What is TradFest?

TradFest is an annual international gathering of traditional and conservative leaders, thinkers and activists who through their endeavours promote the (re)establishment of traditional and conservative values in Croatia and the world.

TradFest is an unapologetic festival of traditional and conservative ideas in contrast to so called ‘progressive’ and militant secularist ideas and policies which have in a violent and revolutionary manner in the past subdued and are still today more than 25 years after the fall of communism actively working to deconstruct and do away with the traditional, conservative and Christian foundations and culture of Croatia, Europe and the Western world.

TradFest in a postive manner desires to provoke a thought process with follow on activities that will react to and counter negative ‘progressive’ developments in society and actively disseminate and promote a return to tradition, order, and conservative and Catholic values. The desire is to create a society that is attuned towards the family and the development of a creative and open disposition in civil society, politics and economics.

TradFest creates a space for the spreading of good ideas, personal contacts and networking of people with similar views and values. As such it works to help Croatia to throw off the destructive remnents of communism and to grow into a mature society by re-integrating its rich Christian heritage and culture.

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Programme

TradFest 2026

Partners: Vigilare, Ordo Iuris Croatia & The Heritage Foundation (USA)

Friday, 24 April 2026

The Fall of Liberalism and the Reemergence of Christian Nations

— The Ban Jelačić Conference Room, Hotel Dubrovnik, Zagreb
6:00 PM

Opening Remarks

Prayer & Remarks – Cardinal Emeritus Vinko Puljić, Vrbosna-Sarajevo Archdiocese, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vincent John Batarelo – Chairman of TradFest
Krešimir Grebenar – Ordo Iuris Croatia
Mario Enzler – Senior Advisor to the President, The Heritage Foundation, USA

Topic
The United States, the Trump Presidency, and a Changing Geopolitical Landscape:
Implications for Croatia’s Position and Role

Keynote Speakers

James Carafano
Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
The Trump Administration and the Current Geopolitical Situation. Croatia’s Position and Role.

Jerzy Kwaśniewski
President, Ordo Iuris Poland
Can the EU Survive in a Changing Geopolitical Environment?

Brian Brown
President of the International Organization for the Family, USA
The United States under the Trump Administration: Promoting Social Conservatism in the West

Panel

Mate Mijić, moderator

James Carafano
Kaush Arha, Atlantic Council
Brian Brown
Jerzy Kwaśniewski
Márton Ugrósdy (TBC), Deputy State Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister’s Political Director, Hungary
Krešimir Grebenar

Saturday, 25 April 2026

— The Ban Jelačić Conference Room, Hotel Dubrovnik, Zagreb
9:00 AM

Topic
Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Failed State and the Imperative for a Third Croatian Entity


Presentation of Special Award to Cardinal Vinko Puljić for lifelong dedication to faith and identity of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Presentations

Cardinal Emeritus Vinko Puljić
Vrhbosna Archdiocese, Sarajevo
Croatian Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Time for Stability

James Carafano
Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA
The Croatian Third Entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina – A Guarantor of Stability?

Raymond Ibrahim
Independent author, and scholar providing critical insights into Islam, the West, and
the ongoing challenges facing Christian communities worldwide.
The West and Islam

Ivan Pepić
Professor, Franjo Tuđman Defense and Security University, Zagreb
What Would a Croatian Third Entity Look Like?
Presentation of the Memorandum on the Croat Entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Panel: Commentaries and Next Steps

Moderator: Petar Bagarić

Cardinal Emeritus Vinko Puljić
James Carafano
Ivan Pepić
Boris Havel, Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
Nino Raspudić, Croatian Parliamentarian
Zoran Krešić, Journalist and Analyst, Mostar

Admission to TradFest is free; however, registration is required.
Participation in the program is free of charge, and you may support the organizers, in accordance with your abilities, by making a voluntary donation.

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Speakers

Cardinal Emeritus
Vinko Puljić,
Vrhbosna Archdiocese, Sarajevo

James Carafano
Senior Counselor to the 
President and E.W. Richardson Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation, USA

Raymond Ibrahim
Independent author, and scholar providing
critical insights into Islam, the West, and the
ongoing challenges facing Christian
communities worldwide.

Mario Enzler
Senior Counselor to the President of
The Heritage Foundation, SAD

Brian Brown
President of the
International Organization for the Family,
USA

dr. Vice John Batarelo

Vice John Batarelo, PhD
President of Vigilare Foundation

don Damir Stojić, SDB

Krešimir Grebenar
Ordo Iuris Croatia

Kaush Arha
Atlantic Council, USA

Jerzy Kwaśniewski

Jerzy Kwasniewski, PhD
President Ordo Iuris Poland

Marton Ugrosdy (TBC)
Deputy State Secretary,
Office of the Prime Minister’s Political Director,
Hungary

Boris Havel, PhD
professor, Political Science Faculty,
University of Zagreb

Ivan Pepić, PhD
Profesor, Franjo Tuđman Defense and Security University, Zagreb

Nino Raspudić, PhD
Croatian Parlament

Zoran Krešić
Journalist and Analyst, Mostar

 

Award


”Witness of the year“ is an annual award of the Vigilare Foundation and granted at its TradFest Conference.
The prize is awarded to prominent individuals and organisations for a courageous, authentic and non-compromising commitment to the preservation and dignity of human life and the promotion of the truth about human nature.

The award consists a plaque and a medal.

The winners of the award:
TradFest 2016 – Ante Čaljkušić and the International Initiative ”40 days for life“
TradFest 2017 – Marijan Gubina and Humanitarian Nonprofit Association Auxilium
TradFest 2018. – don Damir Stojić, SDB

Support TradFest!

TradFest is financed only by voluntary contributions and donations from our friends and supporters.
If you wich to support us, you can place your donation on our bank account:

Vigilare Foundation
Homerska 2
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
IBAN: HR5423900011500106809

Bank Information:
Hrvatska poštanska banka, d.d.
Jurišićeva 4, HR-10000 Zagreb
SWIFT: HPBZHR2X

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