some interesting information about eastern europe

Croatia
-The official name of Croatia is the 'Republic of Croatia'
-The official language is Croatian, which is written in the Latin script
-The majority of the population is Roman Catholic but there are also some Orthodox Christians
-The capital is Zagreb
-Croatia follows the system of Presidential - Parliamentary democracy
-Croatia gained independence from Austria-Hungary in October 1918 and declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
-Croatia was founded in the first half of 7th century, on the ruins of the Roman Empire
-Dalmatia, stretching from the Kvarner Riviera in the north to Dubrovnik in the south, forms the coastal region of Croatia
-Dalmatian dog, also known as the Dubrovnik hunter, originally came from Dalmatia
-The oldest university in Croatia is the University of Zagreb, established in 1669
-Croatia's Adriatic coast is home to over 1,000 islands and numerous coastal towns
-The necktie was invented in Croatia and is locally known as ‘cravat’
-In Croatia, people can start voting at the age of 16, if they have a job, but have to wait until they turn 18 if unemployed

Romania
-The capital of Romania is Bucharest, once popularly known as 'Paris of the East'
-The population is around 22.5 million
-The official language is Romanian, but you will also find people speaking Hungarian and German
-Romania has a Republic type of government
-Gheorghe Marinescu, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest, was the first person to see living nervous cells with a microscope
-More than half of Romania's Jewish population died in the Second World War
-Romania joined the European Union in 2007, along with Bulgaria
-The Bran Castle, associated with Vlad Dracul, still lies in Romania and forms its most popular tourist attraction

Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Official languages are Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian
-The majority of the population are comprised of Muslims, Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, and others
-It follows the system of Federal Democratic Republic
-Bosnia and Herzegovina form a part of the Balkan Peninsula
-Bosnia and Herzegovina was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 15th century. Later, it was annexed by Austria, in 1908
-Bosnia and Herzegovina gained independence from Yugoslavia in the year 1992
-Sarajevo, the largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the 1984 Winter Olympic Games
-Inter-ethnic war erupted in Bosnia and Herzegovina after independence, in 1992, and lasted till 1995
-In March 1994, Muslims and Croats in Bosnia signed an agreement creating the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, narrowing the field of warring parties to two