The culture of memory

09.May 2025. KS

Vlada Divljan receives a bust in Zagreb

Musician, author and frontman of the cult band "Idols", Vlada Divljan, will receive a bust in the Rock and Roll Theme Park in Zagreb

Theater

What is behind gestures, images and words?

The second ShowCase The Zagreb Youth Theater (ZKM) was organized from March 27 to 30 with the desire to present the work of this theater to selectors, managers and critics outside Croatia. Four performances were presented at the festival: Ice angel, Shipping Costs, mother and father sit at the table and are silent for a long time, Shoe tongue i Only the end of the world (co-production with the Istrian National Theater - Pula City Theatre). The critic of "Vremena" writes about three

Accident

21.December 2024 S.Ć.

Belgrade stands in solidarity with Zagreb

Candles were lit on Republic Square as a sign of solidarity with the grief of the people of Zagreb due to the accident at the elementary school that happened on Friday

Steps

21.December 2024 BB

Invitation to a solidarity rally due to the tragedy in Zagreb

When the mass murder took place in the "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school, "the whole of Croatia was with us" and "we must be with Croatia, the family of the murdered boy, the families of the injured and their teachers", the invitation states.

Chronicle

20.December 2024 MS

Attack at school in Croatia: One child killed, Saturday is Day of Mourning

The Government of Croatia made a decision to declare Saturday, December 21, the Day of Mourning in Croatia due to the tragedy that occurred at Prečko Elementary School in Zagreb, when a nineteen-year-old boy injured a teacher and several students with a sharp object, and one child died.

A memory

07.December 2024 S.Ć.

No one was prosecuted for the murder of the Zec family

This crime not only does not fall into oblivion, but the memory is preserved in a way that in some times it was not even possible to imagine that it would happen - said Milorad Pupovac on the occasion of the commemoration of the Zec family killed 33 years ago in Zagreb, stressing that the criminals have not been processed

Zagreb

11.October 2024 Sonja Ciric

Serbian Cultural Center: Another attempt to start again

In the coming period, Serbia and Croatia will continue to work with increased strength to resolve open issues and improve relations, said Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić on Thursday in Zagreb, opening the Serbian Cultural Center. It seems that we should hope for better days

Region

18.June 2024 SZ/N1

Zagreb: Three people died from Legionnaires' disease

Three people infected with legionella died in the Zagreb hospital "Rebro". An investigation has been launched into where the infection started because it is known that it can spread from air conditioning or from water

Cultural heritage

24.April 2024. Robert Shepherd

Sava's forgotten stained glass windows

100 years ago, Sava Šumanović made several stained glass windows in Zagreb's Jurišićeva Street at number 24, which still adorn the windows around the staircase of this three-story building built for the wealthy Jewish family Dajč Maceljski.

Region

08.December 2023 Z.S.

Zagreb: Memorial plaque to the Zec family discovered

Twelve-year-old Aleksandra Zec and her parents Maria and Mihajlo were killed 32 years ago by members of the special unit of the MUP of Croatia, whose commander was Tomislav Merčep. No one was held accountable for that crime