Annual ranking of the biggest companies in Southeast Europe
by Gregor Potocar, Managing Director of SAP SEE Southеast Europe (SEE) is a highly important region for SAP - the business software company employs more than 1600 people in this region alone, most of them in development and engineering positions. There ...
by Julian Gikov, Konstantin Ivanov, Octavian Goga, Helena Simicevic, Raiffeisen Bank International Growth on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in Southeast Europe (SEE) continued to accelerate in 2017 and 2018. M&A activity in most SEE ...
By Nicoleta Banila Adrian Tanase CEO the Bucharest Stock Exchange, BVB In the beginning of 2018 Romania's financial regulator ASF approved Adrian Tanase's appointment as CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, BVB, for a four-year term. BVB is the big ...
Vojtech Chamek KORADO Group CEO KORADO Group is the world’s fifth largest supplier of steel panel radiators with more than 30 million customers worldwide during its 50-year history. The company offers a wide range of steel panel radiators, tower rail ...
By Mariyana Yaneva, Managing Editor, Renewables Now When you think of business innovations for a low-carbon economy, Southeast Europe (SEE) may not be the first thing that comes to mind but the region sure has some jewels to show to green business Croa ...
Ivanka Dilovska, Member of the Management Board, Energy Management Institute The Energy Management Institute (ЕMI) is a public institute for energy policy founded in 2010 with the aim to promote the interest of the Bulgarian energy sector and the EU a ...
By Nevena Krasteva Robust domestic demand backed by growing disposable incomes, a steady investment flow and a benign international environment put the economies in Southeast Europe (SEE) on a faster-growth track in 2017. Companies in the region cashed ...
Georgi Markov Deputy CEO of Euroins Insurance Group EIG continues to expand its market share across CEE/SEE. What opportunities do you see in these markets? EIG has followed a firm strategic path towards regional expansion which was initially and p ...
Serghei Cebotari, Chairman of the Management Board, Moldova Agroindbank Moldova Agroindbank, also known as MAIB, is the leading systemic bank in Moldova, an Eastern European country sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. The bank holds a ma ...
Janez Kopac, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat As countries in Southeast Europe (SEE) make steps towards the liberalisation of their power markets, SeeNews talks to Janez Kopac, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat and for ...
Have you checked latest news and trends? In July the International Space Station, located more than 200 miles above Earth welcomed its first AI space assistant – CIMON (short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), designed to work with Alexander Gerst ...
Arup Regional Banerji, Director for the European Union countries for the World Bank Group According to the World Bank’s Growing United report, the share of workers in EU member states in Southeast Europe (SEE), particularly in their lagging ...
Valentina Gerasimova, Head of SeeNews Research On-demand services You have been long in market intelligence, how has your business evolved in the age of Big Data? Data has been around for decades but what has made it big are the new technologies and th ...
Tomislav Tsolov, Founder and General Manager APRA Porter Novelli APRA Porter Novelli is a private communications company founded in 1994 in Bulgaria. In 2012 the company expanded by entering Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro ...
by Siana Mishkova Surging profits, declining non-performing loan (NPL) ratios, and accelerating assets growth amid improving macroeconomic environment and generally upbeat sentiment – those were the key facets, depicting the performance of Southeast Euro ...
By Nevena Krasteva Growing domestic demand amid historically low inflation and a pick-up in private investmentand employment continued to drive economic growth in Southeast Europe (SEE) in 2016. Economic tailwinds benefited most retailers and car makers ...
By Nevena Krasteva The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the leading investor in Southeast Europe (SEE). In 2016, it extended loans and guarantees of 467 million euro to Bulgaria and lent 1.1 billion euro to Romania. Since 2006, the bank has financed pro ...
by Nicoleta Banila Romanian car maker Dacia, a unit of France's Groupe Renault since 1999, posted a turnover of 4.6 billion euro in 2016. In 2016 Dacia brand sales rose by 10.8% to a record-high 415,010 registrations. Yves Caracatzanis, Managing Direct ...
by Siana Mishkova Supported by a robust macroeconomic environment, stable fiscal conditions and buoyant consumption, Southeast Europe’s (SEE) insurance industry remained resilient to pressure stemming from the persistent record low interest rate environm ...
By Nevena Krasteva Slovenian insurance-financial group Triglav Group posted a consolidated net profit of 82.3 million euro in 2016. Gross written premiums from insurance and co-insurance grew 2% to 936 million euro in 2016. The group, listed on the Ljubl ...