As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Milan returned home to Croatia after living and working in Germany for eleven years. He moved his family and construction company to his native town of Imotski, in the rugged Dalmatian hinterland.

“It’s definitely a final thing. I missed my homeland, Imotski, Zagreb… all of that so much, and I want to be there now. It isn’t necessarily that Croatia has improved so much, it’s more than Germany is collapsing. Salaries increased by 10 to 15 percent, but alongside that, everything became abnormally expensive,” stated Milan Katanušić for RTL.

Among the Croats in Germany not planning to return home is Marija from Zagreb, who has been living in Munich for a decade now and plans to stay there. In addition to having a good and secure job in finance, she and her colleagues also developed a mobile application (app) with advice for those moving to Germany.

“I finished college in Germany, started a family, started two businesses… If someone had asked me where I would be ten years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to say with certainty that it would be Germany,” stated Marija Šimić.

“There are still plenty of Croats in Germany, but many can’t live there with their average German pensions, so it’s a little easier for them to go back to Croatia at that point,” explained Katanušić.

For the first time in a decade, more Croats emigrated from Germany than immigrated

Last year, far fewer foreigners immigrated to Germany than in previous years, and the number of Croatian citizens who immigrated to Germany fell for the first time, the Federal Statistical Office announced. “Germany recorded a decline in the number of immigrants last year. While 2,665,772 foreigners arrived in Germany in 2022, last year that number stood at 1,932,509,” the Federal Statistical Office claimed in a statement.

At the same time, considering that 1,269,545 foreigners emigrated from Germany, the net number of immigrants fell to 662,964, which is a noticeable drop compared to 2022, when the net number of immigrants was 1,462,089.

This decline is primarily associated with the record number of refugees from Ukraine who immigrated to Germany back in 2022, and whose number dropped significantly in 2023.

For the first time since Croatia’s entry into the European Union (2013), in 2023, more Croats emigrated from Germany than immigrated to it. That means that last year, 20,604 Croats immigrated to Germany, which is the lowest number since 2013, when Croatia acquired full EU membership. Last year, 24,241 Croats emigrated from Germany, which means that in 2023, the number of Croats living in Germany dropped by a significant 3,637.

A total of 434,035 Croats were registered as living in Germany at the end of 2023. A few years earlier, in 2016, 332,605 Croats were registered in Germany.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the chairman of the Parliamentary Defence Committee, SDP’s Arsen Bauk, HDZ’s Ante Deur, and military analyst Professor Marinko Ogorec spoke on HRT about the re-introduction of Croatian national service from January the 1st, 2025.

Bauk claimed that Croatia still sticks tightly to the concept of having a professional army. As he stated, after completing their training, some soldiers who want to remain in the armed forces can and do stay, and the rest will continue with their civilian lives with certain very valuable knowledge that they will acquire in a mere two or three month period.

When asked how many young people could end up having to do Croatian national service each year and whether the country actually has the capacity for their proper training, Deur replied that the capacities are indeed there.

“I believe that we’ve got quality officers and non-commissioned officers, we’ve got barracks that are good and there’s no fear or worries as far as that is concerned. The Croatian Armed Forces has its own system of work and there’s no doubt that it will be of good quality and in the interest of the military, but also of interested young people.”

Ogorec believes that it has become evident that Croatian national service should not have been frozen previously because when some skills aren’t applied for a long time, then certain serious problems arise.

an increase in the number of professional soldiers

“It would be good if Croatian national service had remained as it is. The OSRH has five and a half months to start new active military service, and we’ll see how that will be implemented,” he said. He emphasised that 2-3 months is enough for basic training.

Bauk pointed out that the activation of Croatian national service should affect the increase in the number of professional soldiers the country has. “That’s one of the things that the government and the competent ministry should explain better, as well as the actual reason national service is now being unfrozen”, he said.

He said that the Defence Committee hasn’t yet had a single meeting regarding this issue because, as he stated, such is the dynamics of the government. “What’s being circulated in the media is “quite enough”. My colleague Deur and I will spend more time on talk shows discussing national service than soldiers will actually spend doing it,” he said.

is croatia missing 4,000 soldiers?

Bauk noted that in voluntary Croatian national service, the number of conscripts who would actually end up joining the armed forces at the end was a missing point.

“Involving a larger number of young men and women would increase the opportunity for them to become members of the Croatian Armed Forces after their training is complete,” he said.

The president said that Croatia is currently lacking 4,000 soldiers, and nobody has ever come forward and denied that fact. “There are more non-commissioned officers and officers in the army than there are actual soldiers. These are topics that should be taken into account,” he said.

As for civilian military service, Deur emphasised that the ministry will decide how it will all be done. He’s aware that this is important information and assured viewers that it “will be properly communicated in good time”

Back in 2008, as many as 90 percent of young people appealed to their conscience and did Croatian national service. The question arises as to whether or not today’s young people would respond to being called up for national service or whether we’ll be surprised and have a repeat of 2008.

women should also take part in croatian national service, as well as serve in the armed forces

“There are cases where an individual doesn’t want to pick up a weapon due to their own conscience, but this doesn’t limit them in any other matter. I don’t see why such an individual wouldn’t put on a uniform and serve in the army with their colleagues,” he emphasised.

He added that within the army, there is a whole range of activities that these people can perform that don’t involve weaponry.

As for mandatory Croatian national service for both women and men, Ogorec believes that it should be so, and that women shouldn’t be spared from being called up. “I see no reason why women shouldn’t serve in the military,” he emphasised, adding that women will also be completely able to apply to the new system. He pointed out that there were many women who participated in combat activities during the Homeland War, and so gender shouldn’t be a hindrance.

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Croatia’s Manjgura public relations agency has just won the prestigious IPRA GWA (International Public Relations Association Golden World Awards) for 2024 in the public sector category. It was won for their campaign and work entitled: “Justice Served: Historic Rise of Judges’ Salaries”.

It was otherwise a a multi-month campaign in 2023/2024. during which Manjgura provided communication support to the Association of Croatian Judges, and to the project that culminated in the largest increase in judges’ salaries in recent Croatian history.

Known as the global PR Oscars of sorts, the IPRA Golden World Awards competition was launched back in 1990 and has continuously encouraged excellence in the PR industry ever since. This year, at the world’s oldest competition in the field of public relations, 48 ​​jury members evaluated a multitude of applications from all over the world, within 38 categories.

The IPRA GWA is Manjgura’s third award for a project with the Association of Croatian Judges. It’s worth noting that back in June, the agency received two Polaris awards in London. These are prestigious global awards for political communication. Manjgura’s team in the campaign for UHS consisted of founder and director Krešimir Macan, senior adviser Anamarija Hrvoić Đurić and junior adviser Dora Novak.

“I’d like to offer my congratulations to the Association of Croatian Judges for their determination and courage to correct a long-standing injustice in the disparity of salaries in public services. I’d also like to extend those congratulations to our team from Manjgura. They achieved a historic result through a ten-month, extremely intensive and dynamic campaign and once again showed how important clear and timely communication is in every single sector. The individual approach and comprehensive solutions that Manjgura offers to clients proved to be a winning combination this time as well,” said Krešimir Macan, thanking the IPRA GWA expert jury for their trust and recognition.

The IPRA GWA is Manjgura’s fourth prestigious award this year alone. As a reminder, back in April, Manjgura first won the only gold in the competition of the fourteen Grand PRIX finalists of the Croatian Public Relations Association. They did so with the conference called: “Sales Mindset: The Wolf Strikes Again,” for their client, Prodajni Mindset. The most significant Croatian recognition for communication experts for innovation and expertise in project implementation was won in the category of Event organisation and communication, with a conference at which former broker and real Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort shone as the main star on November the 17th, 2023 in Zagreb. With that same project, Manjgura made it to the IPRA finals in the Events category.

We can’t go without mentioning the fact that the final judging of this year’s prestigious award in the field of public relations – IPRA GWA, was held for the first time right here in in Croatia, more precisely in Zagreb. It was hosted by Manjgura, whose founder and director Krešimir Macan also participated as a member of the jury. This represents a great success for the Croatian PR scene, as his colleague Marina Bolanča Radunović from the ABC communication agency was also on the jury. Macan and Bolanča didn’t judge in the categories in which their agencies were the finalists. In addition to their hard work for the Association of Croatian Judges, this year the IPRA jury awarded another eight campaigns from Croatia (10 golds in total for 9 campaigns), and in addition to the 16 IPRA GWAs won in Croatia so far – this means that there have been 26 world golds awarded to the Croatian PR scene since 2015.

The award ceremony will take place at the IPRA GWA gala dinner in Belgrade on October the 18th, 2024. Make sure to book your place in time.

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When you think of cable cars in Croatia, your mind likely goes straight to the one in Dubrovnik, and then to the one which took forever to come to be (and still has its issues), in Zagreb. One takes you up Srdj, and the other up Sljeme. You likely don’t think of Rabac, but you’d be wrong not to!

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, local people in Rabac are quick to point out that they actually had a cable car almost half a century before Zagreb did.

“Ours was for mining. It was nine kilometres long and transported bauxite from the mines down there to the port. It was mostly used a very long time ago, back during the war in Abyssinia,” Rabac locals say, pointing to the Teleferik, a monument to their long industrial history.

“The first tourists to come to Rabac from abroad were Czechs. We even have a part of the forest called “Prohaska”, they also had a summer house here, and I also remember those very first German tourists,” stated Mladen Juričić Fritz (68), a well-known restaurateur from Rabac for Vecernji, before adding:

“I was eleven years old. It was the summer of 1967, and the tourists slept in my childhood bedroom! They were Germans, at that time, looking at their paying power, they were like spacemen for us locals. When they went home, they would take the whole family with whom they were spending the summer – to dinner! Those were the days. Back during that time, my house was the last one above the road, and today there are hundreds around it, there’s hardly any empty land left for building. There was no road then, only four cars in the village – three white sedans and the neighbour’s blue Opel Rekord. Many years later, I drove my wife Mira to the maternity ward to give birth in it,” revealed Fritz.

He also explained how the miners used to come on holiday to Rabac.

It’s cheerful today in Rabac both during the day and in the evening hours. This area’s strong points are certainly its high-category hotels. There’s even a hotel specially designed for children – Maro. There’s also great food in a number of restaurants. In winter there are maybe 1,500 people living in Rabac, and in summer – there are ten more tourists for every resident.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik/Bruno Lipej writes, the Croatian Vetti Group acquired a total of 13 members in the first 15 months of operation, and the opening of a 24/7 veterinary hospital in Split has also been announced.

After the opening of Buba by Vetti Group, the largest 24/7 private veterinary clinic in Zagreb in December last year, the group was joined in March by Split Veterinary practice for small animals – SplitVet. SplitVet is specialised in orthopedics. They were also joined by Veterinary station ZAG-VET d.o.o. from Zlatar, which consists of a small and a large practice, a pharmacy and the associated “Luč Zagorje” animal shelter.

Just one month later, more specifically back in April this year, Pet-Vet, a specialist veterinary clinic for small animals from Split, and Zagreb Veterinary Station d.o.o. were also acquired. The latter boasts clinics and pharmacies in as many as five locations across the City of Zagreb. The Ogulin Veterinary Clinic and the Gornja Bebrina Veterinary Clinic also joined the group.

With the aforementioned new acquisitions, the Croatian Vetti Group can boast of more than 230 employees in 26 locations.

“Were expanding throughout Croatia with numerous new acquisitions, and in the next two years we intend to invest another 20 million euros. We’re proud and happy, because we want to provide uniform, high-quality and fast service to every pet and owner living in Croatia. The expansion of the Croatian Vetti Group and new partners, with whom we successfully cooperate, will help us to reach as many clients as possible with this service. We’re already conducting professional training, we intend to share the rich knowledge of our veterinarians and other staff with all members. We’re going to continue to invest in top-quality equipment and raise the standards of the veterinary profession,” said Suzana Skorija, president of the Croatian Vetti Group Management Board.

the croatian vetti group plans a new animal hospital in split

Over more recent days, the lease contract for the future hospital in Split spanning an area of ​​750 square metres was signed. Just like the clinic opened back in December in Zagreb, the upcoming animal hospital in Split will boast plenty of equipment. It will have the most modern CT machine, four modernly equipped operating theatres, eight exam and consultation rooms, a separate waiting room for cats and a separate room reserved for comfort in the most difficult moments where humans and animals must bid farewell. The Croatian Vetti Group has already started filling open positions in Split.

The Croatian Vetti Group will also offer their future employees opportunities for continuous professional development, as well as the possibility of adjusting their working hours, which is an established practice in Western European countries. In addition to all of the above, retirees who feel ready to contribute to the profession and provide the education of young people will also have the option of working part-time.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, by the year 2050, traffic fatalities should be reduced to zero as a result of planned Zagreb smart traffic solutions.

These plans are part of the very ambitious Vision Zero strategy, which is is the goal Zagreb will strive for and what is set out in the National Road Traffic Safety Plan. Although it may sound unrealistic to completely eliminate traffic accidents that end in death or serious injuries, the fact is that this country has a lot of room to reduce the number of accidents on the roads. That was echoed by the participants of a recently held meeting called “Vision Zero – safe, smart and sustainable mobility”.

The goal of this meeting, which is being held for the second time, is to draw the public’s attention to the key challenges and technological opportunities available in order to get closer to the Vision Zero concept, especially ahead of the large influx of traffic into the country each and every summer tourist season.

Two panels discussed how to ensure a better implementation of the Vision Zero strategy, i.e. a reduced number of fatalities on Croatian roads, and how technological solutions can contribute to increasing driving safety.

Plenty of emphasis was placed on investments, tech and other important solutions to make the traffic situation and the roads more safe.

“We have to start thinking more intensively about the steps that are crucial in the prevention of traffic accidents”, said Vladimir Nišević.

Andro Pavuna, head of the Zagreb City Office for Local Self-Government, Transport, Civil Protection and Security, said that he believes that the Zagreb smart traffic solutions envisioned as part of the Vision Zero concept can be achieved.

“Three key things will be crucial for this. These are prevention, infrastructure and supervision over the implementation and compliance with the rules,” stated Pavun, adding that technology will also play a big role in achieving Vision Zero’s goals.

It’s exactly this that the powers that be in the Croatian capital plan to implement as part of a proper Zagreb smart traffic solution. It involves the implementation of a project involving automatic or adaptive traffic management. Pavuna announced that they are currently finishing the tender for the project, which in its very first phase will be worth 13 million euros. A public procurement procedure announcement is therefore expected soon. It should enable a whole range of Zagreb smart traffic solutions, as all of the city’s traffic lights will be connected to one central place. This, in turn, will enable significantly better and more efficient traffic management.

“This is a very valuable project that we’ve phased and which will contribute to overall traffic safety in the capital city,” concluded Pavuna.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, on the show 24UR (24 Hours), which is broadcast daily on the Slovenian TV channel POP TV, a feature about prices on the Croatian coast was recently shown. More specifically, Slovenians have complained that summer holidays in neighbouring Croatia are now more expensive than in Spain, Portugal and Greece. Croatian prices, they noted, have risen significantly not only among accommodation providers and for food and drinks cafes, but also in shops.

As an example, they took the Bosnian influencer Mirza Mustafagić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who announced on TikTok that he paid as much as 17 euros for some ice cream in Opatija. “After I saw how much ice cream costs in Opatija, I had to sit down,” said the influencer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose video on TikTok was viewed by almost one million people. Some agreed with him, others reminded him that said ice cream was purchased in a five-star hotel, and not “out in Opatija” as he packaged the situation.

This isn’t the only example of Slovenian TV and Slovenians in general coming down hard on Croatian prices. “A pancake with hazelnut spread, served on a plastic plate, on the Makarska Riviera will cost you five euros. If you want a sunbed and a parasol, you’re looking at paying 25 to 30 euros,” Slovenian TV stated.

“Not only are foreign visitors getting sick of this, but the Croats themselves are also slowly starting to have enough of it – they’re sick of having thinner wallets every single time they leave a shop. Everything is expensive, nothing has become cheaper,” added the Slovenians, after which they compared Croatian prices with other popular summer destinations across the Mediterranean, reports Večernji list.

“The German Federal Statistical Office has calculated that, for example, in Turkey they pay 41 percent less for a night in a hotel or a meal in a restaurant than at home, in Spain 26 percent, in Greece 23 percent. In Croatia, it’s only 18 percent less than in Germany. Which means that the latter is the most expensive for them among the aforementioned countries”, reported the Slovenian TV channel. You can see the full report here.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, as an investor and holder of the project to increase the capacity of the Natural Gas Liquefaction Terminal (UPP), LNG Croatia has initiated a public procurement procedure for the conversion of the LNG Croatia FSRU ship for the purpose of increasing the capacity of that terminal. The deadline for submitting bids is August the 8th, 2024.

The state operator of the LNG terminal on the island of Krk reported that it has announced a tender for two contracts related to the expansion of the capacity of the floating reception, storage and gasification unit (FSRU) through which UPP is imported on Krk.

In total, these contracts are worth 17 million euros without the inclusion of taxes. The first refers to services that include the installation, implementation and commissioning of a new module and equipment on the FSRU and is worth about 15 million euros. The second is worth about 2 million euros and includes the procurement and installation of power equipment for the integration of the FSRU.

After the expansion, the LNG terminal in Omišalj will boast a capacity of 6.1 billion cubic metres of gas per year. That is almost twice as much as is currently the case. It will be made possible through the installation of a new module manufactured by the Norwegian enterprise Wartsila. The new module should be installed in the summer of 2025.

At the beginning of June, during his visit to the LNG terminal, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković presented the information that Croatia consumes around 2.8 billion cubic metres of gas annually. That means that with the expansion of LNG Croatia’s capacities, there will be a huge space for the gas coming to Krk to be marketed to other countries – Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Bavaria or in the future – through the southern gas interconnection to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He also stated how Croatia used funds from the RePower EU instrument, and that the country is investing 533 million euros in increasing the capacity of domestic gas pipelines.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to the latest available data from 2022, companies within the Rimac Group have a total of more than a hundred patent applications to their name. That puts the Rimac Group in a firm first place in terms of the number of internationally applied patents originating from Croatia. Given that last year they reported a significantly higher number compared to 2022, it can be assumed that this statistic will be even more pronounced when last year’s data is released, reports Autonet.

Patents can be applied for in almost all countries across the world, and the Rimac Group has the most applications in the EU, USA and China, as these are its main markets or production countries for the sort of technology it makes.

It’s important to emphasise that the Rimac Group not only patents technologies for their own hypercars, but also for technology developed by Rimac Technology for global car manufacturers – for example, in the sector of making systems for electric drives and battery systems.

arduous and expensive processes

One of the latest inventions from the Rimac Group, for which the company filed a patent application, is a system for the extremely fast detection of insulation breakdown in electrical circuits. Consequently, their system allows for the possibility of its quick and safe shutdown if necessary.

This is particularly interesting in the context of high voltage, which is present in electric cars. In this particular procedure, the process of patent recognition lasted approximately three and a half years, which – as strange as it may sound – is in fact very short in international terms.

“The patenting procedure is extremely complex, time-consuming and expensive. There are many reasons for that. The main factor is the large number of patent applications that are submitted annually, the number of which as a rule increases every year, and patent offices must study each application in detail to see if it meets the conditions for the recognition of patent protection.

Studying all of the above actually means that they have to compare that invention with all existing technical solutions. They need to be compared with the so-called state of the art, for which they use special comprehensive databases of global patents, patent applications and professional technical literature that number more than 100 million documents.

If the invention is new, inventive and industrially applicable in relation to being state of the art, it will be recognised as a patent,” Branimir Puškarić, Intellectual Property Manager at Rimac Technology, explained to Autonet.

Throughout the the process of patenting, the confidentiality of all of the data is extremely important because, as a rule, any public announcement of an invention before the filing of a patent application automatically eliminates the invention from the possibility of patenting. This eliminates the possibility of licensing it to third parties, who will then exploit it commercially.

With the aim of preserving intellectual property (IP) within the company, Rimac Technology has established a special IP Legal team made up of highly qualified experts in their fields. These individuals cover the main fields of intellectual property protection – which few other companies in Croatia or even the wider region have.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Roksandic writes, regardless of whether they’re for plant lovers or those who can’t manage to keep their plants alive, terrariums are the ideal solution because they’re self-sustaining ecosystems in beautiful glass containers.

According to Ana Hrgovčić, the owner of the Vinkovci-based brand Biljke.Plants, which specialises in the production of plant terrariums in a bottle, her customers are divided into huge lovers of plants and those who even manage to kill cacti.

“After the coronavirus pandemic, everyone started buying plants en masse. I think that people lacked contact with nature and became aware of the effect that living plants and the colour green have on the psyche. What we concluded is that most people like terrariums because they;re an innovative way of keeping plants that enables their continuous growth and longevity, and they’re a solution for accidental cactus killers. Of course, cactus killers would also be good plant owners if they chose a plant that fits their space and if they were careful with watering,” explained Hrgovčić.

Hrgovčić learned how to make a plant terrarium in a bottle quite by accident while surfing the Internet. Soon after that, her interest in indoor plants was awakened and she opened an Instagram profile called Biljke.Plants where she wrote instructions for maintaining indoor plants.

biljke.plants took on a life of its own

“I did the same thing that every person who discovers plants does, but I still stood out from the majority and started a serious company specialising in making plant terrariums in a bottle and making them as business gifts in a box with a logo,” said the owner of the brand.

She entered the typically choppy entrepreneurial waters in pandemic-dominated 2020 when she was 22 years old. From the initial production in Vinkovci, she reached five branches across five Croatian cities: Split, Zagreb, Rijeka, Pula and Osijek. In addition to Biljke.Plants branches, they also have an online store.

“Expanding to other cities enabled me to produce a product that is of high quality and that is long-lasting. Terrariums are a solution for all those who aren’t comfortable with the maintenance of plants, for those who don’t really have good conditions in the office or at home for plants, and for those who want an original unisex gift. The terrarium isn’t immortal, because it’s still a living plant, but it’s a perennial plant that succeeds better and longer for the type of customers I mentioned previously than other plants,” said Hrgovčić.

Starting her own business, she said, wasn’t very difficult even though she didn’t have much entrepreneurial background, but that is exactly why she started everything with the idea that she had nothing to lose. Today, she has employees and students with her, making up a total team of 12 people.

“I threw myself head first into entrepreneurship, I interrupted my studies, I moved to Zagreb and worked from 24 hours per day in order to build what I have now – a successful company that plants plant terrariums all over Croatia with quality and dedication. The fact that I had earned capital from several business collaborations that I worked on while I was still in the phase of just being a plant enthusiast made it easier for me to sail into entrepreneurial waters. Somehow I knew that this would work, I didn’t allow myself to believe that all the effort, risk and work would go to waste,” testified Hrgovčić.

Creating a terrarium is a creative gardening process that only takes about 15 minutes. During the production process in Vinkovci, they always try to prepare all the materials for work in advance so that the planting is as quick as possible.

To make a terrarium, it’s necessary to prepare a high-quality substrate, i.e. soil that contains enough nutrients for the growth of plants for a long period of time, and to arrange soil that is neither too hard nor too loose. The most common buyers of terrariums are women, who mostly buy them as gifts,” testifies Hrgovčić.

“However, men aren’t far behind either, but they buy terrariums for themselves more often. Terrariums are extremely popular as a business gift because they’re a sustainable choice that can be given to both sexes, and it’s great that they can be kept in offices and are always in sight of the person you gave it to,” said the owner of the brand.

the bilje.plants business experience taught her a lot…

In order to make that business gift even more special, Biljke.Plants made it possible to personalise it with engraving on cork, with logo stickers, pendants with instructions for terrarium care, decorative ribbons with print and in the colour of the brand, and with decorative lines of sand in the colour of the customer’s brand inside the terrarium.

The materials they use for production are purchased from across Europe, and they independently mix the substrate and plant the plants in their own characteristic way. In smaller quantities, they also buy materials from Croatian producers.

“We collect micro quantities ourselves. Especially when we have themed terrariums such as marine souvenirs for branches in Split, Rijeka or Pula. Then we use pebbles and shells collected on local beaches,” explained Hrgovčić, admitting that sometimes inquiries lead to new ideas. That was the case after they had an inquiry from an IT company and they started maintaining the plants in their offices.

“I must admit that we learned a lot in the field with them and their office plants. We’ll see what the market will need in the coming period and we’ll probably try to answer that problem too. There are a lot of ideas to mull over”, concluded Hrgovčić.

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