Inauguration of the new national library

The National and University Library, Croatia's largest library, serves as both the national library and the library of the University of Zagreb. Today it houses some 2.5 million volumes, including 216 incunabula, 67,000 rare books and 142,000 manuscripts. The first book printed in the Croatian language dates from 1483: written in the Glagolitic script, the traditional Medieval Croatian alphabet, it is also the first liturgical book of the Roman rite to not be printed in the Latin language and Latin script.

1995

22 July

Photo: Gordan Laušić

Strategic alliance between Zagreb and Sarajevo

Following the serious deterioration of the situation in Bosnia (the UN "blue helmets" held hostage by Serb separatists, the massacre of 8000 Bosniaks in Srebrenica and Žepa), the presidents of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina met in Split on 22 July 1995 to sign an agreement to further strengthen military cooperation between the two countries, allowing Sarajevo to claim military aid from Zagreb in order to help the Bosnian Bihać enclave, under siege by Serb forces.