Made in Croatia

October the 13th, 2021 - Tasks from the Zagreb kids Escape Room are set to be solved across the pond in the world's strongest economy, the United States of America. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes, entering the United States of America, the world's strongest economy, is an unfulfilled dream for many Croatian citizens, let alone entrepreneurs and business owners, which will in some ways be much easier to achieve when the needs for visas is revoked on December the 1st, 2021. Kruna Josimovic is from Zagreb, she's an author and the initiator of the Zagreb kids Escape Room, a…

October the 12th, 2021 - Croatia comes first in many areas, producing a lot of talent from sport to science and medicine and everything in between. Croatian underwater photography skills are the latest thing to be awarded however, at a ceremony which recently took place on the beautiful island of Madeira. As Morski writes, four underwater photographers from the Republic of Croatia won two medals at the World Underwater Photography Championships held in Madeira, Portugal, on Saturday, October the 9th. Croatian national team member and two-time world champion Damir Zurub with his assistant Katarina Marija Mihaljinec once again won a…

October the 10th, 2021 - Things are going full steam ahead at the construction site of the brand new Rimac Campus in Kerestinec, with works moving quickly and anticipations running high. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the village of Kerestinec, which lies just west of Zagreb, is the site of the up and coming new Rimac Campus which Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac decided on building not so long ago. This massive project which will also become the new headquarters of the much loved Croatian company Rimac Automobili plans to have a kindergarten, organic food production, and even accommodation capsules instead of…

October the 9th, 2021 - A new Croatian crypto startup called Blockademia aims to solve the problem of fake certificates and diplomas, which is both morbidly ironic and innovative given that there are so many circulating in this country. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, one of the 46 cities around the world where the global Cardano summit was recently held was Zagreb, where the new Croatian crypto startup Blockademia was presented. Blockademia's eponymous application (app) uses Cardano technology and provides a decentralised system for document authentication. As they explained, Blockademia ensures permanent, unchangeable and secure storage of proof of authenticity…

October the 8th, 2021 - The five-year-old Croatian startup Memgraph has received a handsome amount in the form of an investment from no less than Microsoft's M12 fund, as well as from other very well known and highly respected funds. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the promising Croatian startup Memgraph recently announced that they received a seed investment of an enormous 9.34 million US dollars, in which Microsoft's investment fund M12, Heavybit Industries, In-Q-Tel, Counterview Capital, ID4 Ventures and Mundi Ventures all readily participated. The company's executive director, Dominik Tomicevic and technical director Marko Budiselic founded Memgraph just five years ago,…

movo pop-up store opened in Berlin October 7, 2021 - In the famous shopping street Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, along with the world's largest brands, a movo pop-up store was opened. Thus, movo became the first Croatian furniture brand with this format of store in Germany.  movo mobile work units of the domestic company Sobočan, in just one year have been recognized on the market as an excellent solution for all needs of a functional and optimal workspace and awarded with the most important international awards for design and innovation; German Innovation Award winner 2021, Iconic Awards- Innovative interior 2021 and…

October the 4th, 2021 - The Croatian startup scene is still blossoming despite the dire economic situation caused by the pandemic, and the Croatian startup Meddox has something to boast about, having attracting a massive 4000 users in just a couple of months. As Novac/Jutarnji/Bernard Ivezic writes, the Croatian startup Meddox has attracted more than 4,000 users in a mere two months. The first mobile application (app) for storing medical records and one of the first Croatian healthcare startups quietly released its product on the Google Play Store at the end of the summer this year. Off to a fantastic…

October the 4th, 2021 - Waldpass, which is based in Zagreb, has come up with what can be applied as a global solution to a very common road traffic issue - vehicles getting into accidents because of animals present on the roads. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, vehicle collisions with game and other wild animals are among the burning problems for all roads around the world, including right here in Croatia. On the roads, along with small animals, larger animals, such as roe deer, wild boar, foxes, and in rare cases even wolves and bears suffer on the roads. The…

October 1st, 2021 - As in Zagreb, Split, and other Croatian cities, a new bronze sculpture of Šibenik has been officially unveiled and warmly received by city residents. It is a scale sculpture that serves as a miniature of the Dalmatian city, and now adds to its various attractions. As reported by Slobodna Dalmacija, eight hundred kilograms of clay, 1.5 tons of bronze and almost two years of hard work, sculpting, studying the theory of space, mathematics, and geometry were all needed by the Zagreb painter-graphic artist with Šibenik address Zvonimir Vila to create his city plan in volume, a new bronze…

October 1st, 2021 - The film ''Your Pag'' was directed by the experienced Antea Ratković and greatly highlights the attractions of the island, such as its destinations, landscapes, activities, gastronomy, and people. At the recent Viva Film Festival in Sarajevo, it won the Silver Klapa in the tourism category. At the international documentary film festival Viva Film Festival, held in Sarajevo, the promotional film "Your Pag" won second place in the competition of tourist films: the Silver Klapa. The inclusion in the festival program alone was a success in itself because as many as 1,775 films from 131 countries were submitted…