advances in fishing technology, such as the Puretic power block.
Mate Rimac 04:02
is a Croatian inventor[1] and entrepreneur. He started the Croatian car company Rimac Automobili in 2009.
Forbes Magazine named Rimac one of the Top 30 Under 30. the list includes the 30 best entrepreneurs under the age of 30 in the world, in 2017. In the same year,
Nikola Tesla 06:51
(July 10, 1856 to January 7, 1943) was an engineer known for designing the alternating-current (AC) electric system, which is still the predominant electrical system used across the world today. He also created the Tesla coil, which is still used in radio technology. Born in what is now Croatia, Tesla came to the United States in 1884 and briefly worked with Thomas Edison before the two parted ways.
SMS pay-by-phone 10:25
MS pay-by-phone parking was invented by young Croatian innovators and introduced by Vipnet. Since its introduction in Croatian capital Zagreb in 2001 under name M-parking, the number of registered users has steadily increased. Today pay-by-phone parking is used by millions of people all around the world
The word quarantine 10.35
originates from the Venetian dialect form of the Italian quaranta giorni, meaning 'forty days'. This is due to the 40-day isolation of ships and people before entering the city-state of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik, Croatia).This was practiced as a measure of disease prevention related to the Black Death. The original document from 1377, which is kept in the Archives of Dubrovnik, states that before entering the city, newcomers had to spend 30 days (a trentine) in a restricted place waiting to see whether the symptoms of Black Death would develop.
Ruđer Josip Bošković: 11:22
Ruđer Bošković (English: Roger Boscovich)), a Croatian scientist and philosopher (Dubrovnik, 18 May 1711 – Milan, 13 February 1787). He commenced his schooling at the Collegium Ragusinum in Dubrovnik and continued it at the Jesuit institute Collegium Romanum in Rome.
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala 13:51
(20 April 1871 - 5 February 1922) was a Croatian engineer and inventor of Dutch-Polish-Jewish descent.
He attended the University of Vienna and Royal Saxon Polytechnic Institute, graduating from the latter on March 25, 1898, and going on to earn a doctorate in organic chemistry. He moved with his wife to Zagreb. To mark his loyalty to his new homeland, he took on the Croatian name Slavoljub , becoming a naturalized Croat.
Stjepan Mohorovičić 14:42
(August 20, 1890 – February 13, 1980) was a Croatian physicist, geophysicist and meteorologist.
Mohorovičić was born in the town of Bakar. His father is the world-famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić.
He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Zagreb. Later on he received a doctorate degree from the University of Zagreb.
Tomislav Domazet-Lošo 15:55
(Split, 1974) Tomislav Domazet-Lošo, son of Croatian Admiral Davor Domazet-Lešo is a Croatian geneticist. His fields of interest are evolutionary genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, macroevolution and tumor evolution. He is employed at the Ruđer Bošković Institute as a research fellow.
Vladimir Prelog 17:08
(23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions.
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CROATIA: ZAGREB: SUMMIT LATEST 2
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Accepting what was virtually a foregone conclusion, Montenegro's president avoided Friday making an unequivocal call for European Union backing for de facto independence.
His republic forms the new Yugoslavia together with the much larger Serbia.
In his address to the E-U-Balkan summit in the Croatian capital Zagreb, Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic stopped short of claiming acceptance for a completely independent Montenegro.
But he urged the West European leaders gathered in Zagreb to accept that Yugoslavia's two republics are already separately functioning states.
Djukanovic's comments came as European Union leaders took another stride in post-Cold War reconciliation, reaching out to representatives of five Balkan nations gathered in Zagreb whose countries had caught a late train to democracy and economic reform because of a decade of war.
At the one-day meeting with counterparts from Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Yugoslavia, E-U leaders offered 4 (b) billion U-S dollars in economic aid.
They also promised duty free access for 95 percent of the Balkan nations' industrial and farm products and - most importantly - a promise that the door to E-U membership is open.
French Presidnet Jacques Chirac, who was one of those in Zagreb, said he thought East-West reconciliation was now nearing completion.
Evidence of that could be seen in Friday's sealing of a stabilisation and association agreement between the European Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a first step towards Macedonia becoming a full member of the E-U.
The development means the end of several months of negotiations.
By hosting Friday's summit, Croatia is hoping that it will be able to launch its own talks with the E-U, and ultimately be admitted to the Union.
In his speech to the summit delegates, Croatian President Stipe Mesic made reference to the thousands of angry protesters outside the venue for the meeting.
He said that the demonstrators should not be seen as a sign that Croatians did not want closer association with the rest of Europe, but rather as a sign of its move towards democracy.
The demonstrators were angry at the presence of Yugoslavia's President Vojislav Kostunica at the summit.
They called for Kostunica to apologise for atrocities committed by Croatian Serbs loyal to his predecessor Slobodan Milosevic during Croatia's country's 1991 war for independence from Yugoslavia.
SOUNDBITE: (French)
I hope and believe that today in Zagreb, a new page in the history of Europe is unfolding. The reconciliation of our continent started 10 years ago with the fall of the Berlin Wall, and is now in the process of completion.
SUPER CAPTION: Jacques Chirac, French President
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
I wish you all a great stay here. Dear guests, the protests you will see on the streets only confirm that Croatia is not immune from problems that other countries in transition have.
SUPER CAPTION: Stipe Mesic, Croatian President
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
Serbia and Montenegro in fact have already started to function as independent states and more or less all functions of the Federation have been transferred to the level of the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro. Of course, this doesn't exclude the possibility that both countries could keep certain elements of the union, especially for the few things we have which could be in our common interest. But this is our view and we still have to see what will be the view of the new democratic government of Serbia.
SUPER CAPTION: Milo Djukanovic, Montenegrin President
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Croatia - Croatian & Bosnian Presidents Meet
T/I: 10:50:33 10:54:30
The presidents of Bosnia and Croatia met on Saturday (22/7) in the
Adriatic port of Split to review the situation in Bosnia after the
fall of Srebrenica to the Bosnian Serbs. Alija Izetbegovic and
Franjo Tudjman were also discussing joint policies on defence.
SHOWS:
SPLIT, CROATIA 22/7
white helicopter overhead
Croatian president Franjo Tudjman alights
Mate Granic, Croatian Foreign Minister, shakes hands with Tudjman
Tudjman walks along red carpet past military guard of honour
Tudjman leaves with motorcade
another helicopter with a red cross, overhead
Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic alights helicopter
Granic greets Izetbegovic
Izetbegovic past honour guard and into waiting car which drives
off
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