Economic geography

The National Assembly has unanimously endorsed a bill to extend a mechanism whereby the government can screen potentially risky foreign direct investment (FDI). However, investors from EU countries will now no longer be deemed foreign.

Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has slammed the leader of the main opposition party over his comments on the foreign direct investments (FDI), saying that FDI inflows into Türkiye soared in the past two decades.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) hit a 20-year high in 2022, reaching 7.22 billion euros, according to Bank of Greece data, but to a large extent this concerns takeovers or privatizations of already existing businesses, as well as the purchase of real estate.

Spirit Slovenia, the national business development agency, has been around in its current form for ten years. One of its main tasks is to attract foreign direct investment. Its director Rok Capl says it was successful in that last year despite a challenging international environment.

Ljubljana – Emilija Stojmenova Duh, the candidate for minister of digital transformation, has pledged to build on what has been done well in the field in the past. Her priorities would be to narrow the digital divide and pave the way for society’s effective digital transformation, she told the relevant parliamentary committee before getting its nod Saturday.

The digital divide works to deepen inequalities that already exist within communities in the US

The Presidential Investment Office and global professional services network PwC have prepared a guide for foreign investors. The guide offers 10 insights from taxes to incentives to grow a business in Turkey.

The picture that the global investment community has vis-a-vis the attractiveness of Greece as an investment destination has improved significantly.

The investments planned for this year, amounting to 61.4 billion lei, represent an all-time high and can act as a catalyst for the relaunch of economic growth, said the representatives of the Foreign Investors Council (FIC), which welcomes the adoption of the budget by Parliament. FIC considers that the budget reflects a balanced vision that favors Romania's economic recovery.

We enter 2021, hoping to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. While each society has dealt with it uniquely, global diplomacy will nevertheless focus on common concerns and shared lessons. Much of that revolves around the nature of globalization.