2010 in Croatia
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Events from the year 2010 in Croatia
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Events from the year 2010 in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
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Events
- 10 January - Second round of the presidential election is held. Ivo JosipovićIvo JosipovićIvo Josipović is a Croatian politician who has been President of Croatia since 2010. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Croatia , and played a key role in the democratic transformation of this party as the author of the first statute of the SDP that replaced the...
beats Milan BandićMilan BandicMilan Bandić is an influential Croatian politician currently serving his fourth term as mayor of Croatia's capital, Zagreb. Between 2000 and 2009, he was a prominent member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia . In 2007, he unsuccessfully ran for party president. However, he remained one of...
winning 60.3% of the vote. - 18 February - Ivo Josipović officially inaugurated as President at St. Mark's SquareSt. Mark's Square, ZagrebSt. Mark's Square is a square located in the old part of Zagreb, Croatia, called Gradec or Gornji grad .In the center of square is located St. Mark's Church. The square also sports important governmental buildings: Banski dvori , Croatian Parliament and Constitutional Court of Croatia. On the...
in Zagreb.
Arts and Literature
- 6 March - Girl group FeminnemFeminnemFeminnem is a girl group from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of three members, Neda Parmać, Nika Antolos, and Pamela Ramljak. They have represented both countries at the Eurovision Song Contest; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010....
win the 2010 Eurovision national pre-selectionCroatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Croatia selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through the Dora contest, which was held on 5 and 6 March 2010, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija . The winner of Dora was the girl group Feminnem with "Lako je sve"...
competition. - 27 May - Feminnem perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010Eurovision Song Contest 2010The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
semi-final in Oslo but fail to progress to the finals. - 10–24 July - The 2010 Pula Film FestivalPula Film FestivalThe Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August....
is held. The film Just Between UsJust Between UsJust Between Us is a 2010 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić starring Miki Manojlović, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić, Daria Lorenci and Ksenija Marinković...
directed by Rajko GrlićRajko GrlicRajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent...
wins the Big Golden Arena for Best Film award.
Sport
- 3 and 6 January - The Snow Queen TrophySnow Queen TrophySnow Queen is the name of a men's and women's slalom race held as part of the Alpine skiing World Cup. It has taken place on the Medvednica mountaintop Sljeme since 2005....
slalom race held at SljemeŠljemeŠljeme is a village in the municipality of Ilijaš, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
in Zagreb. - 1–7 February - The 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors2010 PBZ Zagreb IndoorsThe 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was an ATP tennis tournament played on hard courts indoors. It was the 7th edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
tennis tournament held in Zagreb. - 27 March - The K-1 ColliZion 2010 Croatia martial arts event held in Split.
- 10–16 May - The 2010 Zagreb Open2010 Zagreb OpenThe 2010 Zagreb Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Zagreb, Croatia between May 10 and May 16, 2010.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of May 3, 2010....
tennis tournament held in Zagreb. - 26 July–1 August - The 2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open UmagThe 2010 Studena Croatia Open Umag was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the Croatia Open Umag, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...
tennis tournament is held in UmagUmagUmag is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia.The city hosts the yearly Croatia Open ATP tennis tournament on clay courts.-Geography:It is the westernmost city of Croatia, and the municipality includes Savudrija which is westernmost point of Croatia....
. - 29 August - The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia2010 Speedway Grand Prix of CroatiaThe 2010 FIM Valvoline Croatian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 29 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia....
held in Donji KraljevecDonji KraljevecDonji Kraljevec is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.-Geography and demographics:In the 2001 census, the municipality had a population of 4,931...
. - 1 September - The Hanžeković MemorialHanžeković MemorialHanžeković Memorial is an athletics event at the ŠRC Mladost Stadion in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1951.- Name :...
international track and field event is held in Zagreb. - 4–5 September - The 2010 IAAF Continental Cup2010 IAAF Continental CupThe 1st IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field sporting event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Originally scheduled as the 11th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, it was renamed in 2008 when the IAAF revamped the competition format...
international track and field sporting event is held in Split. - 9–11 December - The 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb2010 Golden Spin of ZagrebThe 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 43rd edition of the annual senior-level figure skating competition. It was held in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the 2010–2011 season...
international figure skating competition is held in Zagreb.
Deaths
- January 14 – Ante BabajaAnte BabajaAnte Babaja was a notable Croatian film director and screenwriter.Babaja finished high school in Zagreb before going on to enrol at the University of Zagreb where he studied law and economy...
, film director (b. 1927). - February 19 – Mladen VežaMladen VežaMladen Veža was a Croatian painter. He was born in Brist. He graduated from the Zagreb's Academy of Fine Arts under Vladimir Becić in 1937. He subsequently taught at the academy until 1981...
, painter (b. 1916). - July 24 – Mia OremovićMia OremovićMia Oremović was a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.-Selected filmography:*It Was Not in Vain *H-8 *I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers *One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away...
, actress (b. 1918). - July 26 – Mićun JovanićMićun JovanićMićun Jovanić was a Croatian footballer best known for his 12-year spell with Hajduk Split, where he played between 1969 and 1981...
, footballer (b. 1952). - October 7 – Milka PlanincMilka PlanincMilka Planinc was an ethnic Croatian Yugoslav politician. She served as a Prime Minister of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1986. She was the first female head of government in the history of real socialism...
, politician (b. 19241924 in Croatia----Events from the year 1924 in Croatia.-Sport:*January–February – 1924 Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, in which the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was represented by a delegation of four sportsmen, including Croats Dušan Zinaja and Mirko Pandaković who competed in...
). - October 25 – Vesna ParunVesna ParunVesna Parun was a Croatian poet.After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. From 1947 she was a free artist, writing poetry, essays, criticism and children's literature. She...
, poet (b. 19221922 in Croatia----Events from the year 1922 in Croatia.-Events:*February 19 – First issue of Borba, the newsletter of the banned Yugoslav Communist Party, published in Zagreb-Births:*January 7 – Ivan Milat-Luketa, painter and sculptor...
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