Made in Croatia

February the 4th, 2021 - The Croatian Highlander brand has gained international recognition and praise, and now money has been placed where the mouth is in the form of the brand's very first investor. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Highlander brand is an interesting new mountaineering experience, created by a team of recreational mountaineers and nature lovers from the Eastern Croatian city of Osijek, who recognised the beauty of Croatia in its stunning mountain peaks and roads. "Highlander is an adventure of a lifetime" - say the organisers Igor Mlinarevic, Jurica Barac and Andrej Mlinarevic, three friends from Osijek, who…

February 3, 2021 – Mr Plenkovic smiled warmly as he was presented with a special edition Vegeta carton, which replaced the face of its famous chef's mascot with his own. He was on a visit to the makers of the world-famous condiment When it comes to Croatia's most-famous brands, the cooking condiment Vegeta is pretty much at the top of the tree. Its instantly-recognisable blue packaging and iconic chef's head mascot can be seen at supermarkets across much of the world. No wonder, then, that Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic smiled warmly and laughed when presented with a special edition…

February 2, 2021 – In an admirably understated manner, Pozega-Slavonia hunters humbly pitched in to the relief efforts and sent two tons of game to those in the earthquake-affected area of Sisak-Moslavina It's fair to say that in this day and age, hunters often get a bad rep. There are far more people in the world today who abstain from eating any meat – vegetarians and vegans – than those who go hunting. Changing times. For sure, it wasn't always this way. In Croatia, hunting associations play a vital role in maintaining the beauty and accessibility of the country's rural…

February 2, 2021 – According to the Ministry of Culture and Media's decision, the traditional dessert samoborska kremsnita, as well as the transfer of skills, practices, and traditions of confectionery, has received the status of an intangible cultural good. It will be inscribed in the Register of Protected Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Croatia. As reported from the City of Samobor, the most popular local dessert, samoborska kremšnita, is now legally protected as an autochthonous Samobor and Croatian brand. As of January 18, 2021, samoborska kremšnita wears the title of intangible cultural property of Croatia. As the Ministry explained,…

February 2, 2021 - Fantastic recognition for a great Croatian product, as MIRET eco sneakers take sustainable fashion gold at the 2020 International Design Awards. It is always nice to see a Croatian success story growing stage by stage.  It is now over two years since I first came across two very cool brothers from Duga Resa, making an even cooler product - innovate eco-sneakers for their MIRET brand. Having been raised in the shoe industry, which produces over 20 billion shoes a year, Hrvoje and Domagoj Boljar wanted to produce a more sustainable product for the industry.  Progress has…

ZAGREB, 31 January, 2021 - Chemists at Zagreb's Ruđer Bošković Institute have developed a new method for the efficient degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, thus earning Very Important Paper (VIP) status and the cover page of the ChemSuSChem journal for their study. The IRB says in a press release the latest results of research by IRB chemists show that mechanochemical milling and ageing, as two complementary solid-state techniques, have the potential for alkaline degradation of waste PET plastics and PET textile on larger scales as well. PET is a synthetic polyester widely used in the production of soft-drink bottles and textile fibres. PET…

February 1, 2021 – The Adriatic might be too cold for us right now, but conditions are perfect for this dolphin family, spectacularly captured gliding through glacial, undisturbed waters by an overhead drone The Adriatic might be too cold for us right now, but conditions are perfect for this dolphin family, spectacularly captured gliding through glacial, undisturbed waters by an overhead drone The footage of the dolphin family was captured spectacularly by keen amateur drone photographer Davor Miljkovic. Davor, who is from Zapresic, usually puts his eye for aesthetics into website design – he works as a PHP website…

February 1, 2021 – A bold declaration of love that first captured hearts in the city of Split has now travelled all across Croatia, as one city resident requested the hand of his beloved in a billboard proposal Dominating the skyline on the city's northern shores, Poljud is perhaps the best known - and most visually impressive – football stadium in Croatia. Holding near 35, 000 people and boasting sleekly curved roofs on opposite sides, you can't help but admire the relatively modern arena when it is in eyesight. But, over recent days, the gaze of city residents has drawn…

February the 1st, 2021 - One beautiful Medulin lote tree, known as the oldest lady of Medulin (Najstarija Medulinka), is up for European tree of the year for 2021. Here's how you can vote for this beautiful Medulin lote tree. As previously covered in TCN, this year, the Republic of Croatia will be represented by the winner of the national competition ''Croatian Tree 2020 - The Oldest Medulinka''. It is a 115-year-old lote tree (Celtis australis L.), often referred to as a European nettle tree among other names, which was nominated by the Public Institution for the Management of Protected Areas…

February the 1st, 2021 - Step back in time to ancient Zadar, or perhaps it's better to call it ancient Jader, back in the times when it was under the iron fist of Roman rule. As Morski writes, it took Stipan Ujdur from Opuzen in southern Dalmatia six months of intensive work on 3D modelling to complete the video animation and modeling of ancient Zadar/Jader ie today's City of Zadar as it looked back in Roman times. ''Frane Bili from Zadar will programme applications for smartphones and VR glasses in his MediaUp studio, so ancient Zadar will be completely processed…