Medium Enterprises

The President of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), Florin Jianu, stated on Thursday that the Export Promotion Program should move from the classic fairs, exhibitions, to the online area, and in terms of supporting domestic tourism, "we can talk about a Romanian brand for attracting tourists".

Nearly 50 leading Bulgarian companies took part in the anniversary edition of the 50th largest international exhibition for the food industry in the world - ANUGA, which is held every two years in Cologne, Germany. Representatives from over 100 countries were located at 7,500 booths.

World-renowned climbing walls manufacturer Walltopia has announced that two equity funds, one from China and one from Bulgaria, have acquired a minority stake in the company.

These are BlackPeak Capital, a Bulgaria-based private equity fund, and the China-CEE Fund.

BlackPeak capital was set up under the EU's Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises (JEREMIE).

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has opened a three-day tourist fair in the French capital Paris. The official slogan of the event is ''Bulgaria - Culture and Traditions''.

Bulgaria plans to set up a state-owned firm in charge of managing EUR 777 M of EU funds over the 2014-2020 programming period, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has said.

BELGRADE - A free mentoring program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is available to SMEs in Serbia implemented by the National Agency for Regional Development (NARR) in cooperation with the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

By Dimitra Manifava

They are new, innovative and experiencing rapid growth or the potential for it, which is particularly important in the context of the country’s prolonged recession: Greek start-up enterprises currently number 144, from just 16 in 2010, having created a total of 1,500 jobs in the innovation sector.