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Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Banking and Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Insurance Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Capital Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Investment Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Pension Insurance System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 The Foreign Exchange System . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Foreign Trade and the Custom Regime . . . . . 67 The Customs Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Foreign Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Taxation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Croatian Chamber of Economy. . . . . . . . . . . 83 The 100 Largest Croatian Companies . . . . . 122 Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Scientists and Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences. . . . 125 Matrix Croatica (Matica hrvatska). . . . . . . . 130 Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Important Cultural Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Croatian Monuments on the UNESCO List . . 138 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 GENERAL INFORMATION Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Important Telephone Numbers. . . . . . . . . . 144 Service Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 County and Country Codes . . . . . . . . . . 145 STATE AUTHORITY Automated Voice Services . . . . . . . . . . 150 GSM Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Television . . . . . . . . . . . . ECONOMY . . . . . . . . . 152 Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Important Institutions and Ministries CULTURE of the Republic of Croatia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Foreign Diplomatic Missions in the Republic of Croatia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Health Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPORTS . . . . 177 Pharmacies With the “Ph@” Sign . . . . . . . 182 Thermal Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 ADDRESSES Croatian Specialties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Croatia Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Croatian Contributions CROATIAN to Our Everyday World SPECIALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 3
Croatian National Bank Average Annual Exchange Rate Year HRK/EUR HRK/USD 2001 7.468966 8.339074 2002 7.406773 7.863712 Number of ATMs and EFT POS terminals on 31 December 2002 THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA • 2003 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION ATMs EFT POS terminals 1298 25,137 Official name: Republika Hrvatska - The Republic of Croatia Official International Abbreviation: HR Official International Airtransport Abbreviation: OU Area: 56,542 square kilometres + 31,067 square kilometres territorial waters Population: 4,437.460 Capital: Zagreb (770.058 inhabitants) Local Currency: KUNA (kn) and LIPA (lp), 1 Kuna = 100 Lipas International Currency Abbreviation: HRK STATE AUTHORITY ECONOMY CULTURE SPORTS ADDRESSES CROATIAN 8.00 - 15.00 (Saturday) SPECIALTIES CREDIT CARDS AND ATMs Credit cards most freuquently used in Croatia are: American Express, Diners Club, Euro Card -Mastercard and Visa. Some supermarkets ssue special cards for ther clients. CUSTOMS Domestic and foreign passengers are allowed to import goods for personal use, and goods up to the value of 300 HRK without paying any customs duties or VAT. If the value of imported goods ranges from 300 to 5,000 HRK, an average customs rate of 10%, plus VAT (22%) are payable. If the value of imported goods exceeds 5,000 HRK, customs duty is calculated according to the tariff rates from the customs tariff, plus VAT (22%). WORKING HOURS (TYPICAL) Public services: 8.30 - 16.30 (Monday - Friday) Banks: 7.00 - 19.00 (Monday - Friday) 7.00 - 12.00 (Saturday) Shops (Alimentary products): 7.00 - 20.00 (Monday - Friday) 7.00 - 15.00 (Saturday) Shops (Non-alimentary products): 8.00 - 20.00 (Monday - Friday)
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