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April the 20th, 2023 - The very first Dalmatian startup acceleration programme is set to launch in autumn this year, and Digital Dalmatia (Digitalna Dalmacija) is planning to provide the Dalmatian startup scene with a much needed spring in its step. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, Digital Dalmatia is currently busy arranging the launch of the first Dalmatian startup acceleration programme in the City of Split. The plan is for the programme to be launched this autumn, more specifically in October, and negotiations are currently underway with several foreign partners. The goal, as explained by Damir Brcic, the head of Digital…

April the 20th, 2023 - The Croatian IN2 Group (Grupa) had a very successful year last year, and with growth looking promising and their number of employees on the up, it seems that 2023 will be another good year. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Tanja Ivancic writes, the Croatian IN2 Group which deals with software ended the year 2022 with total operating revenues in the amount of 33.6 million euros, which marks enviable growth of 23 percent when compared to 2021. The increase in their overall income was achieved through inorganic growth, more precisely through the acquisitions of the companies MCS Grupa and Libusoft…

April 19, 2023 - Whisper it quietly, but more and more people are relocating to Croatia from the diaspora. In a new TCN series, we meet them to find out how they are faring and what advice they have for others thinking of making the switch. Next up is Klara Đurkin, who moved from Boston to Cakovec.  My name is Klara Đurkin, and I am a 29-year-old Croat who decided to leave Croatia right after high school. The decision did not come suddenly, as I had attended summer schools around the UK and US since I was 13 and truly enjoyed…

April 19, 2023 - A delightful evening of fine Croatian food and wine, as the Gault&Millau 2023 edition of Croatia's top restaurants. I have a terrible memory for faces, and I always get a little anxious when I get invited to a big event with hundreds of people in the same room, many of whom I will have met in a different context. It has got me into some embarrassing situations over the years, but occasionally I see a face I haven't seen for a decade and the brain clicks. And so it was last night, as the highlight of…

April 19, 2023 - Croatia received the first franchise directly related to the tourism sector - the consulting company for the development of quality in tourism Feel IQM d.o.o. with the IQM Destination project, has developed a tourist destination management franchise that is already attracting significant interest from many tourist countries, including Brazil and Saudi Arabia. As Poslovni writes, the franchise was developed in cooperation with the Čolak Franchise Consulting Group, from which they say that this project will not only set new standards in tourism but also contribute to the promotion of Croatia as a tourist destination. The IQM…

April the 19th, 2023 - In this edition of How to Croatia, I'm going to take you through what you need to do when it comes to applying for and (hopefully) being granted Croatian international protection. This status afford the holder certain rights, so let's delve deeper. First of all, what is Croatian international protection? Croatian national protection doesn't really differ all that much from international protection offered by the vast majority of European countries. It is designed to safeguard the rights of refugees and other such groups and individuals who are fleeing war, persecution or unrest. It gives the…

April 19, 2023 - As of today, Croatia has 1,812 people missing from the Homeland War. After 30 years of waiting, four families from the Vukovar area identified the remains of their loved ones. As 24Sata writes, in the mass grave of Šarviz dola near Negoslavci, discovered in February of this year, at least ten remains of people killed in the Homeland War were exhumed, and DNA analysis has identified four people so far. These people were Ilija Krivić (59), Antun Šter (29) and Josip Bali (41) from Vukovar, and Ivan Ilanić (58) from Berk. Their families came to the…

April 19, 2023 - The Museum of Illusions - a globally renowned project born in Croatia, is embarking on an aggressive global expansion. The ambitious team of Metamorfoza, which is in charge of business expansion, aims to have 100 such museums worldwide in its portfolio by the end of 2026. As Poslovni writes, the Museum of Illusions currently has 42 locations from Zagreb through New York, Dubai, Milan, and Paris, in 25 countries. Such intensive expansion was accompanied by strengthening the team that globally manages the brand from Croatia. So, for example, last year in Charlotte, North Carolina, they opened…

April 18, 2023 - A new tourist season is upon us, and there are a number of quality additions to the Croatian tourism offer. In a new series on TCN, we take a look, starting with the new star of the Split waterfront, Hotel Ambasador. The social media posts are increasing in number. A new hotel, a new restaurant, a new tour operator offering something truly unique. The 2023 season is expected to be epic in Croatia, and with several quality new offerings emerging, there should be a little bit of extra choice this year.  So what and where are…

April 18, 2023 - Croatia has a multitude of individual gourmet experiences, including the fabulous oyster tasting on a private floating island just off Mali Ston.  It is only a tiny place, and nearby Ston is not much bigger, but Mali Ston and its neighbour really do pack a lot into their tourist offer.  Here you can find the expansive salt works that used to generate 35% of the annual revenue for the Republic of Ragusa, as Dubrovnik used to be known, as well as what some claim as the largest fortified wall still in existence outside China - the…