Entrepreneurship

Since the war of the 1990s, international support has been a major source of funding for aspiring Bosnian businesses in a struggling economy - but some aspiring entrepreneurs are turning to more grassroots methods these days.

New entrepreneurship in Greece reflects the basic structure of the Greek economy, which is based on the operation of very small enterprises with a limited contribution to employment, according to an annual report on entrepreneurship conducted by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).

If you are male pilot, then you are on the top of the females’ list for dating. On the other hand, if you are a woman and work as a physical therapist, then most men consider your profession the sexiest. At least that is what Tinder revealed in its top ranked sexiest jobs.

The European awards for encouraging entrepreneurship will be presented in Bratislava on Thursday, reported BNR.

Innovative companies from all over Europe, Norway, Iceland, Serbia and Turkey will compete in six categories. 

The majority of Greeks would like to go into business for themselves, according to the annual Amway Global Entrepreneurship report, though the percentage of those with a positive attitude towards self-employment has dipped from last year.

One in three Bulgarians would like to become an entrepreneur, with the country ranking below the global average, a survey shows.

Positive attitude to entrepreneurship, shared by 59% of Bulgarians, however, has increased by 5% compared to last year, according to the Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report.

The conditions for entrepreneurship in Bulgaria are not good, compared to the rest of the Balkan countries, according to the estimate of the Global Entrepreneurship & Development Institute (GEDI).

The skills that the Greek education system offers the country's young people do not match the market's requirements, according to seven out of every 10 entrepreneurs surveyed by Adecco.

I got an idea of what was in store at Innovation Week in Oslo from the moment I arrived at the opening ceremony venue. The harborside Skur 13 warehouse houses an indoor skate hall decorated with graffiti while the car park outside features charging points for electric vehicles.

Bulgaria is striving to catch up with central Europe and its shift to innovative and creative industries, the Financial Times says in a recent story.

"A generation of westernised engineers and programmers with a global outlook now underpins the country's emergence as the technology capital of the Balkans," FT notes in its Investing in Central & Eastern Europe report.