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Events in the year 2026 in Croatia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Zoran Milanović
- Speaker of the Parliament: Gordan Jandroković
- Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – Two people die in a house fire in Glina.[1]
- 6 – 12 January – Heavy snowfall affects Croatia, disrupting travel and causing numerous injuries.[2] In Zagreb, hundreds of people are treated for fracture related injuries caused by icy conditions and an orange level weather warning is issued for the Zagreb region. A red weather warning is issued for the Osijek region.[3][4][5] In Knin, several villages are left without electricity and the start of classes in primary schools is postponed.[6]
- 7 January – Blessed Miroslav Bulešić Hospice is opened in Pula.[7]
- 9 January – The maternity hospital in Sinj is closed due to a low number of births.[8]
- 12 January – A woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning in Zaprešić.[9]
- 29 January – Tomislav Ćorić is voted in as the new Minister of Finance by a vote of 76-52 in the Croatian Parliament. His predecessor, Marko Primorac becomes the vice president of the European Investment Bank.[10]
- 31 January – Marko Kovač and Vlado Razum are consecrated as auxiliary bishops of Zagreb in the Zagreb Cathedral by archbishop Dražen Kutleša.[11][12]
February
[edit]- 1 February – The Croatian men's handball team wins a bronze medal at the 2026 European Championship.[13][14]
- 3 February – Up to 50,000 people gathered at the Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb to celebrate Croatian men's handball team silver medal.[15]
- 6-15 February – Croatia participated at the 2026 Winter Olympics with 14 competitors in 4 sports.[16]
- 7 February – The Croatia national futsal team wins bronze at the UEFA Futsal Euro 2026.[17]
- 18 February – The final identification of nine victims from the Croatian War of Independence, four of whom are Croatian defenders, was carried out at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb.[18]
- 21 February – Demonstrations in Zagreb against a planned chicken farms complex near Sisak.[19]
- 23 February – A boat carrying migrants capsizes along the Una River near Hrvatska Kostajnica, killing a passenger.[20]
- 27 February
- Student dormitory of the Polytechnic in Bjelovar opened.[21]
- A worker died at a construction site in the Zagreb neighborhood of Sveta Klara.[22]
- Croatian soldiers Stjepan Boni and Zvonimir Miljak buried in Antunovac and at the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery, 36 years after their disappearance and nine days after their exhumation.[23]
- 28 February – A 17-year-old boy died from injuries sustained when he was hit by a train in a tunnel at the main railway station in Split.[24]
March
[edit]- 1 March – The Croatian Police's Anti-explosive service has removed a World War II anti-ship mine weighing 500 kg, with more than 300 kg of explosives, from Rovinj's Lone Bay.[25]
- 2 March
- Employees of the Institute for Social Work in Split and Kaštela have started a "white strike" (bijeli štrajk) due to a "lack of professional staff and administrative burden".[26]
- At a construction site in Pazin, a German EMC anti-ship mine from World War II weighing 580 kg was found.[27]
- 14 people injured in fire at Bilice prison in Split.[28]
- Shooters Josip Sikavica, Miran Maričić and Petar Gorša won bronze in the team competition of the 2026 European Championship in Erevan.[29]
- 3 March
- An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale shook the Sisak area at 5:46 a.m. (CET).[30]
- The 17th Croatian Contingent (HRVCON) with 50 soldiers sent off to NATO's Forward Land Forces in Poland from the barracks in Knin.[31]
- Mayor of Nova Gradiška Vinko Grgić resigned.[32]
- 14 Croatian pilgrims returned from the Holy Land by charter at the Zagreb Airport amid Israeli-Iranian conflict.[33]
- USKOK arrested 19 suspects for corruption, two of whom were high-ranking officials of the HEP power company.[34]
- Croatian free diver Vitomir Maričić received recognition from the World Apnea – AIDA International for the best free diver in 2025 by international ranking, while copatriot Petar Klovar finished second.[35]
- Shooter Josip Sikavica became European champion in the solo air rifle at the Championship in Erevan.[36]
- 4 March
- An earthquake with an epicentre near Siverić (Drniš) measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was recorded at 1:23 a.m. (CET)[37]
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent four Croatia Airlines' planes to evacuate Croatian citizens in the United Arab Emirates due to the Israeli-Iranan conflict.[38]
- 6-15 March – Croatia participates at the Winter Paralympics in Milano-Cortina with five competitiors in two sports.
- 10 March
- Stjepan Lakušić is re-elected for the rector of the University of Zagreb.[39]
- A worker died at a construction site in Tučepi.[40]
- 11 March – 50 years of the play San i ludilo ('Dream and Madness') by Teatar &TD, adaptation of Tin Ujević's poetry.[41]
- 12-16 March – WTT Feeder 2026, international table tennis competition in Varaždin Arena.[42]
- 13 March – Pope Leo XIV appointed Msgr. Leopoldo Girelli as apostolic nuncio in Croatia.[43]
- 14 March – National Shrine of Saint Joseph proclaimed as a basilica minor at the Holy Mass celebrated by the archbishop Dražen Kutleša.[44]
- 24 March
- As part of archaeological research in the area of the City Market in Vinkovci, archaeologists found 22 Roman graves.[45]
- During her official visit to Croatia, the President of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, met with President Zoran Milanović and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.[46]
- 25 March – A worker died in a quarry near Petrinja, run over by a machine loading crushed stone.[47]
- 26 March – The bodies of two unknown males were found in the Paovo forest area, near the village of Soljani.[48]
- 30 March – Croatia national under-19 football team qualified for the 2026 UEFA Championship in Wales.[49]
- 31 March – A natural disaster has been declared for the city of Jastrebarsko.[50]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- 9-12 April – Gymnastic DOBRO World Cup 2026 in Gradski vrt Hall in Osijek, with 500+ competitors from 51 country.[51]
- 23–28 June –
- 13-18 August – 2026 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 23 January – Dalibor Brun, 76, singer[54]
February
[edit]- 15 February – Goran Sukno, 66, water polo player[55]
- 25 February – Katja Marasović, 65, conservator[56]
March
[edit]- 14 March – Lovorka Čoralić, 58, historian[57]
- 16-17 March – Zlatko Šimenc, 88, water polo player[58]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[59]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 30 May - Statehood Day
- 4 June – Feast of Corpus Christi
- 22 June – Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
- 5 August – Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 18 November – Remembrance Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
See also
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- ^ "Solinjanin Josip Sikavica uzeo zlato na europskom prvenstvu, briljantan od početka do kraja" [Josip Sikavica from Solin wins gold at the European Championships, brilliant from start to finish]. slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 4 March 2026.
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