Tag: CROATIA

Ivo Josipovic, the new president of Croatia, has a problem. And no, it's not being the president of Croatia, smarty pants. Josipovic's popularity at the polls has translated into near celebrity on the Web. He has already hit the 5,000 friend limit imposed by Facebook, and still has another 7,000 requests waiting to be accepted. "I don't know how we'll work that out," he told Reuters. That ...

Croatian artist Robert Matysiak loves robots and design. So much so, for the past two years, he has been working on a series he calls Robolamps, and he's now trying to bring his creations to a wider audience. Made from plumbing parts, the lamps look both quirky and menacing, and -- to us, at least -- seem like a bit of a throwback to some of those broken droids hawked by the Jawas in 'A New ...

Thanks to Google Earth, and a fortunate, cardioid shape, the tiny Croatian island of Galesnjak has become a lover's escape for couples worldwide, reports the Telegraph. The owner of the island, Vlado Juresko, told the Telegraph that, though he has always been vaguely aware of the island's shape, its uncanny resemblance to a cartoonish heart didn't dawn on him until he was bombarded with booking ...