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Now playing Next Croatia Day 2 at the Judo Grand Prix in Croatia The home nation held their own on the second day, with some fantastic sacrifice techniques all throughout the preliminaries. But all eyes were on Slovenian Andreja Leski and Georgian Tato Grigalashvili who both won gold. 25/09/2021
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Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Croatia and Bosnia still locked in a land dispute over 'two pebbles' Both claim ownership of Mali Školj and Veliki Školj, a land dispute that has rumbled on since the early 1990s. 23/09/2021
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Now playing Next Croatia Croatia counting down to join the Eurozone from 1st January 2023 Croatia is planning to begin using the Euro as its currency on the 1st of July 2023. According to a recent study by the Croatian National Bank, 45% of people in the Western Balkan nation say they support the move. 13/09/2021
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