UniCredit Bulbank retiree Snezhanka Yovcheva has won the Ambassador of Volunteering award at The Heroes 2017, an event by volunteering platform BulgariaTimeHeroes.org.

UniCredit announced a positive forecast for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at the recent European Bank for Reconstruction and Development annual meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, citing the bank’s CEE Banking Outlook.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker recently met with Bulgarian commissioner candidate Mariya Gabriel, and he said intends to give her the Digital Economy and Society portfolio.

Banca Intesa has launched the Intesa Farmer competition to recognize growers of crops and livestock.

As part of its work to support Greek entrepreneurship, Piraeus Bank recently launched its 360° Funding portal, which allows Greek companies to find national and European Union (EU) grant programs that they can take advantage of.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) has won the Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe award from Global Finance magazine.

A real estate company with a global footprint has opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania.

The European Investment Fund and Banca Intesa are extending a guarantee to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by pumping $111.9 million more into the COSME program.

Romania recently received recognition at the Global Inclusion Awards 2017, which highlighted the country’s efforts to promote financial education as the best in Europe and Central Asia.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Suma Chakrabarti recently highlighted the successes the development bank has had and outlined its mission moving forward at the bank’s annual meeting in Cyprus.

Vladislav Goranov recently reassumed the office of Bulgarian Minister of Finance, taking over from Kiril Ananiev, who served as the caretaker minister.

Business analytics and research is a booming industry, and Macedonia's BizzBee Solutions helps firms use their own data and move forward in areas like lead generation, business planning, email marketing and more.

One of the hottest new startups coming out of the Balkan region is Bastet Noir, a shop that's revolutionizing the export of fashion design around the world.

The European Commission (EC) recently proposed reforms for the European Union’s derivatives markets that it estimates could save participants up to $2.84 billion in operational costs and $7.54 billion in one-off costs.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recently hosted a panel on the benefits of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expanding into international markets and the challenges and opportunities such expansions present.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has published the second edition of its Whitebook on Communication of Listed Companies.

The Republic of Srpska has entered into an agreement with NCR Company Banja Luka to help create new jobs.

Setting up a new and competitive marketing connector platform is a big job in this fast-paced digital business world, but Zomeg is up to the challenge.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s Green TFP recently won an Innovative Product award from Global Finance magazine.

Garanti Bank will host a live interactive webcast on May 11.