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Ambassador of Finland to Serbia H.E. Pertti Ikonen

Smart City solutions from Finland

10th May 2019

It is estimated that, on a global level, smart city solutions applied in 75 largest smart cities will generate more than 5 billion dollars...

Farewell Party for Ambassador Pertti Ikonen

10th May 2019

The farewell party in honour of the Ambassador, H.E. Pertti Ikonen, was held at the Residence of Finland on the 10th May 2019 On this...

The Day Of Finnish Culture

28th February 2019

Ambassador of Finland H.E. Pertti Ikonen hosted a concert at the Residence marking Day of Finnish Culture. Concert of Finnish Music was performed by Uki...

The Exhibition “Innovative Finnish Design” Opened

21st February 2019

The exhibition "Innovative Finnish Design", organised by the Finnish Embassy in Belgrade, was opened tonight at the Atrium Gallery of the Belgrade City Library Read more

Ambassador Ikonen Opens Exhibition “Innovative Finnish Design”

21st February 2019

The exhibition "Innovative Finnish Design", organised by the Finnish Embassy in Belgrade, was opened tonight at the Atrium Gallery of the Belgrade City Library The...

101st anniversary of Finland’s independence

7th December 2018

The Embassy of Finland celebrates 171st Independence Day

6th December 2018

Ambassador of Finland, H.E. Pertti Ikonen, hosted the reception held at his residence, marking 171st Independence day of Finland. In his speech, Ambassador of Finland...

Public Dialogue with Ambassador of Finland Pertti Ikonen

3rd December 2018

The Finnish Embassy and the Scandinavian Corner marked the 101st anniversary of Finland's independence with a lecture and a public dialogue with Finnish Ambassador to...

Presenting the winner of the local Slush competition

20th November 2018

Winner of the SLUSH 2018 Presented

13th November 2018

The Embassy of Finland and the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia held a reception presenting Box System, the winner of this year's...

H.E. Pertti Juhani Ikonen Ambassador Of Finland to Serbia

Do Just As the Nordics Do

19th October 2018

Finnish companies have positive experiences of doing business in Serbia. However, Serbia should exert additional efforts to make the business environment more competitive, transparent and predictable

Nordic Countries Week: Finland

18th October 2018

Public Procurement – Nordic Experience Forum

30th May 2018

"Our greatest expectations from the new law on public procurement is to apply the criterion of the most cost-effective economic offer because we consider it to be much better than the current criterion of the lowest prices. In the long run, it can lead to greater efficiency and higher savings in the public sector"

Finnish Film Week

19th April 2018

Ambassador H.E. Pertti Ikonen hosted a cocktail for friends of Finnish film and officially opened Finnish Film Week, screening the documentary "Little Wings" directed by Selma Vilhunen, winner of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Film Prize in 2017.

Nordic Day

23rd March 2018

Ambassadors of the Nordic countries in Serbia have hosted a reception at the Norwegian residence on the occasion of marking the Nordic Day

Ambassador Ikonen Hosts Thank You Reception

23rd January 2018

Ambassador of Finland to Serbia H.E. Pertti Ikonen hosted a “Thank You Reception” at the Finnish ambassadorial residence in order to express gratitude for...

Centenary Of Finnish Independence

7th December 2017

The Embassy of Finland in Serbia commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Finnish independence with a series of events throughout the whole of 2017. They...

Serbian Startups At The Helsinki Competition

15th November 2017

The three start-up teams from Serbia - Mindy, Sunthetic and Urbigo will take part in December this year, at the Slush 2017 conference in...

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May 2019, no 175 issue

May 2019 issue, no 175

CorD 5th May 2019

Comment by Nebojša Katić, Economist

Brexit No (Good) Exit

Comment 6th May 2019

When the UK formally initiated the process of leaving the EU by triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty two years ago, the British government promised the UK would leave the EU on 29th March 2019, with a new trade agreement combining the best of all worlds

Vladimir Kostić Ph.d. President of the Serbian Academy of Science and the Arts, SASA

Preserving Identity is Investing in Freedom

Interviews 6th May 2019

This time and its communication technologies are not favourable to small nations. Moreover, the seemingly unobtrusively drawn stance that we are closer to the shores of some global civilisation and cultural course, and that we’ll receive everything we need when we get there - is only enough for us to forget what has been and what we were. Blissful ignorance of the future! Although these words of mine will probably be understood as the mystification of identity, I consider its preservation as a prerequisite, a kind of deposit for free, straight and creative communication with the world - Vladimir Kostić

H.E. Chen Bo, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Serbia

Solid Steel Friendship

Interviews 6th May 2019

“Following the HBIS Group’s purchase of the steelworks and a number of reforms to production and management processes, the Smederevo Steelworks has become Serbia’s largest exporter and an employer of 5,000 workers. The problem of the quota [for the EU] represents a major challenge for the steelworks and has a negative impact on its work. We expect the quota problem to be resolved as soon as possible, in order to prevent it from having a negative impact on the healthy development of the steelworks” - Ambassador Chen Bo

James Ker-Lindsay, Analyst, Visiting Professor at LSE

The Importance of Not Representing a Precedent

Interviews 6th May 2019

I believe that it would be very dangerous to open discussions on the territorial integrity of Bosnia- Herzegovina or North Macedonia. However, I don’t believe that such debates are a necessary consequence of any agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. What is agreed between two sovereign states is not a precedent for others – James Ker-Lindsay

Focus

Do We Need a New Law to Determine the Origins of Assets?

Focus 6th May 2019

In a society where there is a belief that there are “selected taxpayers” with whom there is a discrepancy between reported revenues and acquired assets, there is a justified need for such cases to be investigated. The choice of the way we will do this tells us a lot about the social values we want to promote

International Women’s Club Belgrade

Honour, Job & Responsibility

Profile 6th May 2019

The life of a diplomatic spouse is anything but conventional. The spouse of diplomats must juggle a unique combination of family life, professional commitments, education, responsibilities and travel

Statement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe

The New Japanese Era Name is “Reiwa”

Feature 6th May 2019

This was taken from wording appearing in the Manyoshu: “In this auspicious month of early spring, the weather is fine and the wind gentle. The plum blossoms open like powder before a mirror while the orchids give off the sweet scent of a sachet.” Moreover, this name “Reiwa” includes the meaning of culture coming into being and flourishing when people bring their hearts and minds together in a beautiful manner

Banking

Concerns Over European Bank Earnings

Business Dialogue 6th May 2019

Several analysts have raised concerns over earnings this quarter due to external risks such as low economic growth, uncertainty over U.S.-China trade deal, Brexit and a U-turn on major central bank policy towards more easing

Richard Branson

Simple Tricks – The Best Way for a Successful Business

Entrepreneurship 6th May 2019

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. One of the world’s wealthiest people, Richard Branson is worth an estimated $4.9 billion. This serial entrepreneur has built up eight billion-dollar companies and continues to innovate wherever possible

Vesna Todorčević, Ph.d., Associate Research Professor at the SASA Mathematical Institute; Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty Of Organisational Sciences

Maths and the Beauty of the World

Profile 6th May 2019

I’ve toured the world thanks to mathematics. Congresses and conferences in distant lands freed me of my old self, my authenticity flourished, returning me like winds and waves to my children and the people I love

Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art

Storytelling Pictures

Art 6th May 2019

Australian Aboriginal Art has been identified as the most exciting contemporary art form of the 20th Century

Bojana Nikitović, Costume designer

I Don’t Have Complexes About Being from Serbia

My Life 6th May 2019

She’s the most successful woman from this region in the film world. She was the first associate to costume designer Milena Canonero when she won the 2007 Oscar for Best Costume Design for the Sofia Copolla’s film Marie Antoinette. She has long since operated as an independent costume designer for numerous top-class film productions. Apart from all of that, she also works in the theatre, which is her first and greatest love, and four Sterija Prizes merely serve to prove that she also does so very successfully

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