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Liberland is a self-proclaimed micronation claiming a parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube river, between Croatia and Serbia. It was first proclaimed on 13 April 2015 by Czech libertarian politician and activist Vít Jedlička.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://liberland.org/en/about/ )〕 The official website of Liberland states that the nation was created due to the ongoing Croatia–Serbia border dispute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Balkans: Czech man claims to establish 'new state' )〕 There has been no diplomatic recognition of Liberland by any country from the United Nations. Legal experts in both Serbia and Croatia maintain that Jedlička's claims lack legal basis, and multiple sources have reported that both Serbia and Croatia dispute ownership of the land Jedlička has targeted.〔〔 Croatia and Serbia have dismissed Jedlička's claims as frivolous, although the two countries have reacted in different ways. On 24 April 2015, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that although they consider the affair to be a trivial matter, the "new state" does not impinge upon the Serbian border, which is delineated by the Danube River.〔 Croatia, who currently administers the land in question, has stated that after international arbitration, it should be awarded to Croatia or Serbia, not to a third party.〔 Croatia has blocked access to the area since the beginning of May 2015.〔 Vít Jedlička was twice detained for less than a day by Croatian authorities in the same month. == Location == Since the Yugoslav Wars, some borderland territories between Serbia and Croatia have been disputed, such as the Island of Vukovar and the Island of Šarengrad; multiple news sources have reported that both Serbia and Croatia claim ownership of the land Jedlička has targeted.〔〔 Jedlička, however, says that the land he has claimed, known as ''Gornja Siga'' (meaning ''upper tufa''), was not claimed by either side.〔〔〔 The area is about , and most of it is covered with forests. There are no residents. A journalist from ' who visited the area in April 2015 found a house that had been abandoned for about thirty years, according to people living in the vicinity. The access road was reported to be in a bad condition. The Danube river, an international waterway with free access to the Black Sea for several landlocked nations, runs along the self-proclaimed territory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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