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The organizer of the Sarajevo Business Forum (SBF), the leading investment conference in Southeast Europe - Bosna Bank International (BBI) - held the fourth in a series of online panels on the sustainability of the BiH economy in times of crisis.

It is necessary to enable employers to pay tax-free salary increases or work in difficult conditions bonuses, and to adopt the program "corona loan for working capital", as a measure intended for micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, proposes President of the Foreign Investors Council in BiH Branimir Muidza.

Despite the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak, the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) has started activities related to the new cycle of competitiveness assessment in the Western Balkans "SEE Competitiveness Outlook 2021", as the planned activities can currently be perform online.

At the beginning of the 2020, the Foreign Investors Council in BiH sent a Request to the Federal Parliament, the Government and the Securities Commission to urgently resolve the issue of appointing new members of the FBiH Securities Commission, due to the suspension of the Commission's work in December 2019.

At the beginning of March 2020, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus began to significantly affect economic trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world, which resulted in a significant reduction in all economic activities in our country.

Eastern Mining Company, which will open a lead, zinc and barite mine in next two years, will move completely to Vareš by the end of this year.

As part of its project "In Friendship with Nature", the Lukavac Cement Factory made an educational film about alternative fuels called "Pioneers in the use of alternative fuels."

Foreign Investors Council in BiH (FIC) together with Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH will organize a webinar entitled "Challenges of employers in the field of labor law & personal data protection during COVID-19 pandemic", on Thursday, April 23, 2020, starting at 10 am via Zoom online platform.

roposal of the Law on Mitigation of Negative Economic Consequences Caused by a Coronavirus Pandemic

After the FBiH Government, at its extraordinary session held on April 6, 2020, formulated a draft Law on Mitigation of Negative Economic Consequences Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and directed it to be adopted by the FBiH Parliament as a matter of urgency, the FIC members of submitted amendments and comments on the proposed Law as well as proposals for measures that would have a significant, positive impact on maintaining the economic activity and financial stability of companies.