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Aircrafts, tanks, bombs, automatic rifles, media and propaganda were the Homeland War weaponry of choice. Nevertheless, the loudest were the songs. Ones used them to describe the nightmares that befell them, others to confirm their political loyalty. The national TV broadcaster considered music an important form of political 'fight', so they commissioned, financed, recorded and intensely broadcasted it. Even twenty years after the end of the Homeland War, its soundtrack still attracts attention and sparks emotions.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, patriotic music played an extremely important role in the political changes occurring in all the former Yugoslavian countries, especially in Croatia. In the first multi-party election after the Second World War, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) beat the reformed communists with a great help from music, which in 1990 took an active part in boosting the national spirit. The system changed - from a unitary, socialist Yugoslavia t
UNESCO has inscribed several sites in Croatia on its World Heritage List. These include the old city of Dubrovnik and the historical area of Split that contains ruins of the palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Zagreb hosts the National Theatre, the National and University Library, and a concert hall named after the 19th-century Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski. Like most Europeans, Croatians are passionate about football (soccer). Since independence, Croatia’s national team, made up largely of players from Zagreb and Split, has performed with great distinction. Basketball is also widely popular, with Croatian club teams winning several European championships. The