Lifestyle
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Croatian Bread Vending Machine Brand Declared One of World’s Best Design Projects
The renowned design portal LogoLounge recognised the work of Anja Zambelli Čolak as one of the best among 40,000 submissions Croatian designer Anja Zambelli Čolak, founder and Creative Director of Zambelli Brand Design studio based in Rijeka, is winning international acclaim for her work on the Panissimo brand project. LogoLounge, the leading portal specialising in logos and visual identities, included Panissimo’s branding among the world’s best in their 13th LogoLounge book, reports Novi list. Her work on Panissimo was declared one of the best among 40,000 submissions, and it’s the third time that Zambelli’s designs were short-listed by LogoLounge, a…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
WRC Croatia Rally Organisers Expecting as Many as 350,000 Spectators
ZAGREB, 30 Jan 2022 - WRC Croatia Rally, one of the most watched sporting events in the world, returns to Croatia in April for the first time with spectators, who will be able to watch the world's best rally drivers in a total of 20 speed tests through five Croatian counties. Thanks to the excellent organisation of the sporting and accompanying part of last year's debut race, Croatia has been cited many times as a breath of fresh air and a real surprise on the WRC calendar. The organisers were given the opportunity to extend the contract for the event for…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Employment and Housing Biggest Problem for Youths in Split
ZAGREB, 30 Jan 2022 - The results of a survey of 1,370 respondents on the needs of youths in Split were presented in that city earlier this week, confirming that the biggest problems are employment and housing. The survey was conducted on youths aged 15 - 30 who reside, study, or work in Split, in order to develop a city youth programme for the period 2022-2025. Of the 1,370 respondents, 62.20% were female. The issues of employment and housing are causes of great dissatisfaction amongst young people, who are also dissatisfied with the availability of information. Maša Cek of the Association…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Speed, Prices and Quality Customer Service Most Important to Internet Users
ZAGREB, 30 Jan 2002 - Access speed, prices, quality customer service and fast fault removal are most important to internet users in Croatia, while mobile network voice services and internet access are the communication services they use most, according to a survey by the HAKOM regulator. The survey was conducted for HAKOM, the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries, in December by the Ipsos market research agency on 1,001 respondents aged 18 to 65. 98% of respondents use voice services in the mobile network, while the second most used service is internet access (82%). In the fixed network, voice services are used by 65% of…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Zagreb Will Build a Sorting Plant to Solve Garbage Problem
January 30, 2022 - The lack of the habit of sorting garbage is one of the biggest problems regarding waste in the Croatian capital, which is why the city of Zagreb will build a sorting plant in Žitnjak. The waste sorting plant in Žitnjak is planned to be completed in two years and will swallow 120,000 tons of waste per year, which will be sorted by size, color, ballistic and magnetic properties, reports Jutarnji List. The Center for Waste Management (ZCGO), which is the project holder, informed that Zagreb will build a sorting plant worth 392 million kuna, which will be…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Sports Culture in Slavonia: How One Tournament Became a Way of Life
30 January 2022 - Croatia, in comparison to other countries in Europe, is relatively small. However, what’s really beautiful about it is the diversity of every single region in terms of tradition, culture, the mentality of the people, and more. Sport fits that narrative as well. This is a story of how small Slavonian villages lived and still live through sports during summer. A look at sports culture in Slavonia. When it comes to summer in Croatia, most of the residents in Vukovar - Srijem County think about how can they “escape” the unbearable Slavonian heat and relax on the beautiful…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Pleso Airport Police Head and Two Others Being Investigated by USKOK
January the 30th, 2022 - Zagreb's Pleso Airport police head is being investigated by USKOK (Croatian State Prosecutor's Office for the Suppression of Organised Crime and Corruption or Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organised Crime). As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, based on the criminal report released by the Zagreb Police, USKOK issued its decision to open an investigation against three Croatian citizens (born in 1982, 1965 and 1969) about whom there is reasonable suspicion of the commitment of the criminal offenses of the abuse of office, the incitement to commit abuse of office and trading in influence (influence peddling), according to…
Sunday, 30 January 2022
New Croatian Coronavirus Rules to Begin as of February 1st, 2022
January the 30th, 2022 - New Croatian coronavirus rules are set to come into force as of the 1st of February as things are altered to reflect what we know about the Omicron variant. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, after the meeting of the National Civil Protection Directorate with the representatives of the Dr. Andrija Stampar Public Health Institute, statements were given by Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic and the director of the Croatian Institute of Public Health, Krunoslav Capak on the new Croatian coronavirus rules. “As of the 1st of February, we'll extend the decisions which are currently in force. The…
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Panoramic Wheel Set Up in Rijeka, Promptly Mocked by Locals
January 30, 2022 - The new attraction has stirred up controversy due to an unfortunate choice of location A panoramic wheel was set up in Rijeka earlier this week, at a location near the waterfront in the city centre. The wheel is 22 metres tall and has 18 cabins that fit 4-5 people each. It’s the same ferris wheel that was previously installed in Varaždin by the company Fest d.o.o. as part of the Advent programme last year in December. The attraction has now moved to Rijeka for the carnival season, and will remain there until the end of February. …
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Ever Heard of the Bronze Age Diet? Vučedol Archeological Remains Revisited
January 29, 2022 - The Paleo or Stone Age diet is amongst the most popular lifestyle trends in the 21st century, claiming a variety of health benefits including weight loss and improved mental health. But what about our ancestors after the stone age? What were their lifestyles like over the next 3,000 years? A Croatian ancestral burial site may hold some answers. A recent study on remains excavated from the Vučedol archeological site located in eastern Croatia was able to determine the long-term dietary choices, and the type of food that inhabitants consumed during the Bronze Ages. Results point to…
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Meet Vukovar 365, Full of Life: Monika Šrajbek of Vu Life
January 29, 2022 – Meet Monika Šrajbek, the head of tourism at the Vu Life Center, a one-stop shop for medical tourism in Vukovar. With creativity flowing, amazing products that need to be heard of, and most importantly energy to do something significant for tourism in Vukovar, this small business strives to keep up with the times and always offer something new. Vu Life Center is one of the rare attempts of medical tourism in the city, offering aesthetic procedures using modern technology. What once was a private ob-gyn practice became a practice for aesthetic medicine and eventually grew into…
