2025 in Croatia
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Events in the year 2025 in Croatia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 8 January â 2 February â The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.[1]
- 12 January â 2024â25 Croatian presidential election (second round): Incumbent president Zoran MilanoviÄ wins a second term in office with 74% of the vote.[2]
- 24 January â A nationwide shopping boycott is held by consumer groups in protest over inflation.[3]
February
[edit]- 3 â 9 February â 2025 Men's and Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup[4]
- 11 February â A magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Zadar County, injuring several people.[5]
- 14 February â 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
[edit]- 18 May â 2025 Croatian local elections (first round)
June
[edit]- 1 June â 2025 Croatian local elections (second round)
July
[edit]- 3 July â 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]
November
[edit]- 13 November â An Air Tractor AT-802 aircraft belonging to the Turkish General Directorate of Forestry crashes near Senj, killing the pilot.[8]
- 14 November â Croatia qualifies for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after defeating the Faroe Islands 3-1 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in Rijeka.[9]
- 17 November â A fire destroys the Vjesnik Tower in Zagreb.[10]
- 30 November â Major rallies against the far-right are held in Zagreb, Rijeka, Pula, and Zadar with an estimated attendance of more than 10,000.[11]
December
[edit]- 1 December â Nine people are arrested in Rijeka following clashes between fascist and anti-fascist demonstrators on 30 November.[12]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[13]
- 1 January â New Year's Day
- 6 January â Epiphany
- 20 April â Easter Sunday
- 21 April â Easter Monday
- 1 May â Labour Day
- 30 May - National Day
- 19 June â Feast of Corpus Christi
- 22 June â Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
- 5 August â Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
- 15 August â Assumption Day
- 1 November â All Saints' Day
- 18 November â Remembrance Day
- 25 December â Christmas Day
- 26 December â Saint Stephen's Day
2025 was also celebrated as the 1100th Anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom in Croatia.[14]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 18 April â Nikola PokrivaÄ, 39, footballer.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Croatia's President MilanoviÄ wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff". AP News. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Croatians boycott shopping to protest high prices". France 24. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Danki i Slavku kuÄa je oĹĄteÄena u potresu: 'Mislili smo da Äe se cijela sruĹĄiti'" (in Croatian). Danas. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "13 people arrested in Croatia for illegally disposing of hazardous waste, Europol says". AP News. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Croatian court sentences gunman to 50 years for nursing home shooting that killed 6 people". AP News. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Turkey-registered plane crashes in Croatia reportedly killing the pilot". AP News. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Croatia qualify for 2026 World Cup, Netherlands close, Germany in limbo". France 24. 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Huge fire in the Croatian capital destroys landmark tower". AP News. 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Thousands march in Zagreb against far right". France 24. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "The far right's 'accelerated' rise in Croatia". France 24. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ "Croatia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Ĺ estan, Marija. "Lectures on 1100 Years of Croatian Kingdom held by Croat association in Montenegro". hina.hr. Croatian News Agency. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "TeĹĄka prometna u Karlovcu. Dvoje mrtvih, meÄu njima i Nikola PokrivaÄ". Index.hr (in Croatian). 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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