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Novi Marof is a town in north-western Croatia, located south of Varaždin and east of Ivanec, in the Varaždin county. The population of the municipality is 13,857, with 1,981 people living in Novi Marof itself (census 2001). The town is home to Croatian handballer Blaženko Lacković.
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\"Nostalgija\" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Croatian by Magazin and Lidija. The song was performed eleventh on the night. At the close of voting, it had received 91 points, placing 6th in a field of 23. The song is inspired by the proverb \"Silence makes the heart grow fonder\", with the performers singing about the nostalgia felt for an absent lover. It was succeeded as Croatian representative at the 1996 Contest by Maja Blagdan with \"Sveta ljubav\".
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Gradski vrt is a stadium in the Croatian city of Osijek and is home to two Croatian football clubs, NK Osijek and Fortuna VNO Osijek. The stadium was built in the early 1980s and has a seating capacity of 19 800. europe/countries/croatia. shtml As part of Croatia and Hungary's failed bid for the 2012 European Football Championship, a new stadium with a larger capacity would have been built in Osijek.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia is a joint body organised within the Ministry of Defence. It is responsible for development, organisation, and equipping, training and functioning of the first strategic echelon (stand-by forces) and the other strategic echelon (reserve). The Chief of General Staff heads the General Staff. The current Chief of the Staff is General Josip Lucić.
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\"Nek' ti bude ljubav sva\" (You may have all the love) is a song by Croatian singer Tony Cetinski, and was the Croatian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The song is sung from the perspective of a man whose lover has been unfaithful. He sings that he is trying to forget her, but that it is very difficult to do so. The song was performed seventh on the night of the Contest, held in Durblin, Ireland, following the United Kingdom's Frances Ruffelle with \"We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)\" and preceding Portugal's Sara Tavares with \"Chamar a música\".
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Erdődy (also Erdödy, Erdődi) is the name of a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary (most notably in Croatia). The Habsburg Monarchy granted them the title Graf / Gräfin. The family was first raised in a document dated 1187, under the name of Bakoch Generated Erdewd. They received the title of Count in 1485. (The first hereditary count in Hungary was Janos Hunyadi in 1453 by the king Ladislas V).
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Stadion Cibalia is a multi-purpose stadium in Vinkovci, Croatia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of HNK Cibalia. It has a grass court, surrounded with a clay running surface, and stands, a part of which is covered. The stadium can hold 10,000 people, with 6,000 seats, of which 2,175 seats are under a roof and another 120 are in the luxury suite. It is located in the southern part of the city, across the river Bosut from the city centre.
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Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, also known as Stadion NK Varteks or Stadion Varteksa, is a football stadium in Varaždin, Croatia, and the home ground of NK Varaždin. The stadium was built in 1931, although it underwent several renovations after that, and currently has an all-seating capacity of 10,800. It consists of three stands, with the main stand being the only one with a roof. The stadium is located near the Varteks clothing factory, and also features a Varteks fan shop and a café.
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Ivo Perišin (July 4, 1925 in Kaštel Kambelovac, Croatia – October 30, 2008 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian economist, academic and politician in SFR Yugoslavia and later Croatia. From 1956 he was a professor of economics at the University of Zagreb. From 1965 to 1967 he was the Mayor of Split. In 1977 he received membership in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He served as the governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia from November 1, 1969 to December 31, 1971.
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\"Neka mi ne svane\" (\"May the dawn never come\") was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Croatian by Danijela. The song was performed first on the night, preceding Greece's Thalassa with \"Mia Krifi Evesthisia\". At the close of voting, it had received 131 points, placing 5th in a field of 25. The song is a dramatic ballad, often described as the archetypal \"Balkan Ballad\" by fans, with Danijela wishing that she will \"cease to exist\" rather than live another day without her lover.
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Stubičke Toplice is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,752 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Teodor Pejačević (1855–1928) was a Croatian politician who served as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1903 and 1907. He was the eldest son of Ladislav Pejačević, a Ban of Croatia (1880-1883), and a member of Pejačević family. He served as a long-term župan of Virovitica County and also took part as the Minister for Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian Government from 1913 to 1917.
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Aleksandar Rakodczay (1848–1924) was a Croatian politician who served as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1907 and 1908.
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Baron Pavao Rauch (1865, Zagreb – 1933) was a Croatian politician who served as Ban (viceroy) of Croatia-Slavonia between 1908 and 1910. His was the son of Levin Rauch. Pavao Rauch was appointed as vice-roy on 8 January 1908. Ten thousand protesters met Rauch upon his arrival in Zagreb on 15 January, hurling abuse and throwing spoiled eggs and pebbles at him. From the very beginning of Rauch’s rule, the Croato-Serbian Coalition announced that it would refuse to co-operate in any manner with the new unionist vice-roy.
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Jesenje or Gornje Jesenje is in the Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,643 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Zlatar is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 6,506 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Ribnik is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. There are 583 inhabitants, 99.3% which are Croats.
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Nikola Tomašić was a Croatian politician, who served as ban (viceroy) of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. In 1903 he served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs.S 
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Veliko Trgovišće is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 5,220 inhabitants in the area, the absolute majority which are Croats. It was in this village that Croatian president Franjo Tuđman was born in 1922 when it was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
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Alma Prica (born 17 September 1962) is a Croatian actress. She graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts in 1985 and then joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HNK Zagreb) in 1986. Although primarily a theatre actress, she also appeared in numerous film and television productions. Prica received a number of awards throughout her career, including two Golden Arena for Best Actress awards - in 1993 for the portrayal of Dora Pejačević, alongside Rade Šerbedžija, in the biopic Kontesa Dora; and in 2003 for her role in Vinko Brešan's film Witnesses.
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Koloman Bedeković was a Croatian unionist politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868-1871 and between 1876-1889. He had siginificant role in the creation of Croatian-Hungarian Agreement. In 1871 he was appointed Ban of Croatia-Slavonia. Bedeković was the leader of the Croatian Unionist Party and fought against his country's independence. As ban he called parliamentary elections in 1871.
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Tuhelj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,181 inhabitants in the area, the majority of which are Croats. Tuhelj is famous for its spa. The parish church in Tuhelj is home to a Crucifixion sculpture by Antun Augustinčić.
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Dr. Vladimir Bakarić (8 March 1912 – 16 January 1983) was a Croatian communist and a politician in Socialist Yugoslavia. He helped organize Partisan resistance in Croatia during World War II. From 1948 to 1969 he was the chairman of the Croatian League of Communists, and as such was a close collaborator of President Josip Broz Tito. Even after stepping down from the top post in Croatian communist hierarchy, he retained much influence and was in fact considered to be the most influential Croatian politician.
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Novi Golubovec is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,073 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Oroslavje is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 6,253 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Mihovljan is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,234 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Konjšćina is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 4,074 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Hrašćina is in the Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,826 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats. Hrašćina is known for first fall of meteorite viewed by significant number of witnesses. Hrašćina meteorite proved that rocks really can \"fall from the skies\".
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Breznica is a small village and municipality in Varaždin County in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,304 inhabitants, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Petrovsko is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 3,022 inhabitants in the area, with Croats being the majority.
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Pregrada is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 7,165 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Nataša Dorčić (born 9 June 1968 in Rijeka) is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress. Dorčić graduated from the Zagreb Aacademy of Drama Arts in 1998, but she started acting professionally in 1994, when she joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (HNK Zagreb). In 1996 she left the HNK Zagreb to join the Zagreb Youth Theatre (Zagrebačko kazalište mladih or ZKM) and has remained their member ever since.4 
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Mia Oremović (31 July 1918 – 24 July 2010) was a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.
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Sveti Križ Začretje is a village in and a municipality of Krapina-Zagorje county in the Republic of Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 6,619 inhabitants of the area, the absolute majority of which are Croats.
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Mače is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,715 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.
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Radoboj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 3,513 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats. The official site of the Radoboj county is
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Leona Paraminski (born 22 August 1979) is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress. She graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts in 2001. Her first appearance in a feature film was in the 1999 film Madonna (Bogorodica, directed by Neven Hitrec). She then went on to appear in several Croatian feature films, including a starring role in Davor Žmegač's film Winter in Rio (Prezimiti u Riu, 2002) which earned her a Golden Arena for Best Actress award at the 2002 Pula Film Festival, the Croatian national film awards festival.
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Legrad is a municipality in northern Croatia, located north of Koprivnica and east of Ludbreg in the Koprivnica–Križevci County. There are 2,764 inhabitants in the municipality, absolute majority of which are Croats, besides whom there is also a Hungarian minority. Beside the Roman Catholic majority, there are authentic Hungarian and Croatian Lutherans that have a tradition beginning in the 16th century.
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The Vrbas Banovina or Vrbas Banate was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. It was named after the Vrbas River and consisted mostly of territory in western Bosnia (part of historical and present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) with its capital at Banja Luka. A Dvor district of present-day Croatia was also part of the Vrbas Banovina.
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Josip \"Mićo\" Duvančić (born October 1, 1935 in Razvođe, Promina municipality) is a Croatian former football player and manager. He coached Sarıyer.
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Ante \"Biće\" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager. The Croat had a modest playing career turning out for Hajduk Split and Lokomotiva Zagreb. Later as coach he had spells at NK Zagreb, Hajduk, FK Partizan, and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s. He ended his career as a staff member for Bordeaux, where he discovered players such as Bixente Lizarazu.
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The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina 144 km long. It rises in the eastern parts of Lika, creates the world-famous Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Downstream from Plitvice Lakes the Korana river forms a 25 kilometers long border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Cazin. From there it flows northwards through Croatia, where it finally reaches the river Kupa at Karlovac.u 
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Slano is a village in southern Croatia and a small harbour in the bay of the same name. It is located 27 km northwest of Dubrovnik. Farming, olive-growing,