A challenging Croatian EU presidency

From January 1 to June 30, Croatia held the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time, under the slogan "A Strong Europe in a World of Challenges," which quickly proved to be more than fitting. During this period, Croatia and the EU faced significant challenges, from Brexit, which marked the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to the coronavirus pandemic that claimed tens of thousands of lives across Europe, halted social life, and slowed down the economy. Moreover, with the formation of a new composition of European institutions, the EU was at the beginning of a new institutional and legislative cycle. Additionally, the city of Rijeka was also the European Capital of Culture in 2020. And as if that wasn't enough for one year, Croatia was also struck by two devastating earthquakes in March and December, in Zagreb and Petrinja.

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From garage to global giant

Croatian IT company Infobip made history by becoming the first Croatian unicorn, achieving an estimated market value of one billion dollars. Founded in a garage by visionary entrepreneurs Silvio Kutić, Izabel Jelenić, and Roberto Kutić, Infobip specializes in global communication solutions, enabling businesses to interact with their customers across various channels such as SMS, email, voice, and chat apps. Thanks to their robust and reliable platform, each month, billions of messages are exchanged across the globe. A global innovator in the field of cloud communications, Infobip has integrated its services with those of 700 mobile network operators in more than 190 countries around the world, reaching almost 70% of the world's population. It is notably thanks to its robust and reliable platform that you can – like billions of mobile phone users everywhere – exchange messages via Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber or even order an Uber.