Airports - with paved runways: total: 22 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047
m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 8 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 45 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 37 (2001)

Heliports: 1 (2001)

Military Croatia

Military branches: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces,
Air and Air Defense Forces

Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,086,578 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 860,497
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 30,037
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $520 million (2002 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.39% (2002 est.)

Transnational Issues Croatia

Disputes - international: Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina continue
discussions on the disputed boundary in the Una River near Kostajnica,
Hrvatska Dubica, and Zeljava; Bosnia and Herzegovina also protests
Croatian claim to the tip of the Klek Peninsula and several islands
near Neum; Hungary opposes Croatian plan to build a hydropower dam
on the boundary stream Drava; Slovenia and Croatia have not obtained
parliamentary ratification of 2001 land and maritime boundary treaty
which cedes villages on the Dragonja River and Sveta Gera (Trdinov Peak)
to Croatia, and most of Pirin Bay to Slovenia, but restricts Slovenian
access to the open sea; Croatia and Yugoslavia continue to discuss
disputed Prevlaka Peninsula and control over the Gulf of Kotor despite
imminent UN intention to withdraw observer mission (UNMOP); Croatia and
Italy are still trying to resolve bilateral property and ethnic minority
rights dating from World War II

Illicit drugs: transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian
heroin to Western Europe; has been used as a transit point for maritime
shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Hungary

Introduction

Hungary

Background: Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire,
which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under communist
rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and announced withdrawal
from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention by
Mos