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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.

At the beginning of July, the FIC sent an initiative of the FIC members from the tobacco industry to the competent BiH institutions in the form of an appeal to suppress the illegal trade in tobacco products, which increased especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A comprehensive analytical review of foreign investment in the Federation of BiH in the year of the projected global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was the main point of the 7^th session of the FBiH Council for Foreign Investors held on June 24, via a video link at the FBiH Government headquarters in Sarajevo, chaired by Federal Minister of Trade Zlatan Vujanovic.

In an interview for the Banja Luka''s portal Srpska Info, SHP Celex production director Dragana Obradović and sales manager Mario Blažević talk about the challenges that this Banja Luka-based company faced due to the enormous demand for toilet paper and difficult transport, and how to quickly adapt to new situation on market.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, businesses from the Czech Republic will have the possibility to use services of the dmb consulting company and the Council of Foreign Investors in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At today's press conference held in Sarajevo, the Guidelines of the strategic initiative for self-sustainability of domestic production and strengthening of the BiH economy, symbolically called "We can do it", were presented, which indicates the need to reposition domestic economy to be more resistant to external shocks.

Bosna Bank International (BBI) is the winner of the "Best Investor Relations Bank Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020" award, awarded by the leading financial portal and magazine "Global Banking & Finance Review" from Great Britain.

A public promotion and presentation of the study Student Internship in EU Countries - Model Proposal for BiH was held on May 28 in Sarajevo via the online platform.