Dobrodošli!

How are the Croats finding joining the European Union on the 1 July 2013? What are the issues and who are our new colleagues? To try to understand and to celebrate the entry of the 28th member state, Presseurop joined up with the Rijeka newspaper Novi List in Croatia. Each day of the week from 24 June 1 July 2013 Presseurop published an article from Novi List dealing with Croatia and its accession, translated into 10 languages. The articles were accompanied by images created in Croatia by the Italian photographer Eloisa D'Orsi.

Presseurop is an EU-funded initiative which brings a selection of the European press translated into 10 languages to enable a wider readership. The articles that can be linked to from the source url hyperlink can be read in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish.

PressEurop: Briefing: Croatia, the 28th member http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/briefing/3868371-croatia-28th-member

ESO: Background information: Croatia: Referendum on EU Accession, 22 January 2012: Croatia's 20-year journey from independence to EU accession http://www.europeansources.info/record/croatia-referendum-on-eu-accession-22-january-2012-croatias-20-year-journey-from-independence-to-eu-accession/

http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/croatia/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/croatia/index_en.htm

ESO: Background Information: Germany clears way for Croatia to be 28th EU member http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-clears-way-for-croatia-to-be-28th-eu-member/

Eurostat: Press Release, No.100, 2013: EU enlargement on 1 July 2013 Croatia within the EU in figures http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-13-100_en.pdf

viEUws, 18.06.13: Croatian EU membership – Another one joins the club http://www.vieuws.eu/eu-institutions/story-croatian-eu-membership-another-one-joins-the-club/

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