Lauren Simmonds

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Exploring Croatian – The Oldest Known Slavic Alphabet – Glagolitic

Lauren Simmonds

We’ve explored many of the dialects, subdialects and indeed languages in their own right as some linguists consider them to ...

May 1994 to January 2023 – An Ode to the Croatian Kuna

Lauren Simmonds

Subdivided into those irritating little lipa coins, 100 of them to be exact, the Croatian kuna (coded as HRK) is ...

Croatian Hospitality Establishments Air Euro Concerns on Kuna’s Final Day

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, will Croatian hospitality establishments double up as unwilling exchange offices during the first half of January? ...

City of Split Updates Prices in Euros, Parking is Now More Expensive

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, with the introduction of the euro as this country’s official currency, Split’s local authorities, or more ...

A Week in Croatian Politics – A Schengen and Eurozone Special

Lauren Simmonds

Two years ago, the devastating Banovina earthquake struck the Sisak-Moslavina area of Central Croatia. How well has the state done ...

Mecha Penguins: Young Istrian Roboticists Attract Cash With Campaign

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, a team of young Istrian roboticists “Mecha Penguins” came together to design the project entitled “BUZET ...

Rijeka IT Company Appon Experiences Incredible Growth

Lauren Simmonds

As Borivoje Dokler/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian IT companies are achieving notable results on the market today, but society is always ...

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Zagreb Advent 2022 Bringing Foreign Visitors to Croatian Capital in Droves

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, aside from those of us who make up the capital’s local population, Zagreb Advent 2022 is also ...

Transport Minister Oleg Butkovic Announces Big Rijeka Road Investment

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butkovic, said this week that it is ...

Rijeka NYE Celebrations Won’t Include Fireworks for Sake of Animals

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, The City of Rijeka is abandoning the classic form of celebration – New Year’s fireworks, which until ...