Made in Croatia
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Croatian Startup Assesses Credit Ratings More Precisely Than Banks
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 28th of October, 2019, one of the founders of McKinsey in Croatia, the former director of the Avenue Mall developer and Marlera golf project has thrown himself into AI. Meet yet another fascinating Croatian startup. The Croatian startup Cantab Predictive Intelligence (Cantab PI) is the new star of the UK financial industry after demonstrating its ability to perform credit risk assessments based solely on transaction data to banks, even in cases where there is no credit history, which is more accurate than the internal algorithms banks currently have. Cantab PI, using artificial intelligence (AI),…
Monday, 28 October 2019
Batela – Croatian OPG Succeeds With Sweet Potato "Nutella"
Diana Prpic works on her estate in Brežani near Karlovac in the continental part of Croatia. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 28th of October, 2019, this young farmer took over an OPG several years ago which was initially launched back in 2003 by her grandmother Mara. The creation of a sweet potato spread amusingly called "Batela" turned everything upside down."A lot has changed. And actually the thing that has changed the most is way I look for the market. Very quickly, I made my offer to customers on Facebook and today we are followed by more than 13,500 people.…
Friday, 25 October 2019
Innovator from Imotski Wins Prestigious Award, Attracts Investor Attention
As Slobodna Dalmacija/Braco Cosic writes on the 25th of October, 2019, young innovator Mario Ljubičić from Runovići near Imotski in Split-Dalmatia County managed to win the prestigious Grand Prix award at the 17th Arca International Innovation Fair in Zagreb. In collaboration with his cousin Ivan Ljubičić, the author of the bicycle software, he won this prestigious award in a competition of more than 200 innovators from across twenty European countries. Mario Ljubičić exhibited his "talking bike", which is as impressive as is the conditions its young creator has put behind it when it comes to potential investors. Croatian innovation quite…
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Croatian Company King ICT Wins Schneider Electrica Award
Croatia is a little country with some impressive acheivements. From the sporting world to the scientific one and everything in between, there's no denying that Croatia outshines many other countries with its talent. One Croatian company from Zagreb has won an impressive award which just goes to further confirm that Croatian innovation is among the best. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ivan Tominac writes on the 23rd of October, 2019, a Zagreb system integrator confirmed its impressive level of expertise as a long-standing partner of a German company. The Croatian company King ICT is truly one of the leaders in implementing innovative business…
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Gligora Cheese Factory from Pag Island Wins 8 Medals!
At this year's World Cheese Awards competition, Sirana Gligora (Gligora Cheese Factory), from Pag island was given a total of 8 medals! The competition was held in Bergamo in Italy, and a record-setting 3,804 competed for the awards. In such a respectable competition, the Croatian cheesemaker was able to get 4 gold medals, 2 silvers and 2 bronze medals. Gold medals were awarded to Pag Cheese, Likotin affinated in maraska cherries, Kolan affinated in olives and Cow ashes cheese. The silvers and bronzes went to the mustard cheese, Žigljen and Liburjan cheeses. This is the most medals won by a…
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Ledo's Ice Cream "Lino Lada" Proclaimed Best in World!
Ledo's ice cream was created in cooperation with Podravka and was launched on the market back in April this year. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 22nd of October, 2019, Ledo's popular ice cream, Lino Lada, has been named the best ice cream in the world by the International Ice Cream Consortium. The competition was held in Sweden where Ledo's products once again stood out thanks to their creativity, ideas and performance technology. Experts were delighted with the unique shape of the Lino Lada ice cream and the innovative soft dressing, but what made this the best ice cream in…
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
First Croatian Humanoid Robot Developed by MVT Solutions - Meet KAI
KAI, or when referred to by its full name ''Knowledge And Innovation'' is the very first Croatian humanoid robot, and just like you and I, it has arms, legs, a body and a head. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 21st of October, 2019, KAI, manufactured and marketed by MVT Solutions, a startup based in Pisarovina, a place not far from Zagreb, is quite unlike any Croatian-made robot to date. The appearance of the KAI robot can be printed on any 3D printer, its software can be customised as desired, since the system it was built on is used…
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Croatia's Most Expensive Wine: Selling Well at 7,400 Euro a Bottle
October 20, 2019 - There are few more fascinating places in Croatia than its easternmost town of Ilok and a prized Traminac with an incredible story. You can have a bottle for just 7,400 euro, but be quick - there are just 182 left for sale. I have been fortunate enough to have travelled extensively all over Croatia in the last few years, learning about its many unique stories and experiences. It really is a country like no other, and it has been a joy and privilege to discover and report on many things I find, often for the first…
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Croatian "Mad Props" Agency Enters Final for International Event Award
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 18th of October, 2019, ''Mad Props'', as the only Croatian agency in this year's selection, made it to the finals in the Corporate Celebration category among dozens of other agencies, competing with seven other agencies from Belgium, Austria, Germany and France for the award. The five-day Maistra event called the ''Grand Opening of the Grand Park Hotel Rovinj & Adris 44 Cup'', which brought together the social and business elite from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June in Rovinj and ended with a spectacular concert by the sea from the global…
Friday, 18 October 2019
Baranja Students Send Letter to President Grabar-Kitarovic: She Replies
October 18, 2019 - Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović has replied to an Erasmus+ team of students from Primary school Popovac, encouraging them to continue their activities with their friends from Norway, Turkey and Romania against plastic pollution. The students from Baranja wrote a letter in which they wanted to hear her thoughts about problems related to using too much plastic in our everyday lives and asked her to talk more in public speeches about that huge problem. Also, they invited her to join them at the conference next April in the Norwegian city of Bergen, where they will meet with other…
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Croatian Fashion Designer Opening Boutique in Zurich
This will be her fourth store, after the ones in Zagreb, Split and Stuttgart, and she also has a web shop from which her products can be shipped to all countries in Europe and America. Croatian fashion designer Aleksandra Dojčinović is about to open a shop in Switzerland, located in the very heart of beautiful Zurich. As Marta Duic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 17th of October, 2019, in addition to the boutique in Stuttgart, Germany, this Croatian designer's brand is also present in a number of smaller foreign concept boutiques, and her plans are to go on to conquer distant…
