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Sunday, 20 December 2020
PHOTOS: Epic Croatia Weather Photography Stuns The World
December 20, 2020 – The 13 winners of the incredibly popular World Meteorological Organization annual competition have just been announced, and two fine pieces of Croatia weather photography are among them. These spectacular images of Croatia weather photography show all 9 Croatian photographs which reached the final in 2020 and all 10 Croatian finalists who similarly stunned the global audience in 2019 Croatia weather photography: the two newly announced winners from the 2020 competitionPhotographer: Sandro Puncet Photo taken: Losinj islandPhotographer: Zrinka Balabanic Photo taken: Pag island Thanks to its popularity as a tourist destination, lots of people are now used…
Saturday, 19 December 2020
Crotaste: New Croatian Food Store Opens in Heart of Zagreb
December the 19th, 2020 - The pandemic has showcased just how heavily we need to turn towards homegrown produce, and one brand new Croatian food store, Crotaste, opened its doors in the very heart of Zagreb to promote domestic products and local OPGs. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, the Crotaste Croatian Food House was opened in the centre of Zagreb in Cesarceva street on Friday. It is a promotional and sales centre whose goal is to provide small and medium-sized Croatian producers from all over the country a place to promote and sell their local products. Crotaste will boast a…
Friday, 18 December 2020
PlanRadar Croatia: 20 Million People Access App Daily
December the 18th, 2020 - PlanRadar Croatia has done well despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis as the world turns more towards digitalisation. This Croatian company developed software for digital documentation in the construction industry, and it expects excellent growth by the end of 2020. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, PlanRadar Croatia, the company that developed the software for digital documentation and communication in the construction industry, expects annual growth of 100 percent in 2020 despite the pandemic. PlanRadar Croatia's software is used within more than 25,000 projects around the world, including some of the most important here in Croatia, such…
Friday, 18 December 2020
Croatian Bio-Mi Only Company in Southeast Europe Making This Product
December the 18th, 2020 - the Croatian Bio-Mi company has succeeded in standing out among the rest owing to the fact that it is among only a few in Europe, and is the only one in this part of Europe to produce one material. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, the Croatian Bio-Mi is the only company here in Southeast Europe, and one of only a few in Europe at all, which produces biodegradable and compostable thermoplastic raw materials that are used for further processing into finished products. As Filip Miketa, co-owner and director of the Croatian Bio-Mi explained, after four…
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Highlander Programme 2021: International Success for Croatian Brand
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes on the 17th of December, 2020, three friends from the Eastern Croatian city of Osijek, Igor Mlinarevic, Jurica Barac and Andrej Mlinarevic, are passionate lovers of mountains and hiking. They officially presented the Highlander programme 2021 in front of the Egyptian pyramids in Giza, not far from Cairo. The organisers of this mountaineering event have devised a Highlander mountaineering story, which is slowly conquering the whole world and becoming a global phenomenon. As they say, the reason for choosing Egypt as the location for the presentation of the Highlander programme 2021 lies in the fact…
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Marine Snow, a Croatian Solution to Remove 20% of Global Annual CO2 Emissions
December 15, 2020 - Could an innovative solution by Professor Stasa Puskaric of RIT Dubrovnik involving marine snow be a game-changer in the climate change battle? I have come to accept my fate. Every time I think I have covered all the best stories of Croatian excellence, along comes another one. I now realise that if I continue to write for TCN for the rest of my life, there will always be just one more inspirational story still to be written. I have also realised another truism. If you surround yourself with positive people and stories, your surrounding environment will…
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Zagreb Primary School Named the Most Active School in Europe!
December 15, 2020 – Thanks to the project "A walk around the Earth" designed by professor Juraj Horžić, Zagreb Primary school "Petar Preradović" won the European Commission's #BeActive award for being the most active school in Europe. As the Ministry of Tourism and Sports reports, today, Minister Nikolina Brnjac received representatives of the Zagreb Primary School "Petar Preradović", professor of physical education Juraj Horžić, and the school principal Denis Žvorac. Their school is the first Croatian winner of the #BeActive award given by the European Commission. The title of the most active educational institution in Europe went to this Zagreb…
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Croatian Innovator from Samobor Achieved Excellent Success in Sarajevo
December 15, 2020 – Young Croatian innovator from Samobor Matija Hržić won third place for his innovation Smart bee scale at the Fair of Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Sarajevo. As Večernji list reports, after conquering the ARCA international exhibition. together with colleagues Lovro Stipanović and Josip Oroz, young Samobor innovator Matija Hržić won third place and the Special Award "Sarajevo 2020" in Sarajevo at the first virtual Fair of Innovations and Entrepreneurship "Sarajevo 2020". His mentor was a teacher at the Vocational High School Samobor and innovator Ivan Vlainić. The award was presented to him by Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac,…
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Croatian Startups Finalists in Regional Air Pollution Reduction Innovation Contest
December the 15th, 2020 - Croatian startups are becoming more and more well known across the world in various different fields, and two in particular have stood out among the rest when it comes to air pollution reduction. As Jozo Vrdoljak/Novac writes, the Croatian startups Jellyfish and CatSolAir System participated in the finals of the regional competition for the best innovation for reducing air pollution in the Balkans - BASF Start-up Science. The team making up the Djakovo startup, Jellyfish, which consists of leader Jurica Perko and members Zvonimir Perko and Dinko Manduric, presented their solution for integrating charging stations…
Monday, 14 December 2020
Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh First in This Part of Europe to Treat Recently Incurable Eye Diseases
December 14, 2020 – Zagreb's Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh is the only one in this part of Europe to use gene therapy to treat recently incurable hereditary eye diseases that cause vision loss, ranking Croatia among only six countries in the world that use this therapy in ophthalmology. As Hina reports, Zagreb's Sveti Duh Clinical Hospital, which became a collaborating center of the World Health Organization last year, is the first regional Center of Excellence for implementing gene therapy for hereditary retinal dystrophies. Patients from about 15 countries, of which more than a third are countries within the European Union,…
Monday, 14 December 2020
Soskic Winery - Croatian "Old Selection" Wines Make it to Canadian Market
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 13th of December, 2020, the new hope for the wine world from Plesivica presented its portfolio at the end of November in Zagreb. The Soskic winery family spoke about their wines and this family business - Sinisa, the man who creates the wines and his sons Leonardo and Vjeko. Their Old Selection line has even caught the eye of the Canadians. "Although many perceive us as a new winery on our wine scene, we're actually part of the very rich history of Plesivica. As a great lover of wine, an electrician by profession, back…
