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.
Croatian flags on Statehood Day, 2007
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