Made in Croatia

ZAGREB December 5, 2020 – With over 9000 students currently enrolled, the Faculty of Economics University of Zagreb is the largest faculty in Croatia. In 2020, this internationally renowned institution celebrates its 100th birthday, so TCN decided to take a closer look. Every other student you meet in Croatia seems to study economy. It makes you wonder where they all go to after their studies are complete. Are there really so many positions for economists in Croatia? In 2020, the Faculty of Economics University of Zagreb celebrates its 100th birthday. The long list of its famous former students gives a…

December the 5th, 2020 - the Porec-based craft brewery Bura Brew has been on the market for five years now, and from the initial three beers they presented to the market, nine eventually came to them - seven types in bottles and barrels and two which come solely in barrels. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, Bura Brew's beers are unfiltered and unpasteurised, and from the very beginning, this craft beer business has had three owners, Alessandro Zecchinati, Claudio Rossi and Veronika Beckers, and during the season they hire another employee. Before heading down the road which would lead them to…

December 3, 2020 – New species, the Dancing Springtail has been videoed performing the fascinating and unique dance from which it takes its name. This recent discovery is so far absolutely unique to one quiet corner of Croatia's Krka National Park It takes all sorts to make the world. In modern-day America, this is more usually said 'It takes all kinds to make the world go round'. But, this famous saying is older than the United States of America. It comes from the Spanish novel, Don Quixote, published in 1605 and written by Miguel de Cervantes - 'de todos ha…

December 3, 2020 – It's been 100 years since Rudolf Fizir, one of the greatest Croatian aircraft designers, came back from Germany to his hometown Ludbreg and started building his own aircraft. Imagine that seaplanes are connecting all Adriatic islands, while every place on the mainland and the islands has its own airfield. Well, a century ago, one Croatian aircraft designer had exactly the same idea. Rudolf Fizir, who was one of the greatest men in Croatian aviation history and the most famous and most effective Croatian aircraft designer, was driven by a great desire of converting landplanes into seaplanes.…

December the 3rd, 2020 - The Croatian Bellabeat, which currently holds an enviably strong position on the market as a data company and has overcome many an obstacle since its founding, has seen a very well known economist from Scandinavia join its already impressive ranks. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Bellabeat is continuing to raise the business it engages in to an even higher level by having economist Jeppe Christiansen join its team. The economist is otherwise world-renowned expert in investment and business circles. Thw world-renowned Scandinavian economist is also a professor at the University of Copenhagen and a…

December 2, 2020 – Streets have been noticeably quieter over recent days, although not by one building in Rijeka and a roadside in Dobrinj, Krk island, where renowned street artist, Zagreb's Lunar, has left two huge new murals The cafes are closed but, what's more, there's a chill in the air. It's not only the lockdown that has made the streets of Croatia more quiet than usual at this time of year. Over recent days, temperatures have dropped to around zero when the sun falls. And it falls early. The light can be gone by 5pm.Rijeka Exercise or a simple…

December the 2nd 2020 - Signify Croatia is an innovative Croatian company with a primary focus placed on sustainable business, encompassing everything from combating climate change to food availability, the circular economy and human safety, security and health. In an interview with Poslovni Dnevnik, Signify Croatia talks about sustainable business, the company's goals and how it succeeds in managing to actually achieve them. Martina Simic Baranovic of Signify Croatia also commented on how their services and products enable savings and singled out solutions from their portfolio that are most effective in combating climate change. She also revealed how much interest…

December the 1st, 2020 - The ongoing coronavirus pandemic might have thrown a proverbial spanner or two in the works for many a Croatian company, with some having to shelve their plans or cancel them entirely as the economic woes as a result of the pandemic took hold, but for entrepreneur Ivan Mrvos, the owner and founder of the incredible Croatian company Include, not everything has been quite so bleak. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Include, which is owned by Ivan Mrvos and is a leading manufacturer of smart solutions for cities, has introduced a new generation of innovative Steora smart benches,…

December the 1st, 2020 - The Q agency, a Croatian company within the IT sector, which is otherwise a blossoming sector in Croatia which could one day provide another set of laurels to lie on instead of just tourism, and although the coronavirus pandemic reigning strong throughout the year, this company has managed to adapt well. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the end of an incredibly tumultuous 2020 is now approaching, marking the drawing to a close of a totally unpredictable and uncertain year that will remain etched in the collective memory of global history. No one could have imagined that…

November the 30th, 2020 - Tomislav Debeljak, the owner and president of the well known Croatian shipyard Brodosplit, has spoken about the effect the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had on his business, and his expectations that more contracts for the construction of vessels, some of which will be global sensations, will continue to be concluded. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Tomidlav Debeljak has stated that in the forthcoming period, Brodosplit will complete the previously contracted polar cruisers, and they're busy constructing four coastal patrol boats that they contracted last year after the OOB-31 ''Omis'' prototype successfully passed all of its testing.…