On Tuesday, the presentation of the "The Adriatic Journal: Strategic Foresight 2020" issue took place in Ljubljana, and it is traditionally given by the Institute for Strategic Solutions. The event was attended by the prominent representatives of the state, institutions, the economy and civil society such as Mr. Miro Cerar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Ms. Karin Kneissl, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Blaž Brodnjak, NLB Bank Chairman of the Board, Mr. Gregor Pilgram, Generali CEE Holding Board member. As part of the VZMD's efforts and its international business-investor programs Invest to Slovenia - investo.si and International Investors' Network – invest-to.net, the event was attended by the President of the Association, Mr. Verbič, who took the opportunity to talk to many prominent guests. Among other things, a discussion was held about further collaboration in terms of activities by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Public Agency SPIRIT Slovenia - primarily in light of preparations for the Slovenia's presidency of the EU Council.

Yesterday, the Euronext Stock Exchange in Brussels hosted the Sustainable Value for Money international conference organized by the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance) in collaboration with the CFA Institute. The important conference addresses the issues of sustainable and long-term real returns of various financial products intended for long-term and retirement savings.

Yesterday, the General meeting of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance) took place at the CFA Institute in the Brussels downtown, followed by the meetings of the Legal Committee and the Executive Board. The events were also attended by the PanSlovenian Investors' & Shareholders' Association (VZMD) President, Mr. Kristjan Verbič, as a member of the Better Finance's Executive Board. He pointed out, among other things, two key issues from the vantage point of investors in Slovenia, which are also being fully addressed by the European Federation of Investors. 

The 6th extraordinary session that took place on Monday saw the members of the National Council unanimously vote for the suspensive veto to the Act on Judicial Relief Granted to Former Holders of Qualified Bank Credit (ZPSVIKOB). The session at the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia was also attended by the President of the VZMD, Mr. Kristjan Verbič. Last week, immediately after ZPSVIKOB was adopted in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Verbič addressed an appeal to the National Council, urging the members of the Council to veto the act and enable the reading of their incomparably more suitable bill.

On Tuesday evening, the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia has seen 34 votes against and 46 votes for in favor of adopting the Act on Judicial Relief Granted to Former Holders of Qualified Bank Credit (ZPSVIKOB) prepared by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. At the PanSlovenian Investors’ & Shareholders’ Association (VZMD), where they have been actively following the legislative procedure the entire time, providing numerous proposals, remarks, and warnings about the unsuitability of the Government’s bill, they decided to send a reasoned appeal to the members of the National Council urging them to veto the adopted act. This way, the repeated voting in the National Assembly would have to see the absolute majority of members of the parliament voting to adopt the questionable ZPSVIKOB, meaning once again at least 46 votes. At the VZMD they are of the opinion that it would be harder to achieve the majority of votes the second time around.

Lebanese capital of Beirut is hosting the meeting of the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users (Better Finance) and the World Federation of Investors (WFI). The high-level meetings and the high-profile international conference are taking place under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Lebanon, General Michel Aoun, and are organized by the distinguished law Office Boulos with the support of both international associations and Belgian Business Council in Lebanon.

On Wednesday, Dublin hosted an important convention of the European Securities Exchanges (FESE) attended by over 300 important representatives of European institutions and financial industry, decision-makers and experts from 31 countries. The current expert discussion primarily addresses the role of stock exchange and capital markets, the influence of the MiFID II/MiFiR financial market reform and Brexit, the European future and strategic need for a sustainable union of capital markets.

At the organizers' invitation, this important event is attended for the third time by the VZMD President Mr. Kristjan Verbič. On the Tuesday night gala reception, Mr. Verbič took the opportunity to engage in discussions about the proposals and efforts from the VZMD and Better Finance, where he is a member of the Executive Board. Mr. Verbič spoke to the President of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Mr. Steven Maijoor, who was the keynote speaker at the reception, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance in Ireland Mr. Michael W. D'Arcy, the Better Finance Managing Director Mr. Guillaume Prache, the FESE President Mr. Petr Koblic, Head of the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union at the European Commission Mr. Olivier Guersent, Director of the financial markets division at the European Commission Mr. Ugo Bassi, and numerous other FESE representatives, directors of European stock exchanges and regulatory authorities.

Through the discussions, Mr. Verbič also addressed the VZMD and Better Finance warnings regarding the non-compliance of the Slovenian Financial Instruments Market Act (ZTFI) with EU Directive no. 909/2014, which represents a hazard which could lead to the final destruction of the individual possession of securities in Slovenia. Additionally, he discussed the VZMD proposal to establish the European Tribune institute i.e. an Ombudsman for the economic rights in the EU, the unsuccessful efforts to resolve the issue of expropriated investors in Slovenian banks and the pertaining unconstitutionality, and the current changes of the Book Entry Securities Act (ZNVP-1B) where its authors failed to listen to constructive and well-supported suggestions prepared by the VZMD (in collaboration with Slovenian Consumers' Association).

Mr. Verbič had also discussed these issues with some of the attendees of the annual congress of the European Business Angel Network  (EBAN) in Helsinki, before he traveled to Dublin.

Other Related International Activities:

VIDEO REPORT - a series of important meetings, resounding conferences and elections during Romanian Presidency of the EU — noticeable and active role of the VZMD and the European Federation of Investors - BETTER FINANCE

VIDEO REPORT - UEFA, RZS, Atlantic Grupa, Better Finance and VZMD presidents, mayors and ministers talk about sport as the business promoter

VIDEO REPORT - Opening of the »Slovenia Business Center« during the European handball championship with active participation of VZMD international programs

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from Wroclaw - 4 days of exceptional opportunities in »Slovenian Center«, juncture for business, investment and promotional interests

SLOVENIAN CENTER IN WROCLAW - large attendance and numerous opportunities for Slovenia's promotion, as well as promising business collaborations, also within the VZMD's business-investor programs and the premiere of its PRESENTATIONAL VIDEO

VIDEO INVITATION – Opportunity for company presentations - »SLOVENIAN BUSINESS CENTER« at the European handball championship

VIDEO REPORT from 10^th Bled Strategic Forum - the largest foreign affairs event in Slovenia

VIDEO REPORT on the 6^th this year's tour of the VZMD's international business-investor programs and its focal part - business angels delegation in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia

VIDEO REPORT and a brief VIDEO IMPRESSION from the Better Finance, the high visibility international conference in Brussels – readily applicable also to the circumstances and perspectives in Slovenia

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from Istanbul - the European Business Angels Investment Forum 2014

EXSCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT »Radenci-Gorica-Ljubljana-Portorož-Helsinki-Praia-Brussels« about this year's 8th tour of the international business-investment programmes VZMD – four important conferences across Slovenia, the European Business Angels Network Conference in Helsinki, the European Commission delegation »Mission for Growth« at Cape Verde, and the »European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2014« in Brussels

BRUSSELS – conclusion of a tree-week tour of the VZMD international business investment programmes, and the prestigious »European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2014«, as well as preparatory meetings related to investo.si in investo.international activities in 2015

PRAIA – VZMD President attending a special reception hosted by the President of the Cape Verde Republic. The VZMD President has also discussed the possibilities of a better cooperation with the Prime Minister and some members of the government, along with the visit of the »Mission for Growth« delegation led by the European Commission – an intense interest in the VZMD international investment programmes

PRAIA – VZMD President attending a special reception hosted by the President of the Cape Verde Republic. The VZMD President has also discussed the possibilities of a better cooperation with the Prime Minister and some members of the government, along with the visit of the »Mission for Growth« delegation led by the European Commission – an intense interest in the VZMD international investment programmes

WARSAW - a two-day international conference "Warsaw Capital Market Summit 2014" with influential participants from more than 40 countries with active presence of VZMD along with the business investment programs investo.si and investo.international

VIENNA – EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from the Annual Meeting and the Investor Conference of the World Federation of Investors (WFI)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT - Annual Meeting and Conference of the World Federation of Investors (WFI) in Vienna, Business delegation to Yaroslavl (Russia) & the BetterFinance Conference in Brussels

BRUSSELS – European Federation of Financial Services Users (EuroFinUse-Better Finance) yesterday presented an important report »Private Pensions: The Real Returns« with warnings and recommendations – apart from numerous representatives of the European Commission and Parliament, banks, stock-exchanges, funds and associations, the VZMD President Mr Kristjan Verbič also attended the Conference in Brussels

YAROSLAVL – Slovenian business delegation on a visit to an important Russian region – VZMD international business-investment programmes actively present in Yaroslavl, prior to the Annual Meeting and Conference of the World Federation of Investors in Vienna

VIDEO REPORT - 2nd High-level Symposium of THINK TANKS of China and Central and Eastern European countries

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT about the events at the Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen – Slovenian representative Tinkara Kovač performed excellently and presented Slovenia also in the framework of the VZMD international investors & business programme investo.si and Slovenian business day in Denmark

SLOVENIAN DAY IN DENMARK – an exceptional presentation of Slovenia, its companies and trademarks accompanying the Eurovision 2014 Semi-finals – more than 500 guests from practically all participating countries were enthusiastic about the Slovenian culinary delicacies, Tinkara Kovač’s special live concert and the VIDEO REPORT about the team's journey to Copenhagen by camper vans - VZMD and investo.si received a great deal of praise and are preparing additional activities

VIDEO INVITATION for the Slovenian Business Day at Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen - Exclusive offer by Slovenian representative and VZMD’s international business-investors’ program investo.si − Invest to Slovenia

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from the awards ceremony, organised by »IFIMES« International Institute on Bled, and from the gala event accompanying an exceptional international visit with promising business, political, and diplomatic contacts (Bled, February 2013)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT about the week of the MOSCOW-VIENNA-CAPETOWN conferences involving the following: active participation of the international business-investment VZMD programmes, signing a memorandum with the Russian Federation of Investors, and protection of rights of the Slovene and European shareholders at the Viennese conference »The Financial Repression of Savers and Investors« (Moscow, Vienna, Cape Town, October 2013)

MOSCOW – At the Slovenian Embassy about a joint investors’ conference in the fall – an arrangement between the Russian Federation of Investors, VZMD and the Slovenian Embassy (Moscow, June 2013)

KAZAKHSTAN – a successful visit of the Slovenian business delegation in Kazakhstan – strong interest displayed in the international investors’ programs of the PanSlovenian Shareholders’ Association (VZMD): investo.si and investo.international (Astana, Almaty, June 2013)

WORLD BANK – President of VZMD and EuroFinUse Board Member speaker of the first panel at the international conference about audit reform and the importance of audit committees (Bucharest, June 2013)

VIENNA – EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from the European meeting of venture and start-up capital funds and the congress of business angels’ network EBAN 2013 – an active role of VZMD and its international investors’ programs investo.si and investo.international (Vienna, May 2013)

VIDEO REPORT – Variegated happening at the 19th financial fair KAPITAL 2013 at Cankar Hall, along two-day presentation of the international investors’ programs and the lecture of VZMD President (Ljubljana, April 2013)

VIDEO REPORT – exclusively from the European Parliament: the EuroFinUse international conference and the Election Assembly, the announcement of the new President and Board of directors of this influential European association, into which a representative of Slovenia is also re-elected (Brussels, March 2013)

BRUSSELS – Slovenia with VZMD once more elected to the top of the European Federation of Financial Services Users – intensive international activities today continue with a conference in the European Parliament (Brussels, March 2013)

TOKYO – conclusion of the visit of Slovene economic and political delegation with Slovenian-Japanese Business & Investment Forum and the reception at Japanese investors’ association – the active role of VZMD with its international investors’ programs investo.si and investo.international(Tokyo, March 2013)

INDIA – visit of Slovenian government and business delegation – on the basis of Memorandum between ICPE and VZMD international investors' programs investo.si and investo.international also present (New Delhi, February 2013)

Memorandum of cooperation signed between the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE) and VZMD, with additional expansion of activities within the framework of international investment programs investo.si and investo.international (Ljubljana, January, 2013)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT of “International Conference on Benefits and Challenges of Public Private Partnerships for improving Energy Efficiency” – key statements of prominent participants (Ljubljana, October, 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - Prominent Participants of Two Key International Conferences in Bled, India and Slovenia as Business Partners and CloudForum, Show Interest in the Investors’ Week in September in Slovenia (Bled, March 2012)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from Slovenian - Azerbaijani Business Forum in Baku (Baku, January, 2013)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT from EuropeanIssuers International Conference on »The future of European Equity Markets« at the Milan Stock Exchange – programs investo.si in investo.international also at the upcoming International Investors´ Conference in Wiesbaden (Milano, November 2012)

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REPORT - Investors' week and the view of business potentials and investment opportunities during the visit of distinguished international guests at the Slovenian coast (Postojna, Koper, Piran, September, 2012)

VIDEO REPORT "Ljubljana declaration" – historic decision on unification of 50 organizations of shareholders and investors under one association and VZMD award »Polet« for »Model corporate governance in multinational corporation« to Gorenje company (Ljubljana, September 21, 2012)

Gala reception and dinner before International Conference on financial education and investors` exposition »investo Expo« (Ljubljana, September 19, 2012)

VIDEO REPORT - International Conference at the Brussels Stock Exchange Stimulated Investors' Representatives and Institutions to Participate at the Investors' Week 2012 in September in Slovenia(Brussels, March 2012)

"Slovenian Day at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)" Exceptional Interest of Funds, Investors, and the Financial Media for Slovenian Companies and Its Investment Environment - The Introduction of investo.si - Invest to Slovenia's Newly Founded Affiliate, investo.me - Invest to Montenegro(Warsaw, October 2011)

SLOVENIA PRAISED IN PARIS – acclaimed presentation of reputable Slovenian companies at the largest European investment convention, Actionaria, and the General Assembly of the World Federation of Investors Corporation (WFIC) – VZMD.TV EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST (Paris, December 2010)

The annual European Business Angel Network congress (EBAN), one of the biggest international events in the field of start-up capital and business angels in Europe, organized for the 20th time by EBAN together with the national members’ organization, has concluded tonight in Helsinki. In addition to the Finnish Business Angel Network FiBAN), this year’s congress was co-organized by the Arctic15 conference, which is considered one of the most successful networking events for start-ups in Europe.

Following the recent 17th global Convention of independent financial advisors (CIFA) at the United Nations (UN) headquarters, entitled "How to mobilize private finance towards funding the Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)?", both the UN Web TV and the CIFA published video reports and interviews with individual participants, among others with the VZMD President, Mr. Kristjan Verbič (VIDEO).