{"id":3167393,"date":"2023-03-14T07:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T07:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/kopaonik-business-forum-time-for-action\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:27:28","slug":"kopaonik-business-forum-time-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/kopaonik-business-forum-time-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Kopaonik Business Forum \u2013 time for action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"\">The resilience of the economy in uncertain times: The main challenges for Serbia and the Western Balkans \u2013 is one of the panels of this year&#8217;s Kopaonik Business Forum, where Emanuele Giaufret, Ambassador of the European Union to Serbia, spoke.<\/span> <span lang=\"\">This is not the time for procrastination, but for decisions and reactions \u2013 said Giaufret, talking about the Western Balkans.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"\">Ambassador Giaufret drew attention to the war in Ukraine as the primary challenge that Europe is currently facing, and then to the issue of energy, which arose from that war. Nevertheless, he emphasised that the EU started to solve energy challenges very quickly.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\n<span lang=\"\">The 30th Kopaonik Business Forum, a gathering of economic experts and eminent businessmen with more than 1,500 participants from the country and the world, started yesterday and will last until 8 March. The central theme is the resilience of the economy in uncertain times and the key challenges for Serbia and the Western Balkans.<\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resilience of the economy in uncertain times: The main challenges for Serbia and the Western Balkans \u2013 is one of the panels of this year&#8217;s Kopaonik Business Forum, where Emanuele Giaufret, Ambassador of the European Union to Serbia, spoke. 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