Foreign direct investment

An unstable legal framework and low trust in the judicial system hinder private investment in Bulgaria, the European Commission said on Friday.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria increased by 22.5% last year, reaching EUR 1.58 B, the country's central bank announced on Wednesday.

The foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for January-December 2015 was equivalent to 3.5% of the annual GDP forecast by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB).

For the third consecutive year, Sremska Mitrovica in northwestern Serbia, is among the winners of a prestigious recognition of the fDi Magazine.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his call on Feb. 13 for firms to invest in India and turn it into a global manufacturing hub, painting the country as a bright spot for investment in an uncertain world economy.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Turkey rose 32 percent last year on the previous year to $16.6 billion, the largest sum since the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Investment Support and Promotion Agency. 

The most desired aspect of foreign capital investments is foreign direct investment, but in Turkey's case, this item has a share of just one-fourth of the total inflow, almost equal to real estate purchasesForeign direct investments to Turkey, particularly after 2003, increased visibly compared to previous years.

Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic and South Korean Ambassador Lee Do-Hoon on Friday signed an agreement on avoidance of double taxation of income,

The agreement is aimed at encouraging more efficient business cooperation.

Chinese overseas direct investment (ODI) rose to nearly $120 billion last year, official data showed on Jan. 20, as the world's second-largest economy sought to acquire foreign technologies, expand markets and diversify energy supply.

ODI leapt 14.7 percent from a year earlier to $118.0 billion in 2015, just ahead of the previous year's expansion, according to the commerce ministry.

The results of the November 2015 balance of payments released last week have confirmed an ongoing trend: The foreign resource inflow that has been financing Turkey's growth for 12-13 years dropped radically in 2015, and this could be considered a sign of a new era rather than a temporary trend. A new climate has gone into effect and the growth paradigm based on foreign resource inflow has actua

Despite increased recent attention to relations with Gulf partners such as Qatar, Turkey remains overwhelmingly dependent on Western sources for foreign direct investment (FDI), according to data from the Central Bank. Data shows that 85 percent of FDI came from the EU, other European countries, and the U.S.