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Statehood Day (Croatia)

Holiday in Croatia

Field	Value
holiday_name	Statehood Day
image	Croatian Flags during the Statehood Day (2007).jpg
imagesize	250px
caption	Croatian flags on Statehood Day, 2007
official_name	Dan državnosti
observedby	Croatia
significance	Anniversary of the constitution of the 1990 Croatian Parliament
duration	1 day
frequency	annual
scheduling	same day each year
date	30 May
celebrations	Family reunions, barbecues, picnics, parades

Statehood Day (, ) is an annual public holiday and national day celebrated on 30 May in Croatia to celebrate the constitution of the first modern multi-party Croatian Parliament in 1990. As a national day and public holiday, it is a non-working day for all government employees and the majority of the labour force based in Croatia.

While there are no strict or established forms of celebration associated with the holiday, it is usually celebrated outdoors. The day is usually marked by family reunions, picnics, barbecues, flag-raising and national anthem-playing ceremonies and by civilian and military parades on quinquennial or decennial anniversaries.

History

On 30 May 1990, the first modern multi-party Croatian Parliament convened, following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election. On 25 June 1991, after the independence referendum held on 19 May 1991, Croatia proclaimed its independence, but due to the negotiation of the Brioni Agreement, a three-month moratorium was placed on the implementation of the decision and the Parliament cut all remaining ties with Yugoslavia on 8 October 1991.

30 May was from 1990 to 2002 marked as the Statehood Day. The Government of Ivica Račan moved the Statehood Day to 25 June in 2002, and 30 May was marked as a memorial day (working) under the name Day of the Croatian Parliament. 8 October was a holiday, Independence Day from 2002 to 2019, when it was declared a memorial day (working).

Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia at the same time, and its Statehood Day coincided with the Croatian Statehood Day, on 25 June. On 14 November 2019, the Croatian Parliament adopted a new law on holidays, and moved Statehood Day back to 30 May.The previous date, 25 June, was attributed to Independence Day, which became a working memorial day, itself moved from 8 October.

Activities and celebrations

Typical state activities involve speeches by the President of Croatia and other dignitaries, as well as commemoration of the Croatian War of Independence. The first military parade of the Armed Forces of Croatia took place in the neighborhood of Jarun in 1995.

References

(14 November 2019). "Dan državnosti ponovno će se slaviti 30. svibnja, a uvodi se novi blagdan i neradni dan 18. studenog". [[Večernji list]].
(8 October 1991). "Odluka Sabora Republike Hrvatske o raskidu državno-pravne sveze s ostalim republikama i pokrajinama SFRJ (8. listopada 1991.)". [[Croatian Parliament]].
(24 June 2011). "Dan državnosti – Tri rođendana: Svaki datum ima povijesno značenje za Hrvatsku". [[Večernji list]].
Croatian Parliament. (21 November 2002). "Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima u Republici Hrvatskoj". [[Narodne novine]].
(26 June 2009). "Hrvatska proslavila Dan državnosti". [[Poslovni dnevnik]].
(25 June 2011). "Dan državnosti: Ivo Josipović, Jadranka Kosor i Luka Bebić na Ovčari". [[Jutarnji list]].
Gjenero, Davor. "Hrvatska parada i konfuzna poruka susjedima".
"Vojna parada pobunjenih Srba u Slunju lipnja 1995. godine".

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