Made in Croatia

January the 28th, 2020 - Who still remembers the famous fast Podravka train that has been running from Osijek to Zagreb for many years now? Julijana Matanovic also wrote about it, and many travellers dreamed of the soft seats and the friendly conductors who dealt with the tickets with a smile on their faces. Last week, Podravka's most famous brand - the beloved Vegeta - celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. The guests were taken on a rail journey covering six decades (though the train - however, arrived faster) on the route from Zagreb to Koprivnica, and each of the four specially designed…

New protocol by Croatian scientists has strong commercial potential. The research team hopes to join forces with industry partner to successfully complete the commercialization of their innovation. ZAGREB, CROATIA, 27 Jan 2020 - A multidisciplinary team of scientists at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI) in Zagreb, Croatia, has developed a novel protocol in fluorescent labelling of proteins based on unusual photochemical reactivity. The innovative and commercial potential of the new protocol is further backed by the pending patent application in the EU and the USA, whereas a part of the research has been published in one of the leading journals…

January 26, 2020 - The Rimac Automobili roadshow continues, with a room with a view for the new C_Two in Singapore.  If there is one man who seems to be having a lot of fun these days, it is Mate Rimac, the charismatic man behind the Rimac Automobili phenomenon, which has grown from playing around with a car in a garage to one of the most exciting automotive and technology companies in the world in less than a decade. A company which now has A-lister industry investors such as Porsche and Hyundai and - last time I checked - employed…

January 23, 2020 - A Croatian group of scientists from the St. Catherine Special Hospital participated in the publication of yet another remarkable scientific paper, this time explaining the concept of pharmacogenomics testing based on the principles of artificial intelligence. "Pharmacogenomics" is one of the world's leading scientific publications in the field of pharmacogenomics (PGx) and their latest issue included an article titled "Pharmacogenomics at the center of precision medicine: challenges and perspective in an era of Big Data". The authors are a group of the Croatian and American scientists, led by Professor Dragan Primorac, who propose the model of…

As Morski writes on the 17th of January, 2020, the Finnish shipping company Viking Line has announced that it is selling "Amorella", a passenger ship of Croatian production which was constructed in the well known Split shipyard Brodosplit. By the end of 2020, it will be replaced by a new Viking Glory ship arriving from Xiamen Shipyard in China. Amorella sails under the Finnish flag and its home port is Mariehamn, often referred to as the very gateway to the Baltic sea. The sale was confirmed by Viking Line CEO Jan Hanses. Although, he says, there were shipping companies that…

As Lucija Spiljak/Ivan Tominac/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 17th of January, 2020, this year, for the first time, students in Croatia have competed in a new category - as financiers - with the aim of raising financial literacy among young people, and the winner was Dorian Antesic, a young Croat and a first year graduate student at the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka who was awarded 10,000 kuna. The main sponsor of the financiers category is the well known AZ pension funds. “If we want our young educated people to stay in Croatia then besides messages and wishes aimed at…

As Novac writes on the 18th of January, 2020, at the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb, professors and students have designed and patented so-called smart clothing. Among the smart clothing is a jacket that feels and thinks for you, according to a report from Zimo. ''It is no different from ordinary clothing, but when you look inside you can see the built-in chambers that are thermo-insulating,'' explains Dr. Dubravko Rogale. These chambers regulate heat by blowing in or blowing out air. Everything is controlled by a pocket-sized computer. This means that you can choose the temperature you like, regardless…

The Berlin Fair, one of the largest in the world, is a great stage and opportunity to promote Croatian products. Green Week 2020 has already seen an appearance from Croatia's beloved Podravka in the form of a reception for 3500 people. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 17th of January, 2020 the Republic of Croatia is a partner of one of the world's most important fairs of agriculture and food industry, Green Week 2020, which takes place in the German capital city of Berlin from January the 17th to the 26th, 2020, and Podravka, as a leading Croatian food company,…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sasa Paparella writes on the 16th of January, 2020, just a few months after graduation, young Ivan Milkovic decided to transfer the theoretical knowledge he acquired at the Faculty of Economics to doing business in Zagreb, and opened Milky pancakes in Dubrava back in 2014. He used an easy-to-remember derivative of his surname and went into business with 12,000 euros in family savings. In the first five years of its establishment, its brand has expanded not only in Croatia, but also in the surrounding countries - Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania. In all these countries,…

January 16, 2020 - Gifts from Krk is a project of the Krk Tourist Board, which has proven to be the most successful in the Croatian market when talking about defining and encouraging the creation of authentic souvenirs for a tourist destination. HRTurizam writes that it is essential to emphasize that this project focuses on quality and not plastic souvenirs from China. This year, the Krk Tourist Board announced the ninth consecutive tender to apply to be an official souvenir, which will be marked with the ‘gifts from Krk’ stamp. The souvenirs can be works of art and art objects,…