ZAGREB, 18 March, 2021 - Eminent French-Belgian playwright, writer, director and actor Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt was a guest at the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb on Wednesday.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one the most widely read living Francophone authors in the world, whose works have been translated into 46 languages, including Croatian, and staged in over 50 countries.

This is the author's first visit to Croatia and it is the culmination of the Rendez-Vous at Francophonie 2021 project, a part of the programme of the Francophonie Month on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the French Institute in Zagreb.

He spoke about his works and his attitude towards art, and the focus of the conversation was on Schmitt's most famous and translated work, the short novel "Oscar and the Lady in Pink" from his Cycle of the Invisible series dedicated to childhood and spirituality.

The author also spoke about his latest book, "Paradis Perdus".

On Thursday, 18 March, Eric-Emmanuel Scmitt will perform in Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre in the adaptation of his story "Mr Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran", a text which has travelled the world, has been published in 50 countries and staged numerous times in different languages. The first Croatian performance of the famous play is the result of cooperation between the French Institute in Zagreb, Wallonia-Brussels International and the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.

During his visit to Zagreb, on 17-19 March, the author will also meet with Croatian students and teachers of the French language.

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ZAGREB, 17 March, 2021 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange indices slipped on Wednesday by about 0.7%, falling for the second straight day amid a poor trading day of just over HRK 3 million.

The Crobex fell by 0.73% to 1,863 points and the Crobex10 fell by 0.68% to 1,172 points. Both indices dropped for the second day running.

All sector indices dropped too with the construction index falling the most by 5.93%. 

Regular turnover was a mere HRK 3.3 million or 2.2 million less than a day earlier.

Not one stock crossed the million kuna mark.

The highest turnover of HRK 676,000 was generated by the HT telecommunications company with the price of its shares plunging by 1.79% to close at HRK 192.50.

(€1 = HRK 7.6)

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March 17, 2021 - As the final arrangements are being finalized to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day one more year in several countries around the globe, here is everything you need to know about how one of the world’s most popular holidays will be celebrated in Croatia.

Each 17th of March, the Irish population and the Irish diaspora around the world commemorate the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity there. The holiday has evolved over time to become a worldwide display and celebration of Irish culture, through colorful parades, special foods, dancing, drinking, and very importantly, a whole lot of GREEN.

Although there will be no mass parades and celebrations this year due to the COVID-19 situation, Tourism Ireland is ensuring that this important day can be celebrated safely all around the world. As a matter of fact, they’re proud to announce that a record has been set in their 12th annual ‘‘Global Greening’’ initiative here in Croatia, both in municipalities and the number of sites participating. Thus elevating the number of municipalities to nine (9), and the sites across the country to fourteen (14). Next, we will share the details of the celebrations that will be held in each of them:

• Zagreb: the Croatian capital is going ‘‘green’’ for the fifth time this year. Among the sites that will change their colors will be the Zagreb fountains, the Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Klović Palace Gallery, and the Meštrović Pavilion.

• Rijeka: also remains a strong supporter of the ‘‘Global Greening’’: Trsat Castle, the ‘‘Molo Longo’’ port cranes, and the fountain in the Adriatic Square will once again link Croatia and Ireland.

• Split: the Dalmatian city will light up its fountain in front of Prokurative.

• Dubrovnik: for the very first time, the ‘‘Pearl of the Adriatic’’ will include the Small Onofrio Fountain in the celebration.

• Zadar: this year, its ‘‘greening’’ will be moved to the ‘‘Greetings to the Sun’’ installation.

• Pula: the Istrian city is also changing its contribution this year - the roundabout at the entrance to the city will show its citizens and visitors that the city celebrates its Irish link.

• Varaždin: the northern city is back for a second time, as the Croatian National Theatre will be the city’s ‘‘green representative’’ this year.

• Hvar: it is one of the two Croatian newcomers to the initiative, and its Fortica will be quite a sight in their first year celebrating St. Patrick's Day.

• Oriovac: the other first-time participant and the only Slavonian municipality taking part, will green its Turkish fountain.

When will you be able to witness the greenings of the fourteen sites across the country? On St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday, 17 March at 19:00! Be sure to be there at nightfall with your camera, and the right company!

More information on the 12th annual Global Greening initiative can be found at Tourism Ireland’s site. 
For additional information regarding the Global Greening in Croatia, feel free to contact Bernard Vrban, Public Affairs Officer, at +385 (0)91 627 8934 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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March 15, 2021 - The latest flight news as Aegean Airlines postpones Croatia flights and TAROM launches a second charter to Dubrovnik. 

Croatian Aviation reports that Greek airline Aegean Airlines has postponed the start of flights to Croatia.

Due to the impact of the global pandemic and current travel restrictions, Aegean Airlines has canceled all flights to Zagreb and Dubrovnik previously announced from the end of March.

Direct flights between Zagreb and Athens are now available from May 29 (instead of March 31), while flights to Dubrovnik have been delayed until June 1.

There are no direct flights to Split

Only two months ago, the Greek national carrier published information that in the summer of 2021, it plans to operate four times a week on the Athens - Split - Athens line.

The first flight was announced for May 18 (A319 aircraft), but the company, surprisingly, withdrew all flights between Split and Athens for this summer! There were almost 24 thousand seats on offer. Still, Aegean has decided not to operate between the two mentioned cities in the upcoming summer season and to keep operations only to Dubrovnik and Zagreb.

Considering that Aegean did not operate in Croatia last year, there is a possibility that all flights from Athens will be canceled this year as well, which will primarily depend on the bookings on the two routes.

To enter Greece, you currently need to fill out a PLF form and have a negative PCR test no older than 72 hours. The test must be in English and contain the passenger's name and the number of the passport or identity card.

Furthermore, Croatian Aviation reports that just a month after announcing the charter route between Bucharest and Dubrovnik, the Romanian airline TAROM will introduce another route for the same tour operator.

In addition to the regular charter line Bucharest - Dubrovnik - Bucharest, which should start operating in June, the Romanian national airline will introduce another route to Dubrovnik.

It is a new charter line from the fourth largest city in Romania, which will be in operation for almost 5 months in the upcoming summer season.

From June 4 to October 15, once a week, every Friday, TAROM will operate on the Cluj - Dubrovnik - Cluj line using aircraft type ATR 72-600 with a capacity of 72 passengers. 

It is the same tour operator that already offers tourist arrangements on the line from Bucharest to Dubrovnik. Due to high demand, the company decided to introduce a charter line from Cluj.

Before the pandemic, Croatia Airlines operated on a regular route between Bucharest and Zagreb in the summer flight schedule. Still, it did not operate last year and obviously will not this year either. There are currently no regular lines between the two countries in the announcement for this year.

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ZAGREB, 13 March 2021 - The average wage earned in December in the City of Zagreb totalled HRK 8,162, rising 6.9% in nominal terms in comparison to December 2019, according to data recently provided by the city's office for the development of Zagreb.

Thus, December's average take-home pay in the capital city was 1,163 kuna or 14.25% higher than the Croatian average wage of HRK 6,999 for the last month of 2020.

Broken down by type of activity, Zagreb's highest average net pay for December was in the exploitation of crude oil and natural gas sector, amounting to HRK 20,283.

The average gross salary for December in Croatia's capital city was HRK 11,305, up 5.2% on the year.

(€1= HRK 7.5)

ZAGREB, 13 March 2021 - The leader of the Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS) party, Anka Mrak Taritaš, on Saturday announced her intention to run for the mayor of Zagreb.

The slogan of her campaign is "Change I am not Afraid of".

Presenting her programme, Mrak-Taritaš, said that there had been too many flippant projects and "we should seriously get to work."

Mrak-Taritaš said that her party had initially negotiated with the We Can party about a coalition for the Zagreb mayoral race and later with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and admitted that the negotiations with both parties had failed.

The GLAS chief dismissed remarks from the press that her election platform resembled that of the We Can political group. Mrak Taritaš answered that she had had that platform and pursued the same policy four years ago when she was defeated by a small margin by Mayor Milan Bandić, who was re-elected to the post.

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March 14, 2021 – In our Croatian Graduate Perspective series, we spoke with Karla in Zagreb. She thinks that the same quality of education is not provided in all parts of Croatia and that there should be more job opportunities in all parts of the country, not just in big cities. "We have to work on having all children get the same access to education, especially in today's digital world," says Karla, and this is her story.

With many young people emigrating from Croatia, what keeps those who decided to stay (at least for now)?

The emigration of young people from Croatia in search of better business opportunities and living standards, unfortunately, is a well-known story. Each of us young people in Croatia knows at least a few people from their environment who, at one point, said that enough was enough and decided to seek happiness somewhere abroad.

According to official Eurostat data, from 2015 to 2019, Croatia's population decreased by 4.26 inhabitants per 1,000 citizens only thanks to emigration. Therefore, the Croatian emigration rate is the second-worst in the European Union (after Lithuania).

These data indicate that economic prosperity influences population decisions to emigrate. Besides, due to the exodus of the young and working population, there is an additional reduction in GDP per capita that closes the cycle of poverty and decline in Croatia.

However, there are many who are aware of the poor position of young people in Croatia but still do not want to give up and decide to stay in Croatia. We're wondering what do those young people, recent graduates, think about this whole situation and what are their reasons for staying in Croatia.

We continue our series with Karla from the capital of Croatia.

First of all, please introduce yourself. What are you studying/what did you study? Do you have a job currently? 

Hello to all of your readers! My name is Karla, and I am currently working on my Masters' Degree in Social Work at the University of Zagreb. Also, I am doing administrative work in one NGO as my student job.

What is it like being a student/recent graduate in Croatia during this coronavirus era?

I attended my last semester of undergraduate studies and I will attend my full year of graduate study from home. My faculty's building was ruined in the big earthquake that occurred last March in Zagreb, so that was the second reason we had classes online. My studies are based on a lot of practical work in various institutions, NGOs, and hospitals, so we lacked that aspect of studying, which is usually the best part. Also, that social component of having a coffee or lunch after classes were missing.

The building of the study center for social work at the University of Zagreb / Source: Unizg.hr

What are your experiences searching for a job in your profession in Croatia?

To become a social worker in Croatia, you are supposed to do a year-long internship in a Government institution to take a professional exam. Considering that, I have not yet searched for a job in my profession. Still, I am checking webpages of ministries and institutions to see how often they post job applications for interns.

What do you think of the Croatian Government's efforts to provide opportunities for graduates?

Graduates are great potential as they are willing to work and are hungry for practical knowledge. The Government should use that on behalf of all parties. Employers should be more stimulated to take graduates. In that way, companies will get motivated workers, and young people will get work experience crucial for getting the desired job in the future.

Many young people your age decide to emigrate from Croatia to find a better job opportunity and/or life standard. What do you think about it?

I know many young people who left Croatia because they found jobs abroad, not just better-paid jobs, but also workplaces where they are respected and valued. Now, they are not even thinking about returning when they compare working conditions abroad and here. On the other hand, young people are coming back because they were not happy. It depends on the person and the culture that person enters. I don't see anything wrong in trying and finding out what is suitable for you.

In your opinion, what would encourage young people to stay in Croatia?

Something that would encourage young people to stay in Croatia is job stability, which is currently lacking. Having that stability, young people would be able to plan a future in Croatia. Also, there should be more opportunities in all communities, not just in big cities.

Have you ever considered moving out of Croatia and why?

I see myself living abroad for a certain period of time, but definitely not forever. I want to experience working and living in some other country for a couple of months or years. For example,  I plan to spend a few months working in the USA this year if the coronavirus pandemic situation allows me to. I would love to use the knowledge and skills acquired abroad to do something beneficial at home.

As a recent graduate, what is your impression of the education system in Croatia? What do you think is good about it and what could be better?

We have witnessed some outstanding achievements of young people from Croatia in international competencies and academic results. After finishing primary and high school in Croatia, you get a wide range of knowledge and an excellent base for further education. Still, the same quality of education is not provided in all parts of the country. We have to work on giving all children the same access to education, especially in today's digital world where not all children have access to the internet and technology. In higher education, I would like to see more problem–solving and less studying a considerable amount of information that we don't use in practice.

Zagreb by Romulić and Stojčić

Based on your own experience, can you say that everything is possible in Croatia if you work hard, work on yourself, are educated and ambitious?

I would agree with this statement! I believe we Croatians are supportive of each other. From time to time, when someone succeeds abroad or at home, you can read articles about their path of success. Of course, some branches are underdeveloped, and it is very difficult to succeed in them without law or structural change, but you know what they say – nothing is impossible, for impossible, you just need more time.

If you could change only one thing in Croatia, what would it be, and why do you think it's important?

I want more people to acknowledge that change can be good. It helps us grow. Things are not meant to stay the same for decades.

As a young Croatian, what are you most proud of in Croatia?

Except for our beautiful nature and tradition, of course, something I am really proud of is our sense of unity, especially when a difficult situation occurs. We have seen it in the past few years more than several times. But even when we fight against floods, earthquakes, fires, or pandemics, we do not lose our sense of humor and cheerful spirit.

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of Croatia, and will it be a better or worse place for your children?

I am very optimistic about the future of Croatia! I believe that young people are getting more seen and heard. Older generations are learning from the young as well as vice versa. We all want what is best for our future, and I can see some things changing for the better.

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March 13, 2021 – On the other side of the world, Croatia's capital is well-known as the "city of museums," which is precisely how the author Si Ma Yan presented Zagreb in Chinese Lonely Planet's article.

The Chinese edition of Lonely Planet, one of the most influential world tourist guides, published a guide about Zagreb in its March edition. As reported by Franka Gulin, Croatian National Tourist Board director in China, the guide nicely and vividly brings all the information about Zagreb and is primarily intended for culture, art, and local food lovers.

"Although the realization of tourist trips from distant countries is significantly difficult in these circumstances, publishing a guide about Zagreb maintains visibility and promotion of our capital in China, but also Croatia as a whole," said Croatian National Tourist Board director Kristjan Staničić.

Namely, travelers from China immensely appreciate recognizable Croatia's tourist products, such as culture, nature, and eno-gastronomy.

As Zagreb is known in China as a "city of museums," the guide's author Si Ma Yan emphasizes museums, galleries, murals, facades, and other street art forms on Zagreb's streets. The author also recommends visiting interesting antique shops and buying antique jewelry in numerous retro vintage shops and charming jewelry workshops. When it comes to accommodation, options are proposed for different categories of travelers, from the luxury segment to travelers on a smaller budget. The guide especially emphasizes that Zagreb is ideal for walks in beautiful parks, and Croatia is also famous as a filming destination.

Zagreb in Chinese Lonely Planet / Source: Croatian National Tourist Board

"After Lonely Planet declared Zagreb the Best in Europe in 2017, this is the second major recognition for our city by this world-renowned tourist guide. We are honored that Zagreb was presented to the Chinese market through a mini urban guide. We hope that, despite the demanding times, it will contribute to the additional positioning of our capital in the Chinese market. Guests from China have always been important for Zagreb, and publishing such an urban guide confirms how important the Croatian capital is in China," said the Zagreb Tourist Board director Martina Bienenfeld.

Besides, Franka Gulin, together with the Croatian Ambassador to China Dari Mihelin, paid an official visit to the Chinese province of Chongqing, where they met with representatives of departments and business entities for culture and tourism. Chongqing Municipality is one of China's fastest-growing regions in economy, culture, and tourism, with a population of about 40 million. Their airport in pre-COVID times was well connected to all the leading airports around the world, and the area was in constant growth in outbound travel.

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March 12, 2021 - TCN welcomes back Courtney Long, with a thought-provoking piece on TCN as seen in Beijing and the realities of Zagreb lockdown inequality. 

The last time I wrote for TCN, I made a few blunt observations about the Croatian government’s response to China in the early phases of the COVID19 outbreak. More specifically, I expressed concerns about Croatia’s acceptance of PPCs from China as well as its handling of the Pelješac Bridge project.

I believed that these issues, as well as Croatia’s laser focus on tourism at the expense of other industries, could be detrimental to the economy in the long term.

I didn’t expect much attention to come from this article. In fact, I assumed I was preaching to a large but silent choir, and that my observations would get a few nods of agreement until the next news cycle.

Online spies see everything

To my surprise, my article did garner attention, and not exactly the good kind. Even more surprising was that the response came from an unexpected source. A few hours after the article’s publication, I received a text from a friend from mainland China who was working in Croatia on a visa. She asked if she could call, and the wording of her message indicated that it was urgent.

When we spoke, she asked if I had written an article about the Chinese government for a local news publication. I confirmed that I had, but was surprised that she was aware of it. I hadn’t spoken with her about the article; in fact, very few people knew about it. What was even more baffling was that my Chinese friend had learned of the article a mere three hours after TCN uploaded it to the website.

Our conversation was candid. It became clear that I needed to state out loud (presumably for my friend’s own security and for her employer’s records) that she’d made no contribution to my article, and that she’d had no prior knowledge of what I’d planned to write. The idea was to substantiate that her slate was clean so that she wouldn’t be held accountable for my unfiltered political opinions concerning China.

I’m not a huge fan of controversy, but there are moments when matters become so egregious that I can’t keep my mouth shut. I’m about to step into the middle of something again – just not about China this time.

This time it’s about Zagreb’s lockdown measures that have crippled small businesses. My problem isn’t with the need or rationale for lockdowns, or with Croatia’s compliance with EU safety regulations. Instead, it’s about gross inconsistencies in municipal enforcement of lockdown regulations dealing with cafés, bars, and restaurants.

Given the impact of COVID lockdowns here in town, we ought to examine how both the Croatian government and Zagreb’s city council could have handled matters less destructively for the local economy.

Open hours for thee but not for me

Back in early February of this year, small business owners congregated in Trg Ban Jelačić to protest against lockdown measures that had been in effect for several months. The patience of owners and their staff had reached its limit after gym owner Andrija Klaric was arrested for re-opening his facility to customers.

Klaric was detained, and faced the possibility of a two-year prison sentence for defying the government’s shut-down policy, despite his respect for both hygiene and social distancing requirements. Regardless, the police took Klaric away in handcuffs and shut down his business.

According to Jutarni List, the police actually sympathized with Klaric and apologized for having to detain him. Klaric explained that from his perspective, the problem was not with the people charged with enforcing the law, but rather with the legislators who passed them and the bureaucrats who administered them. At the protest, thousands of local owners chanted in support of Klaric. Not only did they see him as a symbol of resistance against rigid measures that were costing them their livelihoods, but – more importantly – they saw that the existing regulations were not being enforced equally or consistently among businesses.

(Klaric interviewed by Croatian media at the Voice of Entrepreneurs protest - you can read the TCN account of the protest in A Foreign Eye at UGP Croatian Entrepreneur Protest in Zagreb)

Candid conversations with bar owners in Zagreb’s Kaptol region reveal a disconcerting reality behind the so-called safety measures administered by politicians and inspectors: strict but often unclear social distancing requirements are applied rigidly, but only to small businesses. Too much is left to inspectors’ interpretive “discretion.”

One confidential source, a bar owner, said, “Look at bars and cafés in Cvjetni Trg, and you’ll see them packed! There’s no protocol for social distancing, and in some areas, people are crammed in like sardines. No penalty, no intervention from law enforcement, nothing!”

The source’s establishment, like many similar businesses, used to be active consistently, but now it’s mostly empty – even desolate. Despite the cold weather and meticulously distanced tables inside the bar, drinking indoors is forbidden. Penalties for breaking this and related rules can include fines of up to 50,000kn, a sum many businesses can’t afford to pay – especially now.

Unless you have friends with political clout, it would seem.

A customer standing next to me explained that she had met with friends for coffee at a hotel in Zagreb’s Donji Grad. The restaurants and cafés were “packed,” according to her, and wearing masks was apparently optional, rather than obligatory, throughout much of the space.

The consensus reached by many struggling workers in the service sector is that the only way for business to resume is either to gain the support of lobby groups, or to find cash to pay inspectors to turn a blind eye to infractions. For Zagreb’s small independent business owners, neither option is available, and some have likened the current work environment to the Wild West.

Apparently, you’re safe and can keep going, just as long as you’re friends with one of the sheriffs.

“This is killing us!”

Another looming concern for bar and café owners is that ever-changing safety protocols and fluid municipal regulations may leave them with no other choice but to shut business down permanently. The abysmal support they claim to have received from the government, and their practical inability to serve customers, are exacerbated by the grim fact that many of them are still required to pay full rent to their landlords.

After a tumultuous 2020 that brought us not only the first pandemic lockdown, but also a devastating earthquake in Zagreb (followed by a few more for good measure), to say that businesses have suffered terrible financial losses would be a gross understatement. Adding insult to literal injury, one of the landlords that hasn’t yet shown any willingness to reduce the rent for its tenants is the Catholic Church, which continues to insist on its full monthly pound of flesh.

So much for extending a generous and charitable hand to one’s flock in trying times, I suppose. After all, we’re talking about a branch of the richest religious organization in the world here…

As Zagreb’s regulatory environment becomes increasingly hostile to small business owners (and bar, café, and restaurant owners in particular), there seems to be one choice left to those have worked in Croatia as expats, or who have returned from the diaspora: leave Croatia and resume business back home as soon as travel restrictions are lifted. For some business owners, continuing to work in Zagreb under the current draconian regulatory scheme has become more of a suicide mission than a plan for survival.

I have to wonder how this economy will be able to sustain itself when throngs of business owners are struggling to stay afloat. While some appear to be flailing in water over their heads, others are searching frantically for the nearest lifeboat to carry them to safety elsewhere. I don’t know whether Croatia’s economy minister has taken the time to calculate the damage Zagreb’s economy will sustain if these businesses close their doors permanently, but now might be a good time to consider that possibility – and its consequences – very seriously.

The ongoing struggles facing independent owners and their employees in the service sector is pushing many of them over the edge, and it’s disheartening to consider the mounting obstacles that owners are forced to confront in these already trying times.

This frustrating reality brings to mind a conversation I had with a friend who’s worked as an accountant for over a decade at one of Croatia’s largest banks. As the conversation veered toward politics, this individual shook their head and told me, “If you knew how this country is managing its economy and liquidity, you’d be shocked. It’s just not sustainable. This is a house of cards; it’s not a matter of if this place collapses, but rather when.”

An uncomfortable silence followed. But one thing is clear: as more business owners are threatened by officious regulators and selectively blind inspectors, my accountant friend’s words echo in my ears.

I’m very much afraid that a country with an already fragile and corrupt economy will soon face another major crack in its foundation unless the status quo changes.

And quickly.

Read more on this subject from a recent TCN editorial, As Gym Owner Faces Prison, the Virus Must be Laughing at Croatia's Inconsistent Measures.

March 12, 2021 – Prostoria, one of the leading regional furniture design companies and most innovative platforms that unites Croatian product designers, has introduced an interesting new project – a Kontrapunkt armchair, as an homage to Zagreb's Modernist architecture heritage.

Within the project, their Kontrapunkt armchair, designed by the architects Marijan Haberle, Minka Jurković, and Tanja Zdvořak, was photographed at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, one of Zagreb's iconic buildings that represent Croatian Modernist architectural heritage.

"The Kontrapunkt armchair is only one of the products that are yet to be photographed in spaces where they can put their Modernist heritage or the contemporariness of the product or both in the spotlight," said Dora Lončarić from Biro architects, the project's art directors.

Biro / Marko Mihaljević

Although more than half a century stands between the Modernist architecture and current products by Prostoria, they speak a similar designers' language and communicate among themselves naturally, given their complementary and uncompromising character.

"The point is not returning to the past, but rather the exploration and convergence of the values. Through this symbiosis of the Modernist architectural heritage and contemporary design by Prostoria, a synthesis is being achieved," theoretician of architecture Maroje Mrduljaš stressed.

As Croatia's capital, Zagreb is one of the rare cities in the world with such a deeply rooted tradition of Modernism in architecture. This heritage is a root and an inspiration for the design language of their products. The photographs of the Kontrapunkt (design: Neisako) are part of a larger editorial-work in progress, taken at different buildings from that period of the Croatian architectural past.

The whole project will be presented extensively during 2021. It has been realized in close cooperation with the Zagreb Tourist Board and the public institutions where the editorial will take place.

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