Independence Day (Croatia)
Independence Day is a memorial day in Croatia, marked yearly on 25 June that celebrates the decision of the Croatian Parliament to declare the independence of Croatia from the SFR Yugoslavia. From 2002 to 2019, the day was celebrated as a public holiday on October 8; as of 2020 it is not considered a public holiday.
The memorial plaque in front of the building where independence was proclaimed by the Sabor
The independence of Croatia was a process started with the changes in the political system and the constitutional changes in 1990 that transformed the Socialist Republic of Croatia into the Republic of Croatia, which in turn proclaimed the Christmas Constitution, and held the 1991 Croatian independence referendum.
Franjo Tuđman, first democratically elected and first president of modern independent Republic of Croatia
Croatian Parliament building
INA building in Šubićeva Street, Zagreb was selected for security reasons as the venue for parliament's declaration of independence on 8 October 1991
Robert Badinter presided over the Arbitration Commission of the Conference on Yugoslavia