Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Slovenia’s GDP was forecast to contract by 7.6% in 2020. Intervention measures have provided conditions to preserve the potential of the economy. Given the projected slower recovery of the Slovenian economy in 2021, it will be crucial to strengthen investment activity in the coming years, to which […]

During the pandemic the insurance industry has had to adapt a significant part of its business approach almost overnight. Author: Jan Tomše The onset of COVID-19 pandemic has brought many new challenges to many business sectors, including the insurance industry. As governments across the globe imposed national lockdowns and movement restrictions, insurers have been forced […]

2020 has perhaps been the most exceptional year. With everything we know being put into a new perspective due to the pandemic, it has likewise been the year when humans were reminded what can make us be better prepared for the future – knowledge and collaboration, interest in improving existing solutions and processes, and investment […]

Over the last two decades, Serbia has turned a big corner. It has gone from seeking IMF help to becoming a country that attracts the biggest number of FDIs in the region. While all the countries in the region have been left with dire consequences from the coronavirus crisis, Serbia has been almost unscathed. The […]

Like the rest of the world, the Western Balkans in 2020 were marked by the COVID-19 pandemic in all its manifestations – the crisis of the health care system, the imposition of various state measures, and probably the biggest economic crisis since World War II. Author: Sergej Simoniti, CEO, Coface PKZ The region survived the […]

The automotive industry is cyclical, and it is currently in an unprecedented downturn within a major transformation of mobility. This industry is among the last key-industries remaining in the EU, a major employer for up to five million employees. Author: Karin Kneissl, PhD, former minister of foreign affairs of Austria Germany represents an important car-cluster, […]

Telekom Slovenije, the leading and most advanced Slovenian provider of ICT services, is the first Slovenian operator to take the next step in the development of mobile technology and launch the fifth generation mobile network (5G) nationally by using existing base stations and the 2600 MHz frequency spectrum it already utilizes for its fourth generation […]

The key risks for insurance companies because of the reduction of entrepreneurial activity will be related to the business conditions in which companies emerge from the crisis. The recovery will be uneven across sectors and countries, and the economies will on average only reach the level of activity before the epidemic in the middle of […]

More rapidly than ever, the world is embracing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – to everyone’s benefit. Slovenian society has become very digital in the past year, and there has been an enormous leap forward, says Adrian Ježina, the President of the Management Board of Telemach. Author: Jan Tomše For Telemach, a Slovenian provider of […]