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Introduction - Croatia: | Location - Croatia: | People - Croatia: | Government - Croatia: | Economy - Croatia: | Communications - Croatia: | Transportation - Croatia: | Military - Croatia: | Military branches | Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air Force, Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary service; 6-month conscript service obligation; full conversion to professional military service by 2010 (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 1,005,058
females age 18-49: 1,008,511 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 725,914
females age 18-49: 823,611 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 29,020
females age 18-49: 27,897 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 4,200-7,000 (Croats and Serbs displaced in 1992-95 war) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.39% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | dispute remains with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinders ratification of the 1999 border agreement; the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Pirin Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains un-ratified and in dispute; Slovenia also protests Croatias 2003 claim to an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic; as a European Union peripheral state, neighboring Slovenia must conform to the strict Schengen border rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |