On 25 June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became the first republics to declare independence from which country?
Independence Day (Croatia) Račan's government in 2001. It was celebrated for the first time in 2002. Statehood Day is commemorated on 25 June. Independence Day (Croatia) Croatian Independence Day () is a national public holiday marked yearly on 8 October that celebrates the unanimous decision of the Croatian Parliament to declare the independence of Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Croatian referendum on independence was held in May 1991, with 93% of voters supporting the independence. On 25 June, the Croatian Parliament, called the Sabor, proclaimed Croatian independence. Seven days later, on 7 July, Croatia and Slovenia both signed the
1991 Croatian independence referendum by the UN General Assembly. Croatia was first recognized as an independent state on 26 June 1991 by Slovenia, which declared its own independence on the same day as Croatia. Lithuania followed on 30 July, and Ukraine, Latvia, Iceland, and Germany in December 1991. The EEC countries granted Croatia recognition on 15 January 1992, and the United Nations admitted them in May 1992. Although it is not a public holiday, 15 January is marked as the day Croatia won international recognition by Croatian media and politicians. On the day's 10th anniversary in 2002, the Croatian National Bank minted a 25