“Businesses in the region must cooperate with foreign investors”

Like many countries around the world Montenegro has found the economic slowdown challenging. Yet, this relatively small country on Europe's Adriatic coast has developed a thriving economy since independence in 2006. Now, says Dusko Knezevic, President of Atlas Group, the country can play an important role both in the region and on the global stage

Atlasmont bank, like the Atlas Group which it belongs to, has bold ambitions to extend its internati... Read more

How fair is fair trade?

Even when companies attempt to act ethically, there are still limits on how far they can reasonably go it seems

Over the past twenty years, the move towards ethical behaviour in business has gathered momentum. Wh... Read more

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