Made in Croatia

January the 21st, 2021 - Croats might well be famous lovers of a good drop of wine, but just how much are they willing to spend on a good Croatian wine? A study reveals all. As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes, women prefer red wines, sparkling wines and rosé wines significantly more than men. This was shown by a study of sociodemographic and individual characteristics of Croatian wine producers and consumers, first conducted in Croatia. The research was conducted by doctors of science, economist Djuro Horvat, psychologist Katarina Sokic and agronomist Robert Brkic. Although a total of more than half of Croatia's…

January the 21st, 2021 - The Croatian platform Einstructions has gone from strength to strength as a result of the home schooling and distance learning choice for children during the pandemic. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, on Monday this week, the second semester started online for most of Croatia's students, which is a short-term solution for now until the epidemiological picture improves. While classes were held online last year, another market was evolving - online instructions. Last November, the first Croatian platform for online instruction - ematematika.hr, was presented, the founder of which is Robert Pavlik, a mechanical engineer who…

January 20, 2021 – Let's be honest, Croatia has a lot more photogenic inhabitants than this. But, from over 120 molluscs registered, the indigenous Croatian species Congeria kusceri have been chosen as one of the top five finalists in this year's Mollusc of the Year competition. There's actually quite a good reason why Congeria kusceri isn't so photogenic – it lives underground. In fact, Congeria kusceri comes from the Congeria genus, which are the only known freshwater underground shellfish in the world. Most of this genus has sadly become extinct. However, three members of the family survive in this region…

January the 20th, 2021 - The Croatian wood industry, more precisely companies operating within this wider sector, have done well despite the ongoing pandemic which caused numerous issues with exports and imports throughout 2020. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, due to their strong export orientation, owing to which this industry has a significant foreign sales surplus, companies from the Croatian wood industry did well in 2020. Despite all of the pressures on needing to have the same or lower sales prices, this sector has proven rather resistant to the coronavirus crisis, and some entities are even planning to invest in…

February 2, 2021 - Croatian entrepreneurial excellence reaches all sectors of the economy. Meet Worcon, shaking things up in the machine tools industry - with a smile.   One of the most interesting and dynamic things happening in Croatia these days is the emergence of an inspiring generation of young entrepreneurial minds who are focusing on developing new tools and products for the global stage. With no time for politics, most have no memory of the Homeland War - indeed many were only born after it finished in 1995. They are firmly focused on their ideas and how to realise them…

January 19, 2021 - While some leaders have social media accounts suspending for allegedly inciting violence, others use it as an effective tool to engage with their audience, leaders such as the man behind the Rimac C_Two. This has to be one of the coolest maps featuring Croatia that I have ever seen.  A map of global car dealerships for Croatia's only car producer. There are more global dealerships for Rimac Automobilii than the number of cars that the company has ever produced. Think about that for the moment.  And even though the number of dealerships is growing, this will…

ZAGREB, 19 January, 2021 - The Swedish owner of the Pervanovo Invest AB flooring factory is building a €200 million state-of-the-art flooring factory in Ogulin, 100 km southwest of Zagreb, and once it becomes operational Ogulin 2 will the world's largest wooden flooring factory, the Bjelin Croatia company said on Tuesday. The new factory Ogulin 2 is being built next to the existing parquet flooring factory Ogulin 1 and will have a production capacity of more than 20 million square metres of flooring per year. The total annual output at Viken, Sweden and Ogulin 2 will be 30 million square metres. The…

January 18, 2021 – Newly released figures examining further education demographics show that Croatian female postgraduate students account for a huge 66.3 percent of all those enrolled at this level in the country Nobody is really sure for just how long women have lived in an imbalanced society. The patriarchal system stretches back thousands of years, favouring male authority and male heirs. It is only within the relatively recent past that we have rightly begun to question the social, legal, political, religious, and economic restraints placed upon women. Key to their continuing emancipation has been equal opportunities in education. In…

January the 16th, 2021 - There is a lot to be said for the innovative Croatian startups which have popped up over recent years, with many gaining global respect and recognition among the biggest players. The Croatian Neostar platform is another story of innovation from Croatia. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Neostar platform is a new platform for selling, buying and maintaining vehicles. Namely, used vehicles can be advertised and sold free of charge for all legal and natural persons, and customers get a transparent insight into the condition of the vehicle, because the innovative Neostar platform inspects as…

January the 15th, 2021 - Lockdown has been a nightmare for most business owners, but some have used the extra time to push forward. Popcorn Factory Zagreb is one of them. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, the idea for Popcorn Factory Zagreb project was born during the first lockdown in March 2020. After six months of preparation and the procurement of all the needed permits, machines and tools, as well as the establishment of a network of suppliers and partners and the equipment of the plant, the production of Croatian popcorn began. Today, the Zagreb Popcorn Factory boasts 12 employees,…