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Croatia funding continues for Bosnian Croats

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Croatia funding continues for Bosnian Croats

In late July 2026, the Croatian government 2026 Croatia announced a €10 million programme to support education, culture, health, agriculture and other initiatives for the Croat community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, alongside together with a €1.8 million grant to 125 Croatian diaspora organisations in 29 countries. Specific allocations included funding for The plan funded a youth theatre, a digital mammography unit, energy‑stable cold storage and infrastructure at upgrades to the Croatian House in central Bosnia. A few days later, Days later Prime Minister Andrej Plenković formally handed over 276 contracts worth more than €7 million under the same 2026 Support Programme for Bosnian Croats. He framed the disbursement as evidence of Croats, citing a rise in Croatia’s ongoing commitment, noting that the overall budget for Croats outside Croatia has risen abroad from €16 million a decade ago to €200 million today. Plenković also highlighted broader economic ties, citing today, €4 billion in bilateral trade and a newly signed new gas‑pipeline partnership that will affect gas supply in affecting the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovina. On 28 July 2026 the government allocated an additional €7 million to the programme. A €140,742 grant from Vukovar‑Srijem County was awarded to Široki Brijeg for a multifunctional hall at a vocational school, while urging constitutional reforms further contracts covered fire‑brigade equipment and other community facilities, financed partly through EU regional development funds. Officials highlighted simplified procedures for diaspora entrepreneurs and stressed that the combined effort aims to improve living standards, retain the Croat population in BiH presidency and condemning recent vandalism at Medjugorje. deepen economic cooperation between the two countries.

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  1. 2026-07-30 11:28 UTC Croatia funding continues for Bosnian Croats
  2. 2026-07-28 12:44 UTC Croatia funding for Bosnian Croats

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