Croatian Dina Levačić to take on famous Alcatraz swim

by croatiaweek September 17, 2025 in Sport Dina Levačić off to San Francisco (Photo: Private album) SPLIT, 17 September 2025 (Hina) – Croatian marathon swimmer Dina Levačić (29) has announced her next major challenges, set to take place at the end...

PRODUCTION: Mate Ugrin in Postproduction with Croatian/French/German/Serbian Petty Thieves

ZAGREB: Croatian director Mate Ugrin is currently in postproduction with Petty Thieves / Sitni Iopovi. The film is a coming-of-age story involving producers from Croatia, France, Germany, and Serbia. Rio, a quiet young man from a village in...

Review: 2025 Balance Croatia @ Garden Resort (Tisno)

Sunset, beats, and a soft opening that wasn't. The inaugural Balance Croatia music festival was meant to start gently, with just the Pier Stage open on day one; but from the moment I arrived, it was clear the night had other plans. DAY ONEThe sun...

Largest Private Oncology Hospital in Region to be Built in Zagreb

September the 17th, 2025 – The largest private oncology hospital in not only Croatia but in the entire immediate region is set to be constructed in Zagreb. The project is worth a staggering 106 million euros. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the...

Three PSU/Penn State RTC wrestlers compete in Zagreb

STATE COLLEGE — Three Penn State/Penn State Regional Training Center athletes competed at the UWW Senor World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, this week. The team brought home two medals from the event, upping Penn State/Penn State RTCs total...

Croatia Offered Hungary And Slovakia A Substitute For Russian Oil

Zagreb can guarantee oil supplies in excess of 12 million tons per year through the Adriatic pipeline. Croatia is ready to fully supply Hungary and Slovakia with oil via the Adriatic pipeline, the country's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. He...

Slovenian community in Croatia mentioned in new media law

Ljubljana/Zagreb, 16 September - The new media law that was passed at the beginning of the month mentions for the first time the Slovenian minority in Croatia and its right to be informed. This is an important recognition for Slovenians in...

Croatian hairdresser shines at World Champs in Paris

by croatiaweek September 16, 2025 in Entertainment Zdravko Cedli (Photo: Thomas Mustac) By Thomas Mustac Paris Hosts 2025 OMC Hairworld World Championships and homegrown Slavonac is heard loud and clear. The OMC Hairworld World Championship 2025...

Slovak defence minister fined over undeclared Croatian villa

16. September 2025 at 18:08 Robert Kaliňák admits leaving holiday home off asset declaration as opposition denounces ‘double standards’ in government. Font size: A - | A + Slovakia’s defence minister, Robert Kaliňák, has been fined for failing to...

LONG READ: Meet Martin Heffernan, the Cashel man fighting Parkinson’s with sport

In August 2022, Cashel native Martin Heffernan was officially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease having lived with a tremor in his right hand for over three years. Since then he has taken up table tennis, competed at international events, cycled...

How to watch Champions League 2025/26: live stream options, TV channels, free games

Watch Champions League 2025/26 live streams as Paris Saint-Germain attempt to successfully defend the title they won courtesy of a 5-0 thumping of Inter Milan in last season’s final. The revamped Champions League proved to be a huge success last...

USA Wrestling Files Official Complaint as Jax Forrest Leaves Worlds in Controversial Fashion

The Senior World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb proved to be a roller coaster ride for Team USA. While they celebrate Zahid Valencia’s gold, they also have Wyatt Hendrickson’s 1st round defeat to deal with. But nothing comes close to Jax...

Iran wins 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb

Iran's national freestyle wrestling team has secured the team championship at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, earning five medals and clinching the title ahead of schedule. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi congratulated the team,...

The best places to visit in Croatia, according to travel pros

Croatia has been on my to-do list for years, and if it’s not already on yours, it will be soon. With beaches that give Greece a run for its money and dramatic landscapes that look like they were pulled straight from a movie set (or, more...

Line-up revealed for Croatia’s biggest festival – OKTOBEER FEST

Mladen Grdović (Photo: Promo) Less than a month remains until the start of OKTOBEER FEST, Croatia’s largest entertainment festival, which promises unforgettable concerts, delicious food, and fun for all generations. The festival takes place from...

Calm under pressure and strong bonding with Venus: How Yuki Bhambri made personal Grand Slam history

Indian tennis has been experiencing a resurgence of late, with the country recently pulling off a historic victory over ninth-seed Switzerland in their Davis Cup 2025 World Group I tie, beating a European nation for the first time in over three...

Have You Ever Been to the Largest Artificial Lake in Croatia?

September the 15th, 2025 – Croatia is full of bodies of water, but have you ever paid a visit to the largest artificial lake in Croatia? Dubravsko jezero is so much more than just another lake. As Putni kofer writes, across the world, lakes have...

How Arne Slot and Liverpool have learned from last season's Champions League

Arne Slot could hardly have wished for a better debut season last year, but one area that left scope for improvement was the Champions League. Now, as he prepares for his second tilt at the competition, the Dutchman is considering changing his...

Croatian media spotlight Albania’s AI minister

TIRANA, Sept 13 (TemA) — Albania has introduced “Diella,” a virtual minister in Prime Minister Edi Rama’s fourth cabinet, tasked with overseeing all public procurement. Rama announced the move on Thursday, pitching AI as a tool to cut corruption...

Croatia named host of UEFA Women’s Futsal Euro

by croatiaweek September 13, 2025 in Sport ZAGREB, 13 Sept (Hina) – Croatia has been awarded the hosting rights for the UEFA Women’s Futsal European Championship, which will take place in Osijek from 14 to 21 March 2027, it was decided at an UEFA...