Abstract. Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became independent nations. As the border between two nations had never been determined in details before 1991, several parts of the border, both on land and at sea, were disputed. After years of failed attempts to peacefully resolve the dispute and reach an
Croatia's parliament consists of a 151-seat House of Representatives. The 1991-95 civil war between Croats and Serbs caused massive damage to cities and industries. War halted the tourist trade and drastically cut industrial output, including a lucrative ship-building business. Since the war, Croatia has progressed politically and economically.The Croatia/Slovenia arbitration concerned the delimitation of the land and maritime boundary between these countries. Although nominally a standard boundary arbitration, it attracted a significant public attention after newspaper reports emerged about possible attempts by the Slovenian side to influence the work of the Arbitral Tribunal through a party-appointed arbitrator. The geographic core of the nation (much of today's Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) became the misnamed Independent State of Croatia, which was run by a Nazi puppet government called the Ustaše. Much of today's Serbia was occupied by Nazi Germany, Slovenia had a Quisling-like puppet dictator, and Montenegro was folded into Mussolini's Italy.