This year's sixth tour of the PanSlovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD) international business-investment programmes: Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and International Investors` Network (invest-to.net) is being concluded by the VZMD President's return from Warsaw. In the framework of the tour the VZMD President Mr Kristjan Verbič, MSc, last week actively participated at the 9th Bled Strategic Forum, and he also attended the high-level THINK TANKS symposium (16+1) of China and Central and Eastern European countries (investo.TV VIDEO REPORT). Mr Verbič also attended the international investor's forum and the »Euroregion Neman 2014«expo which took place in the Belarusian city Grodno, the home to the »Grodnoinvest«free economic zone.

The VZMD President was, in the framework of the »Euroregion Neman 2014«expo, after the Thursday's noticeable opening ceremony, invited to present investo.si and invest-to programmes and the Slovenian business environment, wherein he invited numerous eminent businessmen and representatives of various institutions to join business delegation which will be, in cooperation with the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS), visiting Ljubljana in the second half of October. Besides the forum panels and various presentations the beer festival also took place. Beer is, otherwise, one of the most recognisable Belarusian export items, which is mostly exported to the neighbouring countries. Friday evening was concluded by a solemn award ceremony for the best company in the region in 2014, a gala reception (in the photo on the left: VZMD President with the Vice President of the Executive Board of Grodno region Elena Agej, Indian Ambassador to Belarus, HE Manoj K. Bharti and his wife, and the Head of the administration of the free economic zone »Grodnoinvest«Mr Sergey Tkachenko) and a fashion show presenting the textile products made by the manufacturing companies there.

At the Friday's reception Mr Verbič was invited to a special visit to the manufacturing complex "ZOV-LenEUROMEBEL", which he visited on Saturday, together with the Deputy General Manager Denis Mitsura, the Head of Grodnoinvest administration Mr Sergey Tkachenko, the Governor of the Turkish region Edirne - Dursun Ali Sahin, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Edirne Chamber of Commerce and Industry Recep Zipkinkurt (in the photo on the right).

Besides the representatives of various companies and institutions, many Belarus media representatives also expressed their interest in Slovenia and business opportunities it can offer, as well as an interest in the possibilities of cooperation (one of the GRODNO PLUS TV news coverage on the left).

After this year's successful presentations of companies, institutions and investment projects in Belgrade, Bled, Bratislava, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Madrid, Montevideo, New Delhi, New York, Ouagadougou, Paris and Tehran, and last year's in Astana, Almaty, Baku, Bled, Brussels, Buffalo, Bucharest, Cape Town, Celje, Dubai, Vienna, Kiev, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo, Toronto and Zagreb, the two VZMD international business-investment programmes continue to provide for its partners effective presence and presentations on five continents!

If you would like to take part in our events and activities, you are kindly invited to contact the VZMD investo.si programme coordinator by phone 031 770 771 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.