Made in Croatia

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes on the 30th of October, 2020, the Istrian company Latus, which has been operating since back in 2001, is located in the small town of Orbanici near Zminj, and the initiators of this dairy business, Maja and Sandi Orbanic, are pioneers in this industry because cheese production isn't as popular on Croatia's largest peninsula as the production of wine and olive oil is. Latus, which is family run and boasts about 20 cows, is a continuation of the tradition as the Orbanic's have been engaged in cattle breeding for generations. "It's a type of love…

October 30, 2020 - Fireworks pierced the sky, music filled the air and a striking choreography of colours lit the Vukovar Tower at this evening's grand unveiling© Marko Džavić  Fireworks pierced the night sky, music filled the air and a striking choreography of colours lit the monument at this evening's official unveiling of the renovated Vukovar Tower. In a well-measured and memorable ceremony, the chill of the autumnal early evening was replaced with a myriad of heartfelt emotions. One of the most recognised symbols of remembrance of Croatia's Homeland War, the Vukovar Tower has been under renovation for three years.…

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 27th of October, 2020, this year, the wines of Istria's much loved Agrolaguna - Castello Festigia 2017, Riserva LV 2016 and Cabernet Sauvignon Festigia 2017, returned from Italy, more precisely from the competition "Emozioni dal Mondo: Merlot and Cabernet Insieme'', with gold medals. Vina Laguna's Castello Festigia 2017 also won the award for the best wine from Croatia. "It is a great honour for the second year in a row to win the award for the best wine from Croatia at such a prestigious competition, whose focus is on the black varieties Merlot and…

As Gordana Grgas/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 26th of October, 2020, the Zagreb-based IT company Perpetuum Mobile has developed, in cooperation with Erste Bank, a software solution that enables payment with the Keks Pay mobile application in web shops based on the Magento platform. As Ivo Spigel, co-founder and member of the board of Perpetuum, revealed, this platform is among the strongest and most popular for medium and large clients, it is used by more than 250 thousand web shops across the world, and by about two hundred here in Croatia. The software solution they developed (the so-called extension that…

October 26, 2020 – One of the largest Poskok vipers has been spotted in the area around Vodice, another was filmed hanging from a tree Autumn in Croatia is the time of harvest, when the land gives up its bounty in preparation for winter and spring renewal. Those taking part in the harvest near the Dalmatian town of Vodice are sure to be extra vigilant over forthcoming days as local media has reported sightings of poskok vipers in the local. One local resident detailed to infovodice.com that they had seen a specimen of almost 100cm in length. This is the…

October 25, 2020 - Is it time to hire Croatia's electric car pioneer as a tourism consultant? Great Mate Rimac video promoting like and work in Croatia through the eyes of his employees from 35 countries.  One of the great success stories in Croatia in these troubled economic times is undoubtedly the stunning rise of Mate Rimac and his Rimac Automobili company based in Sveta Nedelja, just outside Zagreb. A one-man company 12 years ago, today Rimac employs over 850 people from 35 countries, and his investors include some of the big names in the global car industry, such as…

ZAGREB October 23, 2020 – Croatian professor Dejan Nemcic is the best geography teacher in the world. He was awarded the status in the annual Global Teacher Awards for the vivid and imaginative way he engages students Croatia has the best geography teacher in the world. Dejan Nemcic from Ivo Andrić Elementary School in Sopot, Zagreb was on Thursday 22 October named as the winner in his class by the annual Global Teacher Awards. He is one of the few winners this year from this part of Europe. After he was named a recipient of the award, Dejan Nemcic was…

October 23, 2020 – Compared to the other 27 participating countries, Croatia ranked eighth in the overall PISA research of global competencies, and Croatian students achieved a significantly better result than the average, according to the results published on Thursday. As Hina reports, this result announcement of students' global competencies completes the seventh cycle of the OECD PISA 2018 research, the National Center for External Evaluation of Education (NCVVO) reported on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Global competencies were examined as a set of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values students need for a harmonious life in multicultural societies, success in a…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes on the 21st of October, 2020, thanks to the sponsorship of the webshop platform Mama Market, the sale of products created within the initiative "Gift with a story/Poklon s pričom" from the Zagreb Rehabilitation Centre (CERZE) has started. Namely, in addition to primary services that include educational programmes and rehabilitation work, CERZE also operates through many international and Croatian projects, programmes and workshops, and one of them is the Gift with a Story initiative. This particular initiative has been created in inclusive workshops where the users of the centre, as part of their occupational therapy,…

October 22, 2020 – Two weeks ago, a 27-year-old man from Vodnjan and one girl started collecting donations for Croatian debtors in a Facebook group. As 24sata reports, since then, he has received hundreds of phone calls and text messages in a Facebook group that he launched called "Blocked and debted people let’s help each other" ("Blokirani i ovršeni pomozimo jedni drugima"). He has already gathered more than 1000 people in that group, and the number continues to grow. As we reported earlier from Hina, the moratorium on debt enforcements ended on Monday, October 19, and the total number of…