Foreign direct investment

According to the Global Competitiveness Index released by World Economic Forum (WEF), Turkey has fallen 10 places compared to two years ago.

While our country was in the 45th slot in 2014-2015, Turkey was in 51st place last year out of 140 countries, while in the 2016-2017 index Turkey is in 55th slot. 

Greece's constant slide down the international competitiveness charts reflects just some of the problems that anyone wishing to start an enterprise in this country faces.

Political instability, rampant bureaucracy and high tax rates are not only discouraging foreign investment to Greece, but are contributing to an ever- increasing brain drain, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), which has ranked Greece in 86th place among 138 countries in its report, published Wednesday, on Global Competitiveness for 2016-17.

India plans to sign fresh treaties with 47 countries in order to make foreign investments more transparent.

FIF presented the Slovenian Government FDI Declaration, which the main goal of increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) from 10.5bn now to EUR 15bn in five years.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria for the first two months of the year totalled  EUR 81 M,equivalent to 0.2% of the projected 2016 GDP,the central bank said on Monday citing preliminary data.

This compared with FDI in Bulgaria of EUR 486.4 M in January-February 2015, or 1.1% of 2015 GDP as reported by the state statistical office NSI.

Holding their first summit at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) on Wednesday, companies in foreign ownership said that Slovenia was attractive to foreign investors, but could be even more.

The goal of increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) from EUR 10.5bn now to EUR 15bn in five years is also contained in a document called FDI Declaration.

In Slovenia, there is a lot of talk about increasing the amount of foreign direct investments for which we need certain conditions to be fulfilled such as a stable, predictable and competitive business environment. What actions is your ministry taking to improve the competitiveness of our business environment?

Representatives of Croatia and Slovenia will meet again at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA, in The Hague on Thursday to try and resolve their issues over maritime borders in the Piran Gulf, off the two neighbouring countries' coasts - a dispute that dates back to the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Government rules restricting foreign ownership in the Indian defense sector to 49 percent are undermining New Delhi's drive to lure greater investment in manufacturing, a senior executive at European conglomerate Airbus Group said on March 14.