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Lidl Removes More Than 20 Tons Of Waste From Nature

Many Italian companies seek our assistance in inquiring about Serbian agriculture

Antonio Ventresca Director Of The Italian Foreign Trade Agency (ITA)

Delta Real Estate Group Takes Over Radisson Collection Hotel In Belgrade

Lidl marks this year’s World Environment Day by collecting the results of numerous waste clean-up actions from nature that were carried out during April and May as part of the “Clean for Love” project. During the duration of the project, the company Lidl Serbia collected and removed 20 tons of waste from nature, and cleaning actions were carried out in ten cities in Serbia with the help of the partner organisation “Cap to Smile” and nine local organisations to which Lidl provided financial support, which cleaned their cities and towns with volunteers. “For the fourth year in a row, we have been implementing the project “Purely out of love”, and this time World Environment Day is the occasion to summarise the results and remind the community of the importance of preserving nature and its resources”, said the head of Corporate Communications in Lidl Serbia, Jasmina Šrndic.

Igor Anić Becomes New Head of the Association of Banks of Serbia

Igor Anić, chairman of the Executive Board of Procredit Bank, is the new chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Banks of Serbia (UBS). Vojislav Lazarevic from Addiko Bank was elected as his deputy. As reported in UBS, the third member of the Supervisory Board is Aziz Arslan from HalkBank. The presentation on the Procredit Bank website states that Anić has many years of experience in banking and finance. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics and the Management Academy in Firth, Germany. After completing his studies, he spent three years at Energoprojekt, after which he continued his career at Procredit Bank in 2005.

Delta Real Estate strengthens its hotel portfolio by taking over the Radisson Collection - Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade. It continues to realise its plan to be a regional leader in the hotel industry. The Commission approved the purchase agreement for the Protection of Competition. Delta Real Estate Group, a regional leader in real estate development based in Belgrade, manages the InterContinental Hotels in Ljubljana, Crowne Plaza and Indigo Hotel in Belgrade, and more recently, the Radisson Collection-Old Mill in Belgrade.

“Our hotels are of a high category; they are part of well-known international chains, and therefore taking over the Old Mill Hotel in Belgrade, under the Radisson Collection brand, represents a logical continuation of our strategy,” said Andrej Sovrović, director of the hotel business at Delta Holding.

Danijela Fišakov President of the Slovenian Business Club

Schneider Electric Hub Opens In Novi Sad

The company Schneider Electric Hub officially opened its new building in Novi Sad, which will be called InGrid. Thanks to the process of careful reconstruction, the old building of Novkabel’s production hall was transformed into a modern business facility characterised by a carbon-neutral footprint, as well as unique solutions from the Schneider Electric company that provide both powers from renewable sources, as well as complete comfort and functionality for work. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Government of Serbia Ana Brnabić, Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović, as well as numerous guests.

Serbian And Chinese Companies Sign Contracts Worth Half Billion Dollars

Fifteen Chinese state-owned enterprises signed trade agreements with Serbian companies worth about half a billion dollars in Belgrade as part of business meetings between Serbian and Chinese companies organised by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) in cooperation with Chinese partners. Director General of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Li Xingjian emphasised that China and Serbia have a deep and traditional solid friendship. With the help of the leaders of both countries, excellent results are achieved. He emphasised that the Chinese market has great capacities. “We want to help Serbian companies open the market in China, and of course, we expect and want companies from Serbia and the world - to come to us to share our market to create visible results. The Chinese market is always open to the Serbian people,” said Li Xingjian.

A1 Serbia Begins Construction Of Optical Infrastructure

After 16 years of business in Serbia, investing in the mobile network and optical infrastructure for connecting base stations, the company A1 Serbia is accelerating the construction of its optical network to provide users with fixed services in 2024. As a company dedicated to developing and implementing the latest generation technologies, A1 Serbia is entering the program of building its own local optical network in the FTTH (Fiber to the Home) architecture. Preparatory works on the ground and acquisition and obtaining the necessary consent of the population begin during the summer, mainly in Belgrade. Fixed services and services through this additional option will be available to the first users in 2024.