Latest news from the Office of the President

9:00 - The President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces will attend a send-off ceremony of the 42nd contingent of Croatian troops (42nd HRVCON KFOR) participating in the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Kosovo (1st Guards Brigade “Tigers” – Croatia Barracks, Sarajevska cesta 7) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

NOTE: We kindly ask media representatives interested in covering the send-off ceremony to arrive at the 1st Guards Brigade “Tigers” – Croatia Barracks in Zagreb, Sarajevska cesta, on Thursday, 21 November, no later than 8:20. Please announce your attendance via email at press@morh.hr today, 20 November, by 18:00. The registration should include your first and last name, media outlet, status (journalist, photographer, or cameraman), ID or press card number, and mobile phone number.

12:00 - The President of the Republic will present decorations to Croatian Olympians and Paralympians, as well as athletes and coaches who won medals at the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and have not yet been honoured, along with the Charter of the Republic of Croatia to federations that have not been decorated, at a ceremony in the Office of the President (Pantovčak 241) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

NOTE: We kindly ask interested media representatives to announce their attendance via email at glasnogovornik@predsjednik.hr no later than Thursday, 21 November, by 9 o’clock. The registration should include your first and last name, media outlet, status (journalist, photographer, or cameraman), ID or press card number, and mobile phone number. Accredited media representatives should arrive at the Office of the President by 11 o’clock, using the Villa Prekrižje entrance (Pantovčak 281). Transportation to the main building of the Office of the President is organized for media representatives.

19:30 - The President of the Republic will participate in a ceremony marking the 170th anniversary of Zagreb’s First Gymnasium (Croatian National Theatre, Trg Republike Hrvatske 15) The President of the Republic will deliver an address

ŠKABRNJA

On the occasion of the observance of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja, the President of the Republic and Commander in chief of the Croatian Armed Forces will attend a programme commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the suffering of Škabrnja.

12:00 - The President of the Republic and Commander in chief of the Croatian Armed Forces will take part in the “Korak po korak“ procession (Step by step) from Dr. Franjo Tuđman Square to St. Luke's cemetery.

12:30 - The President of the Republic and Commander in chief of the Croatian Armed Forces will lay a wreath and light a candle at the central cross near the memorial at St. Luke’s cemetery in Škabrnja.

VUKOVAR

On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja, the delegate of the President of the Republic and Commander in chief of the Croatian Armed Forces, the Head of the Office of the President of the Republic Orsat Miljenić will attend a commemoration for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar 1991-2024 “Vukovar – a place of special homeland piety”).

10:00 – Special programme to commemorate the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar 1991-2024 “Vukovar – a place of special homeland piety”) (National Memorial Hospital “Dr. Juraj Njavro courtyard, Županijska 35)

10:30 – Way of the Cross – Memorial Procession

12:00 – Wreath-laying ceremony for the victims of Vukovar at the Memorial in the Croatian Homeland War Defenders Memorial Cemetery

Following the wreath-laying ceremony to the victims of Vukovar at the Memorial in the Croatian Homeland War Defenders Memorial Cemetery, the delegate of the President of the Republic will lay a wreath at the Memorial at the mass grave in Ovčara.