2024 in Croatia
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Events in the year 2024 in Croatia.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 4–16 January – 2024 Men's European Water Polo Championship
- 10–14 January – 2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open
February[edit]
- 17 February – Zagreb protest
- 19–24 February – 2024 European Indoor Archery Championships at Varaždin[1]
March[edit]
- 11–17 March – 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III A at Zagreb[2]
- 15 March – 2024 Croatian parliamentary election: The Croatian government votes to dissolve the parliament, thereby requiring that a parliamentary election be held within the next two months. The parliamentary election was originally scheduled to be held on September 22.[3]
April[edit]
- 17 April – 2024 Croatian parliamentary election: Voters go to the polls to elect members to the Sabor.The ruling Croatian Democratic Union and its coalition win the most seats, but fail to obtain a majority.[4]
- 25–28 April – 2024 European Judo Championships
May[edit]
- 5 May – Andrej Plenkovic wins a third term as prime minister after his HDZ party enters into a coalition agreement with the Homeland Movement.[5]
- 15 May – Twenty-two boats are destroyed in a fire at a marina in Medulin.[6]
- 16 May – A car carrying illegal migrants crashes into a wall near Sinj, killing four passengers.[7]
June[edit]
- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election in Croatia
- 11 June – A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb.[8]
- 20 June – A child is killed and three others are injured after an explosive taken by the child from a restricted military zone explodes near Zadar.[9]
- 21 June – A massive power outage leaves the coastal areas of the country without electricity.[10]
Scheduled events[edit]
- December – 2024 Croatian presidential election[11]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[12]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 30 May - 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
Art and entertainment[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Mario Boljat, 72, footballer (Hajduk Split, Schalke 04, Yugoslavia national team).[13]
- 15 April – Josip Manolić, 104, Prime Minister (1990-1991) and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (1993–1994).[14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "European Archery Indoor Championships". All Sports Db. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Ice Hockey Women's World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Croatia dissolves parliament ahead of election by May 12". Reuters. March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Croatian Legislative Election Calendar". National Democratic Institute. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Croatia conservative leader Plenkovic appointed as prime minister-designate for third term". Associated Press. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "A fire at a marina in Croatia destroys 22 boats, causes huge damage but no injuries". Associated Press. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "4 people die in Croatia when car carrying migrants hits a wall as driver attempts to flee police". Associated Press. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Hina (2024-06-11). "Man sets himself on fire in Zagreb's St. Mark's Square". N1 (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Czech man arrested in Croatia after explosion kills his 9-year-old child". AP News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Major power outage hits Balkan region as countries swelter in early summer heat wave". AP News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Election Calendar". State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Croatia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Preminuo Mario Boljat". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Potvrdila njegova kći: Preminuo Josip Manolić". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-04-15.
