Economic team led by PM Nikola Gruevski late Tuesday presented Macedonia’s investment opportunities before businessmen in Liverpool. Some of the present guests were acquainted for the first time with the opportunities for doing business in Macedonia estimating them as excellent.

Macedonia showed to have much to offer investors. It was an excellent opportunity to acquaint with pragmatism of the politicians and their commitment for presenting the country as well as the chance to learn more about business opportunities offered by your country. I am leaving from here with the knowledge and information about technological industrial zones and opportunities for development offered by Macedonia, completely fresh ideas which is unusual to meet, Mike Lawrence, Colebrook Bosson Saunders manager said.

Deputy PM and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski introduced present guests with the reforms directed towards improvement of the standard of the citizens in which foreign investment attracting has a large portion.

It is an overall process including large investment in several key spheres and investments which are implemented by the government besides global economic crisis and European debt crisis. We have used the opportunity to start with selected projects, in transportation sector, energy and railway transport which help us to improve infrastructure and logistics in the country which is important to private investors, Stavreski said.

He also referred to government’s capital projects as construction of the 28-km long section of Corridor 10 as well as two new highways Skopje – Stip and Kicevo – Ohrid highways, construction of Alexander the Great Airport in Skopje which affects increase of passenger and new connections including direct Skopje – London flight, and many foreign investors as Johnson Controls, Kemet Electronics, Kromberg and Schubert and Dräxlmaier that opened production facilities in the country.

Stavreski and Gruevski addressed the special panel on growth in emerging and frontier markets and its impact in Europe and business opportunities offered as a result of the recent crisis.

The Global Economic Forum is part of global event International Festival for Business, which is the largest global concentration of business events during 2014. The 50-day festival runs across 7 weeks in June and July and will attract business delegates and trade intermediaries from around the world.