2025 in Croatia

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Events in the year 2025 in Croatia .

Incumbents

• President: Zoran Milanović
• Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković

Events

January

• 8 January – 2 February – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. ^[1]
• 12 January – 2024–25 Croatian presidential election (second round): Incumbent president Zoran Milanović wins a second term in office with 74% of the vote. ^[2]
• 24 January – A nationwide shopping boycott is held by consumer groups in protest over inflation. ^[3]

February

• 3 – 9 February – 2025 Mens' and Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup ^[4]
• 11 February – A magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Zadar County, injuring several people. ^[5]
• 14 February – Thirteen people are arrested on suspicion of membership in a criminal network that illegally imported and disposed of at least 35,000 tons hazardous waste from Italy, Slovenia and Germany into Croatia. ^[6]

May

• 18 May – 2025 Croatian local elections (first round)

June

• 1 June – 2025 Croatian local elections (second round)

July

• 3 July – The municipal court of Bjelovar convicts Kresimir Pahoki for carrying out the Daruvar shooting which killed six people in 2024 and sentences him to 50 years' imprisonment. ^[7]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Croatia

Source: ^[8]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 19 June – National Day
• 22 June – Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
• 5 August – Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 18 November – Remembrance Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day

2025 was also celebrated as the 1100th Anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom in Croatia. ^[9]

Art and entertainment

• List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 18 April – Nikola Pokrivač, 39, footballer. ^[10]

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
2. "Croatia's President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff". AP News . 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
3. "Croatians boycott shopping to protest high prices". France 24 . 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
4. "With the 2025 Indoor Hockey World Cup, Croatia will host its first ever FIH World Cup!". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
5. "Danki i Slavku kuća je oštećena u potresu: 'Mislili smo da će se cijela srušiti'" (in Croatian). Danas. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
6. "13 people arrested in Croatia for illegally disposing of hazardous waste, Europol says". AP News. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
7. "Croatian court sentences gunman to 50 years for nursing home shooting that killed 6 people". AP News. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
8. "Croatia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
9. Šestan, Marija. "Lectures on 1100 Years of Croatian Kingdom held by Croat association in Montenegro". hina.hr. Croatian News Agency . Retrieved 2025-04-25.
10. "Teška prometna u Karlovcu. Dvoje mrtvih, među njima i Nikola Pokrivač". Index.hr (in Croatian). 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

External links

• Online calendar