2010 in Croatia
Events from the year 2010 in Croatia.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing – Accession of Croatia to the European Union- 10 January – Second round of the presidential election is held. Ivo Josipović beats Milan Bandić winning 60.3% of the vote.
- 18 February – Ivo Josipović officially inaugurated as President at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb.
- 10 December – Former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is arrested in Austria over charges of corruption
Arts and literature
- 6 March – Girl group Feminnem win the 2010 Eurovision national pre-selection competition.
- 27 May – Feminnem perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 semi-final in Oslo but fail to progress to the finals.
- 10–24 July – The 2010 Pula Film Festival is held. The film Just Between Us directed by Rajko Grlić wins the Big Golden Arena for Best Film award.
Sport
- 3 and 6 January – The Snow Queen Trophy slalom race held at Sljeme in Zagreb.
- 1–7 February – The 2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors 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 Open tennis tournament held in Zagreb.
- 26 July–1 August – The 2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag tennis tournament is held in Umag.
- 29 August – The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia held in Donji Kraljevec.
- 1 September – The Hanžeković Memorial international track and field event is held in Zagreb.
- 4–5 September – The 2010 IAAF Continental Cup international track and field sporting event is held in Split.
- 9–11 December – The 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb international figure skating competition is held in Zagreb.
Deaths
- January 14 – Ante Babaja, film director.
- February 2 – Svetozar Kurepa, mathematician
- February 19 – Mladen Veža, painter.
- July 24 – Mia Oremović, actress.
- July 26 – Mićun Jovanić, footballer.
- August 12 – Velimir Kljaić, handball coach.
- August 22 – Stjepan Bobek, footballer.
- October 7 – Milka Planinc, politician.
- October 25 – Vesna Parun, poet.