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Misappropriated work returned to NSK in 2025.

Another treasure returned to NSK after decades of missing from its collections

2025 International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

An invaluable copy of Historia antica e moderna, sacra e profana della città di Trieste, a work by a Carmelite monk Irenèo della Croce dating back to the end of the 17th century has been restored to the collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) after its misappropriation in the notorious theft in the 1980s of some of NSK’s most valuable collection items. The NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević received the book at a conference which the Gorizia-based UNESCO club hosted at the Coronini Cronberg Palace to ...

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Triptych showing the greats of Croatian heritage Marco Antonio de Dominis, Faust Vrančić and Marin Getaldić.

Exhibitions on Croatia’s greats in Australia and New Zealand

November and December 2025

This November and December, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), supported by the Croatian Studies Foundation, are bringing to the Australian and New Zealand audiences exhibitions highlighting the legacy of three great scholars in Croatian history. Authored by the Senior Research Associate at the Division for the History of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the Academy’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science Dr Marijana Borić, the exhibitions spotlight three world-famous Croatian intellectual figures at the turn of the 17th century – ...

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Participants in the final "Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium" event.

Final “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event showcases Croatian emigrant heritage

4 November 2025

On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, its programme aimed at the popularisation and promotion of the CROATICA collection, which NSK assembles and curates. Held at CroAtrium, the Library’s multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre ideal for presenting its collections to a wide range of audiences, the event showcased the results of a 2024 project which the Library ran in cooperation with the Croatian Fraternal Union of America.

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Participants in the meeting of NSK’s staff with the Kosovo delegation.

Albania’s and Kosovo’s ambassadors to Croatia visit NSK

21 & 22 October 2025

This week, the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Dr Ivanka Stričević received visits from the members of the diplomatic missions of Albania and Kosovo to Croatia. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania to the Republic of Croatia Her Excellency Donika Hoxha and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kosovo to the Republic of Croatia His Excellency Martin Berishaj visited the Library on 21 and 22 October, respectively. Croatian-Albanian cultural relations and their national libraries’ cooperation Present at the meeting of Ambassador Hoxha, who came accompanied by the Minister Counsellor at the Albanian embassy Alma Kasa, and Dr Ivanka Stričević were also the ...

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Segments of photographs showing the heritage of Croats in the US.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK presenting a joint project spotlighting Croatian emigrant heritage

4 November 2025, 14.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita & online

On 4 November 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Fraternal Union of America will jointly present From Pittsburgh with love: music and written heritage of Croatian emigrants, a project focusing on fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia. Starting at 14.00 at CroAtrium (conference hall Judita), our multimedia lab and heritage interpretation centre, the presentation will be held as the last event of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the Library’s 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of

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NSK and National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina sign cooperation agreement

14 October 2025

On 14 October 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded a five-year cooperation agreement. With the Acting Director of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina Adisa Žero and NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević acting as the signatories, the agreement’s signing was attended by the head of the Bosnia and Herzegovina's national library’s periodicals and official publications department Anja Mastilović, NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille and NSK Senior Public Relations Adviser Ivana Mirošević. Cooperation aimed at further efforts to gear library services to the requests of modern ...

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Azerbaijan’s delegation during a visit to NSK.

Delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan visits NSK

24 June 2025

On 24 June 2025, a delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan headed by the Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture Farid Jafarov visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). The visit was organised on the initiative of His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Croatia Anar Imanov, who emphasised the Library’s role as Croatia’s major cultural institution. The delegation was warmly welcomed by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević and a member of the NSK Information Centre Ana-Marija Tkalčić. Professor Stričević ...

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Participants in the 2025 ISBN and ISMN Regional Meeting.

NSK hosts 2025 ISBN and ISMN Regional Meeting

10 & 11 June 2025

On 10 and 11 June 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the 11th ISBN Regional Meeting, which it organised in cooperation with the International ISBN Agency.  After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, in which she referred to the long and successful cooperation between NSK and the international agencies managing the ISBN and ISMN systems, the Head of the NSK Identifiers Division Danijela Getliher also welcomed to the meeting the representatives of the ISBN national agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Slovenia and Serbia along with the other meeting participants.

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NSK staff unpacking valuable material donated to NSK by Ms Marija Orač.

Medieval maps and invaluable prints and ephemera donated to NSK collections

26 May 2025

On 26 May 2025, by way of a generous donation by Ms Marija Orač from Luxembourg, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) received valuable items now making part of the Library’s Map Collection and Print Collection. Especially valuable are the items which NSK has not held in its collections so far, such as several 18th-century maps of today’s Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of Croatian traditional regions, Slavonia (Le Royaume de Hongrie autora G. Valcka (Amsterdam, 1702); Principatus Transilvaniae In ...

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Representatives of the National and University Library in Zagreb and National Library of Albania.

NSK and National Library of Albania sign five-year cooperation agreement

22 May 2025

On 22 May 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and National Library of Albania concluded a five-year cooperation agreement. With the Director of the National Library of Albania Piro Misha and NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević acting as the signatories, the agreement’s signing was attended by the Deputy Director of Albania’s national library Majlinda Bami, the Croatian National Library Affairs Assistant to NSK Director General Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec and NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille. Longstanding cooperation enters new stage The occasion created the opportunity for the representatives of the two national libraries to discuss the two institutions’ longstanding and ...

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