On March 21 and 22, the fourth workshop within the “GMO-free Quality Soybean From the Danube Region” project of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) was held in Novi Sad. The topic was “The Transfer of Knowledge from Science to Practice as an Instrument for Achieving Economically, Ecologically and Socially Sustainable GMO-free Soybean Production”.
On Saturday, March 25, the lights will be turned off from 20:30 to 21:30 to symbolically mark the tenth “Earth hour”. This global event is organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness of climate change and its consequences.
The sales results achieved last year confirmed Victoria Group’s place among the leading exporters in Serbia. According to the reports of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia and the information collected by the Customs Administration in 2016, this company took the tenth place on the list of leading exporters, with the export value of EUR 172.6 million.
For another year in a row, Victoria Group participated in the charity event “Santa’s Sleigh” (“Sanke Deda Mraza”), which involves giving New Year gifts and holding theater performances for children with disabilities and children without parental care who live in social protection institutions throughout Serbia.
“The First Standard and non-GM Label for Quality and Domestic Origin – Danube Soya” conference was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia in Belgrade on December 22.
Research carried out by the Business Info Group on the largest and most profitable companies in Serbia between 2008 and 2015 focused particularly on export and company performance by sector. The processing industry is the second most common sector after the commercial sector, and it generates nearly a quarter of the total business income within the group of 100 best ranked companies.
The fourth International Danube Soya Congress Sustainable Soya – Sustainable Europe organized by the Danube Soya Association and the Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary was held on November 24 and 25 in Budapest.
The introduction of standards and the vertical integration of agriculture is imperative in the process of domestic agricultural development and its positioning on the market of the European Union – this was one of the conclusions on the first day of the “Food for Europe” (“Hrana za Evropu”) forum.
Victoria Group is among top 10 exporters in Serbia according to the report of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia and the data from the Customs Administration. The Group took the ninth position with the export value of €126.1 million in the first nine months of this year.
The Turkey–Serbia–Bosnia Business Forum, organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in Istanbul, on October 26. Around 100 companies from these three countries participated in the forum and most of them were the representatives of the agriculture and food, energetic and transport sectors.