2010 in Croatia

Incumbents

• President - Stjepan Mesić, Ivo Josipović
• 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

  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.