Two decades after declaring independence from Yugoslavia, Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union Sunday, a milestone that caps the country's recovery from war. The country of 4.4 million people, blessed with a coastline that attracts 10 million tourists each year, is one of seven that emerged from the ashes of Yugoslavia during a decade of war in the 1990s. But facing a fifth year of recession and record unemployment of 21 percent, few Croatians are in the mood to party. "The EU is not perfect but it is Croatia's only option," said popular novelist Slavenka Drakulic Ilic.
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