2010 in Croatia

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2010 Timeline of Croatian history

Events from the year 2010 in Croatia.

Incumbents

• President – Stjepan Mesić (until 18 February), Ivo Josipović (starting 19 February)
• Prime Minister – Jadranka Kosor

Events

• 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^[1]

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 (born 1927).
• February 2 – Svetozar Kurepa, mathematician (born 1929)
• February 19 – Mladen Veža, painter (born 1916).
• July 24 – Mia Oremović, actress (born 1918).
• July 26 – Mićun Jovanić, footballer (born 1952).
• August 12 – Velimir Kljaić, handball coach (born 1946).
• August 22 – Stjepan Bobek, footballer (born 1923).
• October 7 – Milka Planinc, politician (born 1924).
• October 25 – Vesna Parun, poet (born 1922).

References

Years in Croatia (1991–present)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999