Made in Croatia

April the 28th, 2021 - One Croatian economics student, Dorian Antesic, has decided to see how interested he can get today's youth of Croatia interested in finances and money with his new podcast - Pricajmo o novcu (Let's talk about money). As Ivan Tominac/Novac writes, blogs are typically the choice of many young people today, and the topics talked about on blogs are often contemporary and lifestyle related. They are also read by Dorian Antesic, who we recently interviewed, and who is also the first winner of the Croatian Smart Croatia competition in the Financier category. In fact, by launching…

April 27, 2021 - Varaždin pumpkin oil, the first such protected oil in Croatia, has once again confirmed its global value and quality. At the prestigious 60th-consecutive world competition in the quality of food products Monde Selection in Brussels, Varaždin pumpkin oil won as many as three gold medals for quality! As the Croatian Tourist Board reports, gold medals were won by OPG Kolenko from Nedeljanec, OPG Kurtek from Šemovac and OPG Vidaček from Seljanec. They received several praises for their products from members of the Judging Committee consisting of top experts - Michelin-starred chefs, members of the French Culinary Academy…

April the 27th, 2021 - When it comes to Croatian startup investments, things have been going excellently in the first three months of 2021 despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis and all of the economic woes it brings with it. As Bernard Ivezic/Novac writes, In the first quarter of 2021, Croatian startup investments reached more than one billion kuna in total, as was stated in the analysis of Novac.hr. Although the figure stands at more than 170 million US dollars, it isn't a total amount because the value of some major transactions hasn't yet been made public. Some examples of figures that…

April the 27th, 2021 - The Zagreb IT company Q, one of the fastest growing such companies about which much has been written in recent times, has gone one step further with their developments and have come up with something innovative for the medical field. As Novac writes, one of the fastest growing European IT enterprises, the Zagreb IT company Q, has recently developed a futuristic product for the medical field. It is a software solution that helps a donated kidney find its suitable recipient more easily and more quickly. More specifically, according to the company's statement on the topic,…

April 26, 2021 - Rimac C_Two against Porsche Taycan - which is faster? Mate Rimac races to find out.  Mate Rimac published a video of the race between the Rimac C_Two and Porsche Taycan Turbo S on the runway of the airport in Nova Gorica. The C_Two he drove was one of only five prototypes, Rimac said, and announced that he would invite journalists to test it in the coming weeks. Rimac C_Two will not be the official model name, though Rimac said it will be announced soon.   "The car is not finished yet, there is still room for…

April the 25th, 2021 - The Croatian SIMORA (Sisak-Moslavina County Development Agency) has gone from strength, and with award and enormous investments to boast of, it seems that the sky is the limit for the agency. "The concept you came up with in Croatia related to the gaming industry is brilliant, and it should be followed!" was an important message stated as the Croatian SIMORA accepted the award for the best European development agency in 2020 from the president of the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA), Roberta DallOlio. At the same time, this is the first award to have ever…

April 24, 2021 - The famous Croatian sculptor Nikola Vudrag was in Varaždin, his hometown, where his Nikola Tesla statue, the largest in the world, found its permanent home. As Jutarnji.hr reported, a special occasion was held in Varaždin on Wednesday, where Mayor Ivan Čehok presented the Nikola Tesla statue, the work of renowned Croatian artist Nikola Vudrag. The iron statue of 12.5m high, 4.5m wide statue and weighing almost 4 tons, is now the largest statue in the world dedicated to the Croatian genius. Credits: Pixsell The artist Nikola Vudrag is an artist born in 1989 in Varaždin, and…

April the 23rd, 2021 - The Queen Cow milk brand (Kravica kraljica) is the newest Croatian milk brand to come out of a successful year for the Osijek Belje factory which managed to retain most of its workforce despite the economic woes caused by the pandemic. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, if you've been following the business news in Croatia you'll likely recall that not so long ago, a relatively well known company called Belje took over the Osijek-based Meggle dairy factory, managing to keep hold of about 250 subcontractors and about 90 employees, according to a report from Danica.hr. The…

April 23, 2021 - The Total Croatia Travel INFO (TCTI) Viber community, in partnership with Manjgura and Mediacor, has won the 2021 HUOJ International Grand PRix Award for Crisis Communication. It was a project with no money, an unbelievable amount of work, and no official recognition, interest or thanks.  Blood, sweat and tears, with a total investment of just 2,000 kuna (US$320) that generated more than 10 million euro of tourism spend for the Croatian economy in 2020.  And that is without counting the free PR for Croatia, including a visit organised for ABC News, which led to 6 features…

April the 22nd, 2021 - Samobor mobile homes are being shipped to Sweden and gaining more and more attention to this otherwise little known fact about Croatia - that it produces quite a significant amount of mobile homes. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, until recently, little was known about Croatian mobile home production but it turns out that it is quite the fruitful sector, which we realised the extent of only with the recent earthquakes having taken place, the worst being in Petrinja back in December 2020. Among the most developed brands is Samobor's Nord Produkt, a leading Croatian manufacturer…