2. GENERAL INFORMATION
Population of Croatia:
approximately 4,5 million
0,8 % of national minorities
Minorities: Czech, Slovak,
Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian,
Italian, Hungarian , German,
Slovenian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian,
Russian, Romani
Protection of only some of the
national minorities
3. MINORITIES’ RIGHTS
Rights of some of the national
minorities:
Cultural autonomy
Education in native language and
script
Participation in the work of the
Government
Cooperation with the homeland of
each minority
4. THE SERBIAN MINORITY
4,36 %
Part of Croatian population –
rejection and intolerance
Bilingual plates
Many cultural organizations and
their own newspaper
Serbian cultural society
„Prosvjeta” Zagreb – the oldest
organization
5.
6. THE ITALIAN MINORITY
0,4 %
Problems in the past, problems are
solved, people well integrated
Daily newpaper “La Voce del Popolo”
Profesional theater and science
organizations
Everything is financed from the Croatian
Government budget
Istarska county, Primorsko-goranska
county, Požeško-slavonska county, the
city of Zagreb
8. THE ROMANI MINORITY
0,4 %
Recent times- large growth
(79, 38 %) – because of many
benefits
Romani National Council in Zagreb
Northern and eastern parts of the
country
5th of November – World Romani
language day
Romani-Croatian dictionary
10. THE CZECH MINORITY
0,2 %
Central Croatia
The minority with the most cultural
activities
The town of Daruvar
“Češka beseda Zagreb”
The Czech and Slovak minorities
have a common representative in
the Croatian Parliament
11. THE HUNGARIAN MINORITY
0,4 %
Geographically the closest to Koprivnica
In eastern Croatia since ancient times
Baranja, Bilogora, Podravina (along the
Hungarian border)
Numerous cultural organizations
Hungarian representative in the Croatian
Parliament