CANSEE 18th Board of Directors Meeting was held at Mine and Flotation “Rudnik” premises and hosted by our valuable member of Board of Directors, Mr. Darko Vukobratović. After successfully held 18th Board of Directors meeting, a very interesting presentation about Contango and Rudnik company was held by Mr. Darko Vukobratović and Mr. Aco Ilić who introduced us with the Rudnik mine and flotation operations and business. H. E. Kati Csaba, Ambassador of Canada to Serbia and Mr. Filip Petrović,...

On Monday, May 13 an amazing Gala night was held at the Canadian official residence on the occassion of 4th LEADER Project Serbia 2019 hosted by H. E. Kati Csaba, Ambassador of Canada to Serbia. We were delighetd to have our valubale sponsors Vip mobile, Medgolg, Contango and Rudnik, Delta Holding, Dundee Precious Metals, Greentech, Holiday Inn Express Belgrade - City, Mundoro and Teknoxgroup as well as our dear partners Embassy of Canada, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Naled, Association...

We are very pleased to invite you to the International Business Networking Cocktail organized by 12 mixed chambers present in Serbia! The cocktail will take place on May 23 at beautiful hotel Crowne Plaza, address Vladimira Popovića 10! This unique event CANSEE co-organizes together with Chamber of Italian Serbian businessman, German Serbian Chamber of Commerce, French Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Hellenic Business Association in Serbia, Nordic...

For the first time in nearly 15 years, a Canadian banknote has been named the best in the world. The International Bank Note Society has recognized our new $10 bill as the winner of the 2018 Bank Note of the Year Award. It was selected from a list of 15 finalists, including entries from Argentina, Armenia, Australia and Bolivia. The award is voted on by members of the IBNS. The bill features human rights icon Viola Desmond on its front and the exterior of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights...

Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the recovery of a 1,758 carat diamond from its 100% owned Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana. One of the largest diamonds in recorded history, the largest diamond recovered in Botswana, and the largest diamond to be mined at Karowe to date, the unbroken 1,758 carat stone was recovered through Lucara's state of the art XRT circuit, commissioned in April 2015. Weighing close to 352 grams and measuring 83mm x 62mm...

Canadian educational program for entrepreneurs, LEADER project Serbia 2019 from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario, one of the best business schools globally, was officially opened on Monday, May 6, 2019. The program is held in Belgrade for the fourth year in a row and is organized by the CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and the Embassy of Canada to Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Mirjana...

This year, we are cheering for our teams from Concordia University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Toronto and Simon Fraser University. 20 university teams from all over the world will be evaluated while solving real business problems. Canada is supporting young leaders and encouraging top talent and ideas. Mirjana Doncic Beaton, Managing Director of CANSEE and Simon Fraser University alumnae attended reception organized by the Embassy of Canada in Belgrade at their official residence...

We are happy to inform you that CANSEE again jointly organized another Business Speed Meeting together with AmCham Serbia, French Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Nordic Business Alliance in Serbia, on Monday, April 15, 2019 in partnership with Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade. More than 50 company representatives had an extraordinary opportunity to share their business ideas and experience with the representatives of Canadian, American, French and Nordic companies. Aiming to link together...

On the occasion of celebrating 73 years of the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the University of Belgrade, CANSEE representatives together with the Ministerial Delegation of the Ministry of Mining of Serbia attended the ceremony and the reception organized at the Faculty on March 13. Minister Antic said that he is proud that the investments in the mining sector made in this year reached 100 million euros which is four time more than in 2014. Minister also thanked CANSEE for organizing the Ministerial...

Dear CANSEE Partners, We are happy to invite you to a Business Speed Meeting jointly organized by CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association, AmCham Serbia, French Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Nordic Business Alliance in Serbia, to be held on Monday, April 15, from 14:00 hours in partnership with Radisson Collection Hotel, Old Mill Belgrade. Please be informed that the number of participants is limited to 20 member representatives per business association,...

CANSEE is pleased to invite you to visit the second DVS OPEN DAY 2019 and get insight into the latest trends in the field of visual technologies that are widely used from schools to public budildings which will take place on Friday, April 5 from 9:00 - 17:00 at hotel Zira in Belgrade.  In cooperation with their partners, leading manufacturers of audio & video equipment DVS will present a range of products and specific soulutions for energy, telecommunications, banking, education....

This year CANSEE was the core organizer of the travel and visit by the Ministerial Delegation from the Ministry of Mining and Energy, Republic of Serbia to the PDAC conference that was taking place in Toronto from March 3 to March 6, 2019. The delegation consisted of the Minister of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia H. E. Aleksandar Antic, State Secretary Stevica Dedjanski and Assistant Minister Ivan Jankovic and CANSEE representatives CANSEE President Mr. Aleksandar Obrenovic, CANSEE Managing...

CANSEE announces an open call for participation in the 4th LEADER Project Serbia 2019 CANSEE is pleased to announce an open call for participants for the LEADER Project Serbia 2019. The available space in this fully sponsored business course is limited to 40 participants. The Richard Ivey Business School from the University of Western Ontario, Canada has been organizing international LEADER Projects since 1991 and this course is currently held in eight countries around the world. Each course is...

Happy Honey, a high quality product, is the first Serbian food product which will become available in 276 stores of the premium product chain Cost Plus World Market in the USA. Darko Mandic, a co-founder and co-owner of Happy Honey, actively innovates in the sectors of food and technology. Several years ago, he saw an opportunity in the market and put a whole new product in the market together with his team – raw honey. Thanks to the product's tradition, the promotion of top quality, attractive...

Mirjana Dončić Beaton, Managing Director of Canadian Serbian Business Association (CANSEE), together with CANSEE President Mr. Aleksandar Obrenović and the Ministerial Delegation comprised of the Minister of Mining and Energy Mr. Aleksandar Antić, State Secretary Stevica Dedjanski and Assistant Minister Mr. Ivan Janković, the Ambassador of Canada to Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, H. E. Kati Csaba and Trade Commissioner at the Embassy together with CANSEE members of Exploration and Mining...

CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association organized regular General Assembly Session followed by Wine&Cheese Business Networking Cocktail, on the occasion of five successful years of running the Association at the amazing newly renovated Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. More than 100 CANSEE partners and friends attended this event in the amazing newly renovated venue of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. The guests were able to see the extraordinary exhibition "On the Road...

On January 21, Delta Holding welcomed the seventh generation of Young Leaders. This year, Delta will employ in its companies a total number of thirty-eight young, educated people who have been selected among more than a thousand candidates, in several rounds of selection, in an organized public competition. Throughout the year and with the help of more experienced colleagues who will be their mentors, Young Leaders will get to know the different parts of Delta's system and gain their first...

Delta Holding announced the purchase of a location for the construction of the Holiday Inn hotel in Ljubljana. This hotel is a brand of IHG Group with which the company has excellent long-term cooperation and which, as our partner, gives its consent to all our locations. The beginning of construction is planned after the completion of legal administrative procedures that are in process. "After excellent cooperation with the relevant institutions in Ljubljana during the construction of the InterContinental...

SWEET AFTER DINNER TREATS These are tough categories to judge any way you cut it. Not only are there sticky sweet bottles to work through, but also our after dinner treats can utilize a range of bases, flavour profiles, and lest face it, bottles you might not reach for on a beautiful July day – before lunch. These are notable bottles, and excellent ones to keep in hand for when the occasion calls. Our Best in Class is a vidal icewine from Lakeview which is a paragon of the grape in icewine form. Tom...

It is our pleasure to announce that we are organizing the Empowering your executive or business assistant – training, that will be held by the master training coach Ms. Svetlana Nikolić, HR expert with outstanding and over decade experience of holding trainings of this kind. You will see the immediate effects through your Executive assistant’s interpersonal skills!! The training will be held on February, 20 & 21st , 2019 from 9.00am – 5.00 pm at CCFS, Belgrade Kosovska 10. If...

Richard Ivey Business School, which runs CANSEE LEADER Project, alumnae named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women. Four alumnae have been named recipients of the 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award by the Women’s Executive Network. The annual list celebrates strong and inspirational professional women across Canada and their accomplishments. Ivey alumnae winners this year include:   Anita Gaffney-Misener, EMBA ’02 Executive Director Stratford Festival of Canada     Jennifer...

Delta Holding is awarded for the most socially responsible company in Serbia in 2018 by the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). This is the second time in a row that our company has been declared the most responsible to the community, employees, partners, environment. Among many other things, Delta Holding launched Delta Biznis Incubator in 2018, an innovative program to support startups. Through the project Plantation for the Future grants were given and expert assistance...

The Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) is the seventh year in a row, awarded the “SAM Annual Awards” to the best in Serbia at the already traditional SAM Sam Gala ceremony. Recognized inside and outside of the company as a person of integrity and reputation, and on the basis of achieved business results, the title of Manager of the year 2018 was Dejan Turk, CEO, Vip mobile & A1 Slovenija. “When a reward arrives from professionals in the profession then it gets even more weight....

"Our village" is the name of the new Delta Holding’s project through which the company wants to start the development of agriculture in undeveloped areas and restructuring of villages in Serbia. For the beginning, the villages Dubočane and Mala Jasikova in Zaječar area were selected, and the decision was announced to the locals by the president of Delta Holding Miroslav Mišković and the mayor of Zaječar, Boško Ničić. Delta will help locals of two selected villages to significantly...

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Ivey’s MBA Program the top program in Canada. This is Ivey's fifth consecutive year in the top spot. Bloomberg’s rankings are based on surveys of recruiters, alumni, and students. Schools are ranked on four indexes: Compensation, Learning, Networking, and Entrepreneurship. Ivey’s MBA rankings highlights Ivey performed the best in Canada in all four categories Top scores included Learning (36th globally) and Networking (38th globally) Source: Ivey.ca Read...

A diamond pegged to be the largest known gem-quality stone found in North America was discovered at a Northwest Territories mine in October, according to Dominion Diamond Mines. The 552-carat yellow diamond was found at Diavik Diamond Mine, according to a company news release. Jim Pounds is the executive vice-president of diamonds for Dominion Diamonds. He called the discovery a "miracle." "It's one of those rare things," he said. "A stone of that size and that dimension invariably gets...

We are proudly presenting to you new CANSEE Board of Directors, wishing them a WARM WELCOME to CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association: Mr. Darko Vukobratović, Contango, Ms. Tijana Koprivica, Delta Holding, Mr. Duško Krsmanović, Flagship and Mr. Nenad Stanković, NST law who joined Mr. Bryan Beaton, Mr. Ivan Veljković, Stara Planina Resources, Ms. Gordana Gavrilović and Mr. Aleksandar Obrenović, BEM. After General Assembly, CANSEE Board of Directors meeting was held and Mr....

Fifth in a row CANSEE traditional Christmas reception was attended by more than 120 distinguished guests, CANSEE members, partners and associates, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps, Serbian political and economic leaders. CANSEE Christmas reception marked the end of another very successful year for CANSEE association! H.E. Kati Csaba warmly welcomed all the present guests saying that she's honored to be the ambassador of Canada to Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Madam Ambassador...