Austria interested in further investment in Serbia. Rasim Ljajic, Serbia’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign and internal trade and telecommunications, called on Austrian entrepreneurs in Vienna on Wednesday to continue investing in Serbia. Opening a business forum entitled “Economic Partner-Serbia”, Ljajic said that Serbia is focusing on economic reforms, macroeconomic stability, remedying the. Read more…
Serbia
A boost for Serbia’s private secto EBRD and UniCredit providing loans and leasing finance. The EBRD is strengthening the private sector in Serbia by providing loans and leasing finance to small and medium-sized enterprises through local subsidiaries of UniCredit. The Bank will extend a loan of €30 million loan to UniCredit Bank Serbia for on-lending. Read more…
Bosnia
Bosnia’s Dodik urges Serbs to unite. The president of the country’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that Bosnia was unworkable as a state and that Serbs should unite. Dodik said on Wednesday in Belgrade that it was time for Serb political elites to get together. “Serbs as a people have two states, Serbia. Read more…
Slovenia
IT Company Koofr declared best start-up company for 2013. Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek awarded in Maribor on Wednesday the award for the best start-up company for 2013 to Damijan Matičič, the boss of Koofr, a company dealing with software development and cloud computing. Bratušek said in her address at the ceremony, held as part of. Read more…
Macedonia
Skopje hosts Franco-Macedonian business forum. France’s Embassy in Macedonia organized Thursday a Franco-Macedonian Business Forum, which brought together representatives of the governmental institutions and commercial sector of both countries. The event, titled ‘France, a business partner in Macedonia’, aims to encourage the economic cooperation between the two countries, French Ambassador to Macedonia Laurence Auer said. Read more…
Montenegro
Leaders of tourism associations of Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, FYR Macedonia and Albania sign cooperation agreement. Montenegro’s Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Branimir Gvozdenovic , along with their aides took part in the XI Regional Conference “Tourism market of Southeast Europe – new development opportunities” that is now being held in Belgrade. Regional Conference. Read more…
Croatia
CA unions strike continues as negotiations fall through. The unions of pilots and cabin staff at Croatia Airlines (CA) will continue to strike on Thursday for the third day running because they did not manage to come to an agreement with the airline’s management. “Negotiations broke off around 5 p.m. and the strike will continue. Read more…
Other Countries
CEZ initiates international investment arbitration against Albania. CEZ notified the Albanian government of its decision to seek compensation for damage incurred due to its non-protected investment in the power distribution company of CEZ Shpërndarje, with the International Arbitration Tribunal according to the Energy Charter Treaty, announces French news agency AFP. In a press release, CEZ. Read more…
