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Following approval by the Capital Markets Board (CMB), shareholders also approved the merger of all operations under a single entity by ĹžiĹźecam Group, a global player in all core areas of the glass industry and in the field of chemicals comprising soda and chromium compounds.

Due to a property dispute between two companies from Sarajevo, more than 80 workers were physically prevented from accessing their jobs for contempt of court, raising the issue of legal certainty and the rule of law in the context of attracting foreign investors.

This year as part of the project "100 largest in BiH €ť, organized by Poslovne novine from Sarajevo in co-organization of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH and LRC, with the general sponsor Euroexpress Express Mail, was realized the third regional panel conference entitled €ťThe export challenge - We have to move forward €ť. Given the current situation regarding the coronavirus-caused pandemic, this year's conference was held online, on September 2 at 14:00 via the Zoom application and gathered about 150 participants from BiH and the region.

At the end of the summer, FIC Executive office started activities on the preparation of a new report of the Foreign Investors Council in BiH, titled "Business Barometer 2020".

On August 5, 2020 in Zavidovici (BiH) was held a wood-technological and tourist conference called €˜Tajan 2020', organized by the wood cluster "Furniture and Wood" and supported by FBiH Chamber of Commerce and other partners from BiH and region.

The FIC requested that the Council of Ministers, in accordance with its powers, address certain outstanding issues in the segment of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19.

Yesterday, a volunteer action was held in Sarajevo, organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Italian Embassy in BiH, the Mountaineering Ski Association 'Center' Sarajevo, Mountaineering and Ecological Association 'Romania' Pale, and Terra Dinarica Association from Sarajevo.

The Executive Director of FIC, Sanja Miovcic, met with Mr. Nedim Hamzić, the new Secretary General of the American Chamber of Commerce in BiH (AmCham BiH), a non-governmental organization and part of the European and global network of AmChams, whose task is to establish a platform to develop business opportunities and promote high standards of business practice and strengthen partnerships between the business community and BiH government bodies at all levels.

Bosna Bank International (BBI) u okviru Sarajevo Business Foruma (SBF) 2020 i inicijative 'Mi to možemo", a u saradnji sa projektom 'Dijaspora za razvoj" organizirala je 5. SBF online sesiju"DIGITALNI OPORAVAK: Podrška digitalnoj transformaciji bh. kompanija kao odgovor na COVID-19 €ť. Inače, 'Dijaspora za razvoj" (D4D) je projekat Ministarstva za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH i Vlade Švicarske, u partnerstvu sa UNDP BiH i IOM BiH. Moderatori 5. SBF sesije bili su prof. Eddie Custovic i prof. Damir Mitric, članovi Upravnog odbora BH Futures Foundation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that IQOS, a product of Philip Morris that heats rather than burns tobacco, can be classified as a "modified risk tobacco product" (MRTP), and that informing consumers about reduced exposure harmful substances when using this device in accordance with the promotion of public health.