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Thursday, 18 June 2020

VIDEO: Mate Rimac Presents New Production Line for C_Two Prototype Production

As Novac writes on the 17th of June, 2020, Mate Rimac and his company Rimac Automobili have unveiled the next stage in the development of the amazing C_Two car - a brand new production line. At the recently opened Rimac production plant in Veliko Trgovišće, the line will accelerate the production of C_Two prototypes required for final validation and the testing necessary for homologation worldwide. Assembling each C_Two car will take approximately five weeks, halving the production time when compared to the principle of static production, which is a method used by some other supersport car manufacturers. When operating at…
Tuesday, 16 June 2020

Meet HAI! – Project That Showcases Both Heritage And Future

June 16, 2020 – In a world that develops incredibly fast and focuses on the future, one small yet strong Croatian project showcases both heritage and the future. Meet HAI! - Croatian Authentic Toys. Croatian Authentic Toys is a project created in collaboration with the first-year students of Faculty of Architecture, product design, and the Povucizakulturu Association to conceive and design didactic toys that encourage the interactive experience of the game, and which were inspired by Croatian heritage. Didactic material is intended for preschool children who, through play, acquire developmental skills and, at the same time, get to know more…
Sunday, 14 June 2020

Made in Croatia: Zagreb Boy Creates Earthquake Protection System

Many inventions have been made in Croatia, and while Zagreb was continually made to shake by earthquakes, followed by weaker but still noticeable ones, a young boy from Zagreb, Karlo, sat down to think, draw and design. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 13th of June, 2020, when a strong earthquake hit the Croatian capital of Zagreb back at the end of March, many of the city's residents (including me) were still sound asleep. A sudden awakening and the sight of people running out of their homes onto the streets on a cold Sunday morning will be forever etched in…
Saturday, 13 June 2020

First Croatian VC Fund Could Push Investments Forward

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 13th of June, 2020, the very first Croatian VC fund, the Feelsgood Social Impact Investment Fund, has received the final green light to start working and can start things up as far as investments are concerned. The domestic startup fund, worth 30 million euros or a little less than a quarter of a billion kuna, has been collecting all the necessary permits for three years now. Not only will the first Croatian VC fund help startups and their innovations with capital, but it has also become an innovation on the domestic financial market.…
Friday, 12 June 2020

Zagreb Company Presents New Product: Open Space Concept Replacement?

As Lucija Spiljak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 11th of June, 2020, the Zagreb company Dizz Concept, which became famous on both Croatian and foreign markets with its award-winning pop-up kitchen concept, has now presented yet another new product called Office Shell. Office Shell is an innovative workstation that provides isolation and privacy to employees who are working in open-ended offices. The unit is about two metres in diameter and occupies less than four square metres in total. The team from this particular Zagreb company has invested around 300,000 kuna in the project and worked hard on it for about a…
Monday, 8 June 2020

1.5 Million People Download Croatian Gaming Studio Nanobit's Game

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on thr 5th of June, 2020, Nanobit's games have been downloaded more than 130 million times in total, and are being played by over 10 million active players from across all continents of the world on a monthly basis. Nanobit, a Croatian gaming studio from Zagreb, which creates lifestyle, casual and narrative games, is becoming increasingly popular in the Arab world. Nanobit's Hollywood Story game recorded great results just three months after its initial launch. So far, it has been downloaded by more than a million and a half players from as many as seventeen countries in…
Sunday, 7 June 2020

CroAI Sends Brussels Key Guidelines for Legislative Framework on AI

June the 7th, 2020 - The Croatian Association for Artificial Intelligence (CroAI) recently presented its guidelines for encouraging the development of artificial intelligence in Europe as a review of the European Commission's White Paper on Artificial Intelligence, which is in public discussion for another week. In February this year, the European Commission sent a White Paper on Artificial Intelligence out for public discussion so that the interested public could comment on the document indicating what the European legislative framework for this new technology would look like. Throughout the White Paper, the message is that Europe sees the development of AI…
Saturday, 6 June 2020

Cromaris: Croatian Fish Farmers Receive Highest Recognition for Quality

As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes on the 5th of June, 2020, Croatian fish farmers are worth their weight in gold, and Cromaris, which operates as part of the Adris Group, has received recognition for the top quality of its products - the Superior Taste Award. The aforementioned award is the most prestigious award in this food segment in the world, and has been being awarded by the International Taste Institute in Brussels since 2005. Cromaris is the winner of the Superior Taste Award 2020 for all three of its registered products: sea bass, sea bream and meagre. The products are evaluated…
Friday, 5 June 2020

Makarska Promotes Mozambique as #CroatiaLongDistanceLove Goes Global

June 5, 2020 - Summer is coming in the Kingdom of Accidental Tourism. A very nice gesture from the Makarska Tourist Board director to promote Mozambique. One of the big positives of the corona era has been seeing the number of people volunteering their time and expertise to help others. I genuinely think the world became a little bit of a nicer place (readers from the USA, look away now), and that the sense of community has been strengthened as a result. And what a lovely gesture from the Makarska Tourist Board director to promote Mozambique tourism rather than her…
Thursday, 4 June 2020

Janssonius: Brodosplit Building Another Stunning Polar Cruiser

As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes on the 2nd of June, 2020, following last year's delivery of its first polar cruiser Hondius, which completed its first Arctic and Antarctic season, it's time for newbuild (novogradnja) 485 at the Croatian shipyard Brodosplit. Namely, the famous shipyard is working on yet another passenger ship for cruising the polar regions which will be named Janssonius. Janssonius is Hondius' twin ship, and according to Brodosplit's main man Tomislav Debeljak, it is among the rare ships designed for polar expeditions in the world. Like Hondius, Janssonius has been contracted by Oceanwide Expeditions, which specialises in expeditions to…
Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Croatian Company Eco Mobile Provides First Smart Bins for City of Zagreb

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 1st of June, 2020, the City of Zagreb presented contactless smart containers for waste management at European Square (Europski trg) on Tuesday. The products are made by a Croatian company called Eco Mobile, an IT company specialised in the development, production and implementation of advanced information and communication solutions to support processes in waste management. What this Croatian company has designed is a ''green island'' that contains smart bins for paper, plastic, metal packaging and glass, and separate containers for small mixed municipal waste. The system uses a press to compress and reduce…
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