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Brako has been present in Serbia since 2005, we have practically
bought the Serbian facility when there were still no packages
for foreign investors and we did not enter with any privilege

for foreign investors

will enable us to come out of it with dignity. We must al interest rate, as an aid to the entire metal industry
not end up as a state that demolished everything be- At that moment, they did not make a difference be-
hind it, since this will leave its impact on the business. tween domestic and foreign investors and we received
When it comes to certain systemic measures, I believe benefits then. Practically, the entire metal industry
that here the Macedonian businesmen should receive in Serbia in 2009/10 received liquid assets, since back
a bit more equal treatment with all those foreign in- then it had been struck by the prices difference, due
vestments, since there are some situations , which to the fall of the metal prices. Even though we passed
make a certain distortion on the market, for example, that period quite well, they did not make a difference
regarding the staff. Some time ago I suggested a mea- between a domestic or a foreign investor and we re-
sure – that when a foreign investor comes, they ought ceived the loan in two installments, in the first one
to take 90% of their employees from the Employment 300.000 Euros and in the second installment another
Bureau, since the goal is to train these people. Now it 300.000 Euros, under exceptionally favorable prices.
happens that due to the benefits they are having, to For comparison, here in Macedonia, the European In-
take trained staff from the companies, which invested vestment Bank offers an interest rate of 5%, while in
in them for many years. Serbia we received a 2% interest rate.

Brako has a daughter-company in Panchevo, Ser- In the end, what do you do in the free time? What
bia. It would be interesting to tell us what are your relaxes you from all that your dynamic business brings,
experiences from the collaboration with the authori- since the business is large, complex, comprehensive.
ties there: what are they doing for attracting foreign
investors and what is their treatment to the latter? K. Angjushev: Of course, I try as much as I can
to “steal” some time from all this work, but, unfor-
K. Angjushev: Brako has been present in Serbia tunately, this is really rare. I try as much as I can to
since 2005, we have practically bought the Serbian spend time with my family, I try to be at home each
facility when there were still no packages for foreign Sunday, to have some time for my friends. As for the
investors and we did not enter with any privilege for recreation, which is not so often, hiking remains to be
foreign investors. I can tell you about a situation that my favorite activity. I always want to escape to some
happened during the 2009 economic crisis: the man- place by the sea.
ager of Brako in Panchevo called me with an informa-
tion that the state offers us some kind of a loan, only Zoran Jovanovski
with a statement that we will return it, with 2% annu-

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