by Mina Vučić
INTERVIEW
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SERBIA - THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY GIORGIO MARCHEGIANI
President of the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and CEO of DDOR Osiguranje – part of UNIPOL Group
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he sixth edition of InFocus Italy magazine dedicated to the Italian economy in Serbia could not have gone to print without including the interview with Giorgio Marchegiani, President of the Italian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and CEO of DDOR Osiguranje. Our journalist Mina Vučić has spoken with Mr Marchegiani as the Chamber he chairs acts as a bridge between the Serbian and Italian business communities, and together they have discussed current statistical data and plans.
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Could you give us a few numbers that best describe the special relationship Italy and Serbia have, in comparison to other countries? In terms of the numbers of businesses here, there are about 1,600 Italian
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companies or companies with Italian shareholdings. Our Chamber of Commerce has made a very detailed analysis which shows that almost 600 businesses, out of the aforementioned 1,600, are very influential. This is an extremely relevant number as Serbia is a country with 7 million people and these companies employ over 50,000 people who correspond to 2% of all Serbian employees (2.5 million people). This is quite an astonishing fact. These companies generate 5.4% of Serbia’s GDP. However, the numbers are relative as the companies we take into
