Strong Base for Further Relations with IMF
FIC met new IMF Resident Representative in Belgrade Yulia Ustyugova on September 16 to make a good base for further cooperation in the next four years of her mandate in Serbia. FIC Executive Director Aleksandar Ljubic and Yulia Ustyugova said they believe that the future cooperation will be fruitful and successful, as it has been…
Success on the Company Law
FIC advocacy on the Company Law brought significant and tangible results. Company Law, adopted by Serbian Parliament on November 17, incorporates 6 out of 8 FIC comments. The Position Paper sent to the Economy Ministry on June 30 outlined the need for wide consultations with the business community and drew attention that the frequent changes…
Successful Conference on Regenerative Agriculture
On September 27, FIC in cooperation with EBRD organized the first Regenerative Agriculture Conference: Accelerate Your Regenerative Transition, to emphasize the significance and raise public awareness of the importance of regenerative agriculture and its innovative approach, which is focused on restoring and preserving natural resources, while simultaneously increasing the productivity of agricultural production. The concept…
Support to the Schools’ Project
FIC members supported the project of the Ministry of Education and Public Policy Secretariat „The Classroom I would like“. It was appreciated by the Secretariat, who thanked FIC for inviting members to engage. On November 5, FIC informed members on the project, aimed to equip elementary school classrooms in line with the pupils’ wishes and…
Tax Committee Elections
We hereby wish to inform you that the elections of the chairpersons of the Tax Committee and its meeting will be held in November and to invite you to participate in voting and discussion on the Committee agenda. Electronic elections for the chairpersons of the Committee will be held in the first days of November….
Tax Committee Leadership Elected
Tax Committee re-elected leadership in electronic voting on November 2-3. Director, Tax and Legal Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers Dragan Draca was re-elected as President, while Supervisor Tax SEE at Philip Morris Services Vanja Korac was re-elected as Committee Vice President on a two-year mandate. We therefore use this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to Dragan…
Technical Problems on e-Invoicing
On February 25, FIC and German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce (AHK) approached the Government with the request to resolve the technical issues foreigners face related to the e-invoicing. It is of key importance to resolve the issue quickly as the Law is planned to start being implemented from May this year. More concretely, foreigners who are…
Telco& Digital Economy Committee Created
Telecommunication & Digital Economy Committee was the last one to be established as part of the reorganization of FIC working committees in 2020. It is created in November by merging FIC Telecommunications and Digital & E-Commerce Committees. In electronic voting on November 23-24, the Committee elected leadership. Namely, Daniel Šušnjar, Public, Regulatory and Privacy Director…
Telenor CEO becomes new head of Serbia’s Foreign Investors Council
Stein-Erik Vellan, CEO of Telenor d.o.o., was elected President of the Board of Directors of the Foreign Investors Council at the regular annual meeting of the General Assembly yesterday Srdjan Janićijević, General Manager of Politika, will hold the post of the Vice President, while the members of the BoD include Alpha Bank’s Panagiotis H. Vlasiadis,…
Telenor CEO new President of the Foreign Investors Council
Belgrade, December 10th, 2009 – Kjell-Morten Johnsen, CEO of Telenor, was elected President of the Board of Directors of the Foreign Investors Council at the regular annual meeting of the General Assembly held yesterday. Goran Pitić, President of the Board of Directors of Societe Generale Serbia, will hold the post of the Vice President. Johnsen…