Events
- January 3 – The 2000 general election held, won by a centre-left coalition of Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
- January 24 – First round of the 2000 presidential election held. Stjepan Mesić and Dražen Budiša win 41% and 28% of votes respectively, and enter the run-off.
- February 7 – Presidential election run-off, won by Stjepan Mesić with 56% of the vote.
- February 18 – Stjepan Mesić formally inaugurated as President of Croatia.
- May 28 – Nova TV, the first national commercial television network, begins broadcast.
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