Made in Croatia
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Andrej Djukic Wants Winning Prosthetic Hand Project to be Available to Everyone
November 29, 2020 – Young Croatian product designer Andrej Djukic made the best and cheapest hand prosthesis, and thanks to this project, he recently won the Cybathlon world competition. But he does not want to stop there, as his wish is to make his hand prosthesis affordable for everyone. As Dubrovnik.net reports, after four years of development, Andrej Djukic achieved extraordinary success with his hand prosthesis project called Maker Hand. Namely, he received the confirmation that his prosthetic hand is truly the best and most functional by winning the world competition Cybathlon, an international sports competition for people with disabilities…
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Small Koprivnica Company Excels in "Best Donor" Category
November the 29th, 2020 - Sana Delicatessen, a small Koprivnica company with what is clearly a very big heart, has been declared the best donor alongside far larger, much more well known Croatian companies. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, Konzum plus and Dukat received the "Best donor" award, which is being awarded for the third year in a row by the Food Network and MEP Biljana Borzan. The largest donor in the category of small and medium-sized companies, the Koprivnica company Sana Delicatessen, donated food with a sales value of 43,855 kuna, which makes up 0.64 percent of the company's…
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Famed Pag Cheese Producers Turn to Production of Cream Cheese
The famous Croatian Pag cheese producers are known throughout the world, and this company from the island of Pag is turning towards cream cheese production, regardless of the current dire economic circumstances which have arisen as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes, the Pag cheese producers are launching a new investment cycle and, as Martina Pernar, the director of exports and marketing at the company revealed, it is preparing to produce two new products. Pag cheese producers are, as she explained, turning their attention to the globally popular cheese spreads. The company has already invested…
Saturday, 28 November 2020
With 20 BILLION New Shoes a Year, Meet MIRET's 97% Natural Eco Sneakers Collection
November 28, 2020 - With more than 20 billion shoes produced a year, the footwear industry is having a considerable negative impact on the environment. Two Croatian brothers offer a much more natural and sustainable solution - meet the 97% natural MIRET Forest Dark range of eco sneakers. Earlier this year, I was invited to give a TEDX talk in Koprivnica. Among the other speakers were two brothers who I had been planning to catch up with for some time, ever since I had heard them pitch their revolutionary eco-shoe business at a Croatian startup pitch at a diaspora conference…
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Croatian Musician Thana Alexa Pavelic Nominated for Grammy
November 28, 2020 – With her second solo album, ONA, Croatian American musician Thana Alexa Pavelic explores her Croatian heritage. It's just been nominated for a Grammy! Here's an introduction to a singular talent and the sound of her Croatian roots The songs of Croatian American jazz musician and singer Thana Alexa Pavelic have never sounded more like her life experience. On her second album, 'ONA', we finally hear her Croatian roots colliding with the cool, considered and contemporary world of the New York jazz scene. Legendary for its jazz for over 70 years, the city of New York is…
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Learning Croatian with the Professor of Hvar Dialects: Lesson 1 - The Dalmatian Grunt
November 28, 2020 - Learning Croatian is very easy if you have the right teacher. And it doesn't come any easier than Lesson 1 - the Dalmatian Grunt. Just over nine years ago, a few weeks after I started the Total Hvar blog which was the founding digital stone of TCN, I was having a coffee with my good friend, Frank John Dubokovich, at the Total Hvar HQ at Cafe Splendid on the main square of Jelsa on the island of Hvar. It was November, the square was quiet, and a long Dalmatian winter was ahead of us, somewhat devoid…
Saturday, 28 November 2020
Medjimurje Oak Barrels Storing Wine in Europe, Even in Distant Australia
November the 28th, 2020 - Australia is about as far away as far away can get in relation to Croatia, but for Medjimurje oak barrels which are being used to store wine on the other side of the planet, no distance is too far. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes, Bacvarija Pozvek from Dunjkovac in the municipality of Nedelisce in beautiful Medjimurje guarantees that the wine stored in their Medjimurje oak barrels will keep well and remain drinkable for a very long time. Neven Pozvek is the director of this company, which has successfully transformed from a trade in a…
Friday, 27 November 2020
Huge Zagreb Christmas Tree Arrives in Time for Advent
November 27, 2020 – A towering Zagreb Christmas tree has been placed on Trg bana Josipa Jelačića in the heart of the Croatian capital. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas A towering Zagreb Christmas tree has been placed on Trg bana Josipa Jelačića. It arrives in time for the start of the Advent season, which begins officially this weekend. Standing between 15 metres and 20 metres in height, the Zagreb Christmas tree is so impressive it might just rival the famous statue of Josip Jelačić himself as the most eyecatching monument on the square. By the time its…
Friday, 27 November 2020
Zagreb Company Neuralab Proclaimed Best Agency in World in This Category
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes on the 26th of November, 2020, the Zagreb company Neuralab has been named the best agency in the world for the development of WordPress eCommerce solutions. Their work has been recognised by the WordPress community worldwide, and in addition, Neuralab is the only agency in all of Central and Eastern Europe to become a WordPress VIP partner agency. The founder and director of Neuralab, Kresimir Koncic, pointed out that this prestigious recognition will open new doors for the agency and also for their clients. Because of this certification, they now have access to tools, processes,…
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Inspiring Croatia's Next Generation: 2nd Entrepreneurial Mindset for Youth on Friday
November 24, 2020 - The second edition of Entrepreneurial Mindset for Youth takes place this week, as Croatia's top entrepreneurs will inspire the next generation. There are only two main things wrong in Croatia today - the system and the mindset. Changing the system is only possible if we change the mindset, and there are several great initiatives out there which are aiming to do just that. One of the best such initiatives in recent years has been the Poduzetnik Mindset (Entrepreneurial Mindset) conference, which first took place last year. Some of Croatia's biggest entrepreneurial minds shared their experiences of…
Thursday, 26 November 2020
First Croatian Popcorn Factory Produces Healthy Version of This Snack
November 26, 2020 – The popcorn from the first Croatian popcorn factory is made exclusively from home-grown ingredients, without using additives, and comes in many different flavors. As Jutarnji list reports, Zagreb got its first popcorn factory a little over a month ago. Behind this great project called PopUp Corn is Marijan Babić, who came up with the idea of opening the first Croatian popcorn factory while preparing another snack during the spring lockdown. "The idea was to create a snack that people won't be afraid to give to children because they don't know how it's made, but also that…
