Dining | Welcome to Serbia https://welcome-to-serbia.com English Language Serbian News Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:23:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-THE-DAILY-LOS-ANGELES-NEWS-e1607501608789-32x32.png Dining | Welcome to Serbia https://welcome-to-serbia.com 32 32 Barry Callebaut formally opens 55 mln euro chocolate manufacturing unit in Serbia https://welcome-to-serbia.com/barry-callebaut-formally-opens-55-mln-euro-chocolate-manufacturing-unit-in-serbia/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:23:34 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9763 Barry Callebaut officially opens 55 mln euro chocolate factory in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia, October 8 (SeeNews) – Switzerland-based cocoa and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has opened a € 55 million (US $ 63.5 million) chocolate factory in Novi Sad, northern Serbia. The factory will have an initial annual production capacity of over 50,000 tons of chocolate and will serve as a regional hub from which Barry […]

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Barry Callebaut officially opens 55 mln euro chocolate factory in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia, October 8 (SeeNews) – Switzerland-based cocoa and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has opened a € 55 million (US $ 63.5 million) chocolate factory in Novi Sad, northern Serbia.

The factory will have an initial annual production capacity of over 50,000 tons of chocolate and will serve as a regional hub from which Barry Callebaut can address the rapidly growing chocolate markets of Southeast Europe, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

“Novi Sad is the perfect location for us. I am happy about the successful start and I am confident that we will be from Novi Sad […] to become the solution provider of choice for customers in the region, “said Peter Boone, CEO of Barry Callebaut, in the statement

Since the groundbreaking of the factory in early March 2020, construction work has progressed rapidly and was completed in March 2021, said Barry Callebaut.

Barry Callebaut supplies its products to some of the world’s leading confectionery manufacturers such as Nestlé and Mondelez. The company operates around 60 production sites worldwide and employs more than 11,500 people worldwide.

($ = 0.86599 euros)

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Serbia Meals and Drinks Market SWOT Evaluation Overview 2021, Measurement, Share, Outlook and Development Alternatives to 2026 – The Host https://welcome-to-serbia.com/serbia-meals-and-drinks-market-swot-evaluation-overview-2021-measurement-share-outlook-and-development-alternatives-to-2026-the-host/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:35:25 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9407 Serbia Food and Beverages Market SWOT Analysis Review 2021, Size, Share, Outlook and Growth Opportunities to 2026 – The Host

The research report on the Serbia Food and Beverage market offers a comprehensive study on the market size, industry segmentation, and various market growth factors. In addition, the report provides a comprehensive analysis of economic growth, technology development, as well as an accurate assessment of the leading providers in the market. Likewise, the Serbian Food […]

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Serbia Food and Beverages Market SWOT Analysis Review 2021, Size, Share, Outlook and Growth Opportunities to 2026 – The Host

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table of contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Market size and definition
1.2 Study assumptions
1.3 Research methodology
2. Insights into the food and beverage industry in Serbia
3. Outlook on the capacities for food and beverages in Serbia until 2026
4. Outlook on the production of food and beverages in Serbia until 2026
5. Outlook on food and drink consumption in Serbia, 2016-2026
5.1 Overall demand forecast, 2016-2026
5.2 Forecast of demand per capita, 2016-2026
6. Benchmarking the Food and Beverage Industry of Serbia
7. SWOT Profiles of Renewable Companies in the United States
8. Serbia Food and Beverage Demographic and Macroeconomic Outlook to 2026
10. Appendix

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Prime 5 causes to go to Tallinn https://welcome-to-serbia.com/prime-5-causes-to-go-to-tallinn/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:12:12 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9342 1: The town hall square Summer craft market on Rathausplatz (Dreamstime) Started as a medieval marketplace, Tallinn Town Hall Square has been the heart of the city for over eight centuries. Home to some of the city’s most impressive Gothic architecture, it is a popular hangout and ideal place to orientate yourself upon arrival. Find […]

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1: The town hall square

Summer craft market on Rathausplatz (Dreamstime)
Summer craft market on Rathausplatz (Dreamstime)

Started as a medieval marketplace, Tallinn Town Hall Square has been the heart of the city for over eight centuries. Home to some of the city’s most impressive Gothic architecture, it is a popular hangout and ideal place to orientate yourself upon arrival.

Find the circular stone in the center of the square marked with a compass rose. From here you can see the five most famous towers in the city.

In summer the square is filled with street cafes. In winter it turns into one of the most beautiful in Europe Christmas Market. Don’t forget to explore the narrow streets that emanate from it. Here you will find cafes, restaurants, shops and tiny forgotten corners that look like they haven’t changed in centuries.

2: The food

A hearty Estonian meal in Tallinn (Dreamstime)
Hearty Estonian Food in Tallinn (Dreamstime)

Hearty and filling, Estonian food is based on Russian and German classics, but adds a distinctly local flavor. Pork and cheese are just as much a part of it as fish, which is caught fresh every day in the Baltic Sea.

Themed restaurants on the old town hall square offer a culinary experience straight from the Middle Ages with waiters in historical costumes and musicians playing melodies from the time.

While it’s fun, restaurateurs should head down the narrow streets that open up from the plaza or area around the university instead Wheel arch.

Self-catering is also an option. Start your day like a local, with a tablespoon or two of kama flour stirred into your yogurt. A ground mixture of roasted barley, rye, oats and peas has long been a stomach-filling favorite with Estonians who roll it in butter or lard for a quick snack. A teaspoon of local honey and berries, fresh from local forests, makes it much tastier.

3: The parks

Kadriorg Palace (Dreamtime)
Kadriorg Palace (Dreamtime)

From the tiny Green Market on Lai Street to the sprawling grounds of Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn is full Green spaces where locals and visitors can relax, take time out and enjoy their coffee.

Lindamäe Park on the banks of an old Swedish bastion is famous for its circle of old linden trees. Tornide Square offers excellent views of the church spiers that dominate the city’s skyline. Hirvepark, nestled in the moat surrounding the city bastion, was used as an arboretum for exotic plants and more recently as a public meeting place during the “Singing Revolution” of the 1980s that led to the liberation from the Soviet Union.

Also save a lot of time for the Kadriorg Palace parks. The park landscape was commissioned by Peter the Great in honor of his wife Catherine I and is one of the most impressive in Europe. A mixture of wild oak groves and meadows and carefully tended gardens in Italian, French and Dutch styles reveals a different mood and color to each corner.

The gardens are designed in intricate patterns, including a cross-shaped garden made up of 12 precious foreign trees. In the center is the castle, an imposing structure that is considered to be one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in the world.

4: The museums

Kadriorg Palace (Dreamtime)
Estonian History Museum (Dreamtime)

There are countless museums in Tallinn, each one telling a different aspect of the city’s history.

the Estonian Open Air Museum has collected venerable buildings from all over the country and placed them in a forest on the outskirts of the city. the Tallinn City Museum and the Estonian History Museum present key moments from the history of Estonia in appealing, interactive displays. the Museum of Professions reflects the hardships of half a century under Soviet rule.

Check out some of the city’s fancier museums too. the Lennusadam Maritime Museum is housed in old seaplane hangers, which were the first concrete shell structures ever built. the Viru Hotel KGB Museum describes the secret operations that were carried out at this KGB hangout, including forging foreign currency and setting honey traps for ignorant foreign dignitaries. the Nuku doll museum houses some of the most challenging and terrifying dolls you will ever come across.

Finally it goes to KUMU museum, one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe. It is one of five branches of the Art Museum of Estonia and looks a lot like a super villain’s den. Every year the museum organizes KUMU ÖÖ, a mini-festival in which the museums stay open all night and the guests dance until sunrise.

5: Nature on your doorstep

Walk through the moors in Lahemaa National Park (Dreamstime)
Walk through the moors in Lahemaa National Park (Dreamstime)

Estonia is a remarkably compact country, and Tallinn is a small city, so nature is never far away.

Located on the north coast of Estonia, it is close to picturesque fishing villages and wild beaches where ancient pine forests grow near the coast. The islands of Naissaar, Prangli and Aegna can be easily reached by boat from the port of Tallinn. Be careful on Naissaar Island as it was used as a firing range and duds are still occasionally found.

For something completely different, go to Lahemaa, Estonia’s largest national park. Viru, one of the largest moors in Europe, is just an hour east of Tallinn. A boardwalk allows you to go around it, but why not try your hand at bogshoeing, a popular Estonian pastime that is often combined with a place to pick berries.

British Airways has just launched a new direct route from London Heathrow to Tallinn, which flies twice a week. For more information, see ba.com.

Main image: Sunrise over Tallinn (Dreamstime)

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How chilly is simply too chilly on the Trans-Siberian Categorical? https://welcome-to-serbia.com/how-chilly-is-simply-too-chilly-on-the-trans-siberian-categorical/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 02:15:40 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9153 It has got to a point in my journey where I feel like I mentioned the temperature. For the past few days it has been getting colder and colder at every stop, and now we’ve reached the point where I can tell you it’s really cold. “Real cold” is not a technical term or an […]

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It has got to a point in my journey where I feel like I mentioned the temperature. For the past few days it has been getting colder and colder at every stop, and now we’ve reached the point where I can tell you it’s really cold.

“Real cold” is not a technical term or an absolute temperature. Instead, it is based on the fact that when I cough and stutter while jumping dangerously between the wagons, I can feel the air being sucked out of my lungs. For the past 24 hours, I would use Sergei’s car readings to say it was around -25 ° C.

Beer from Russians (Matthew Woodward)

The conditions were perhaps best summed up by the kiwi boy who lives in the carriage downstairs. After a stop in Ishim, he told his wife: “My feet are fine, my legs are a little numb, but I cannot feel my face.”

The temperature is getting so low now that I wonder if the Baltika in the refrigerator of the dining car is getting warmer than the supplies in the unheated cupboard next to it. My favorite beer on this trip is Baltika No. 7. As it says on the can, “Made by Russians”. I think advertising standards today would prevent the use of this line from most EU beers unless they can prove the pure nationality of their workforce.

Freezing cold in Novosibirsk (Matthew Woodward)

I wondered if it would be any colder when we stopped in Novosibirsk around 9pm, but it wasn’t. Maybe because we were in a city, it was a bit warmer -21C.

Our carriage is heated up to counteract the lower outside temperature, so that it is now +26 ° C inside and -21 ° C outside.

The train’s thin skin has to work hard to maintain a temperature differential of 47 ° C.

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Matthew Woodward has completed several amazing long distance adventures on the Trans-Siberian Railway and further across Asia. From his home in Edinburgh he has reached Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo and is now on his way to Tibet. His blog can be found at Toad’s travel adventure

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11 of New South Wales’ unmissable ‘hidden gems’ https://welcome-to-serbia.com/11-of-new-south-wales-unmissable-hidden-gems/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:14:15 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9151 1: Bungonia National Park Bungonia Gorge (Sara Fife / Capital Country Tourism) This beautiful limestone strip of the Southern Tablelands is home to some of the deepest caves in the country, making it a magnet for climbers and cave explorers. The national park is just a couple of hours from Sydney and Canberra and also […]

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1: Bungonia National Park

Bungonia Gorge (Sara Fife / Capital Country Tourism)

This beautiful limestone strip of the Southern Tablelands is home to some of the deepest caves in the country, making it a magnet for climbers and cave explorers.

The national park is just a couple of hours from Sydney and Canberra and also has some excellent bush walks and a good campsite.

The caves in the park have been under protection since 1872.

2: Shelly Beach


Shelly Beach (Dreamtime)

The coastal suburb of Manly on the Sydney coast draws beach lovers in droves, most of whom are drawn to the sprawling Manly Beach itself.

However, take a short walk to the southern tip of the bay and you will arrive at this charming, tree-sheltered little spot. It’s especially popular with snorkelers thanks to the diversity of marine life in the shallow spots offshore, and it has a full range of facilities. You can even enjoy Sydney’s best fish and chips at Beach House.

3: Merimbula


Windsurfer in Merimbula, Sapphire Coast District (Nick Rains / Destination NSW)

Located on the so-called Sapphire Coast, around 450 kilometers south of Sydney, Merimbula is bordered by national parks and offers an overwhelming selection of sparkling lakes and golden beaches.

However, it is perhaps best known for its seafood and, in particular, for its rock oysters. Wheelers Oyster Farm offers special tours that give a complete look at the city’s oyster farming past, with an on-site restaurant that showcases the oysters themselves.

4: Mollymook


Mollymook Beach, South Coast (Adam Taylor; Destination NSW)

The pleasantly named Mollymook is another getaway on the long south coast of New South Wales with good surf, a beachfront golf course, and a backdrop of wooded mountains. It is a well known place among the locals.

The fact that Rick Stein has an Asian-influenced fish restaurant here tells its own story. However, the city is often overlooked by most foreign travelers. The beach here has also hosted international volleyball.

5: lightning comb


Water baths at Lightning Ridge (Nick Rains / Destination NSW)

The New South Wales outback is a land of barren plains and wide horizons, so it serves as the natural home of Lightning Ridge.

The township’s appropriately dramatic name is just the beginning. It also calls itself the world capital of black opal and offers opportunities for exploration (in search of gold) and mine tours.

Don’t miss the unique Black Queen Theater, which is made up of 14,000 glass bottles and still has theatrical performances every day.

6: Armidale


“Courthouse Coffee” café in the Armidale shopping center (Paul Foley / Destination NSW)

Surrounded by an abundance of vineyards, canyons, waterfalls, and national parks, Armidale town in the Northern Tablelands can never be blamed for a lack of activity.

In fact, it is the highest city in Australia, although it is not a metropolis with fewer than 25,000 inhabitants. Instead, you’ll find rustic pubs, an excellent local art museum, and an Aboriginal cultural center.

7: Wollongong Eat Street Markets


North Beach, Wollongong (Dee Kramer Photography / Destination NSW)

The vibrant street food scene of New South Wales is not limited to Sydney. In the coastal town of Wollongong, known in typical Australian fashion as “The Gong”, the Eat Street Market takes place in the Crown Street Mall every Thursday between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm.

Expect everything from truffle burgers and pulled pork to banana crepes, with a penchant for organic and seasonal produce. There is also live entertainment.

8: Easy walk


Rock formation near Boyd’s Tower at Red Point (Nick Rains / Destination NSW)

This two- to three-day walk through Ben Boyd National Park reveals the rugged, sea-eaten landscape of the extreme south coast and takes its name from the points that mark the beginning and end of the trail: Boyds Tower and the Green Cape Lightstation.

There is very good whale watching potential here, especially during the southern migration months between September and November, while the landscape on land varies from heathland and bays to red rock formations.

9: Kakadu Island

Kakadu Island, Sydney (destination NSW)

Cockatoo Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site to the west of Sydney Harbor, was once a prison for convicts and later became the site of one of Australia’s largest shipyards.

It is a fascinating attraction from a historical point of view and has also become a remarkable place to eat and sleep. The Marina Café and Bar serves a fine selection of food, coffee, and wine, while accommodations range from glamping to historic houses. There are regular ferries to the island.

10: Bowral


Bowral streetscape, Southern Highlands (James Horan / Destination NSW)

This small town is best known as the former home of legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, widely considered to be the best batsman of all time.

There is a good Bradman-related museum, as well as various flower gardens and restaurants, and the town’s location in the Southern Highlands makes it a convenient base from which to explore the region.

Bowral’s other claim to fame is that writer PL Travers reportedly wrote her Mary Poppins books here.

11: Jenolan Caves


Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains (Jenolan Caves)

The Jenolan Caves are less touted than visitor magnets like the Three Sisters and Wentworth Falls and show a different, but no less spectacular, side of the Blue Mountains.

The underground network of nine caves features some breathtaking rock formations and underground rivers and maintains a constant 15 degrees Celsius all year round. Choose between guided, self-guided and themed tours. There is even a night option. Adventure cave exploration is of course also offered.

This article is sponsored by Destination NSW (Sydney.com) and Singapore Airlines (singaporeair.com) but it is impartial and independent, like all Wanderlust editorial offices.

Main picture: Merimbula Beach, Sapphire Coast District (Nick Rains / Destination NSW)

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The artwork of ‘sluggish’: discovering the coastal secret of Paraty in southern Brazil https://welcome-to-serbia.com/the-artwork-of-sluggish-discovering-the-coastal-secret-of-paraty-in-southern-brazil/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 22:13:18 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9136 An empty hammock is always an invitation, and this one was more tempting than most. Wrapped low over the terrace of the beach house, it was designed in the Brazilian style: a king-size strip of cream-colored cotton, lined with decorative crochet. It swayed idly in the Atlantic breeze, overlooking fishing boats, circling frigate birds, and […]

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An empty hammock is always an invitation, and this one was more tempting than most. Wrapped low over the terrace of the beach house, it was designed in the Brazilian style: a king-size strip of cream-colored cotton, lined with decorative crochet. It swayed idly in the Atlantic breeze, overlooking fishing boats, circling frigate birds, and the turquoise waters of the Baia de Paraty glistening in the afternoon sun.

With a sigh, I made myself comfortable. “A man in a hurry will be unhappy Brazil“, Wrote Peter Fleming in his 1933 classic” Brazilian Adventure “. “I’ve learned that I have to give up.” Almost a century later, this continent-sized country is still teaching impatient gringos valuable lessons about decelerating – and nowhere more than in Paraty.

Low roads, slow times drive along the Costa Verde west of Rio, Time seemed to slow down with each rainforest-covered bay we passed until we turned left and reached a town that had been largely unchanged for a century.

Like many travelers, I came straight from several hectic days in the big city, full of sightseeing, and my gaze was directed towards the even bigger metropolis São Paulo. But halfway between these two giants, I found myself in a different era.


Paraty Old Town (Dan Linstead)

The old town of Paraty dates back in part to the 17th century when the sheltered port was animated by Portuguese caravel fleets that transported gold to Europe. Today it’s a place to stroll through cobbled streets, peer into whitewashed churches, and watch hummingbirds scurry from one courtyard garden to another.

The UNESCO-listed city has perhaps the best collection of Portuguese colonial buildings in the world. This wasn’t an easy stopover, I quickly realized.

This was a lingering. The local tour guide Harry Cowan had clearly decided the same and had settled here from his hometown Argentina. He led me – slowly, of course – along Rua do Comercio to the town square and explained the history of Paraty, which is for the most part also the history of Brazil.

“There were really three eras – gold, coffee, and tourism – and cachaça flowed all the way,” he said with a wink, referring to the cane spirit that sets caipirinhas on fire.

The gold age was at the end of the 17th century when huge quantities were transported from mines in Ouro Preto in the north to Paraty. The early colonial city boomed and became the most important slave port in Brazil.

It was ingeniously built with its streets below sea level, so that floods washed away the debris – knee-high doorsteps protect Paratys houses from regular flooding to this day. And there were other architectural quirks: Harry pointed out the crooked red roof tiles that covered every house.

“They used to be made by wrapping the clay around a slave’s thigh. The technique even resulted in an unusual Brazilian expression – feito nas coxas (“made on the thigh”), which means something crude but effective. “

After gold, the coffee frenzy came in the 19th century when the city exported beans to Europe’s babblers while dozens of distilleries sprang up to delight Cachaça’s African workforce.

But when slavery was finally abolished in 1888 – Brazil was the last Western nation to do so – Paraty’s economy and population collapsed. In the 20th century it was a ghost town with only “a few crazy moonlight burners and some fishermen living and that’s it”. It is only in the last few decades that money – from Brazilian second home owners and travelers – has flowed back to Paraty.


Brightly painted boats (Dan Linstead)

We were now at the harbor, where rows of crazy colored boats huddled around the jetty and vultures patrolled the bank. Ahead lay the scattered islands and remote promontories of Paraty Bay – more to come – while behind us lay cloud-shrouded hills, part of the Mata Atlantica rainforest that once covered almost a fifth of Brazil.

The Mata Atlantica is another reason people tend to break away from Paraty. Though chopped back to a fraction of its previous size, it’s extraordinarily biodiverse – a global hotspot for endemics – and right in Paraty’s backyard. The old golden path still winds through it (a multi-day hike for the energetic), but Harry, always aware of the strain, suggested a simpler sample: a walk to a waterfall. So the next morning we took a short drive, parked on the side of the road, and slipped into the trees.

It wasn’t the jungle you find deeper in the hills, but it was lovely nonetheless. Everywhere there was a musty, sweet tangle of ferns, cacti and lianas, speckled with distant sunlight. Fantastically gnarled trunks carried vivid bromeliads, and bird of paradise heliconias hung in our path.

“This would have been a sugar cane plantation once,” Harry remarked. Obviously, nature hadn’t got the message of the slowdown: it had recaptured its territory at breakneck speed. The super-fertility of the Mata Atlantica is fed by the humid air of the ocean, and that’s exactly where I wanted to be now: out there.

If rainforest walks are one of Paraty’s charms, the fjord-like coastline and countless islands are the other charm. Schooners do a lot of business on day trips, but there are also a handful of places along the Ponta Grossa peninsula where you can stay longer and I made my way.

As I stepped on the footbridge at Casa Cairuçu that afternoon, I felt a delicious and rare feeling: roadlessness. A 20-minute drive across the bay had brought me from Paraty’s old town to this wooden bungalow that was hiding on the jungle coast. Along the headland, a handful of other houses jutted out of the green – a fisherman’s hut, the abandoned villa of a movie star from the 1950s – but only a long, winding walk or a boat connected us to everything.


Beach near Casa Cairuçu (Dan Linstead)

For those in a hurry, the next few days would have been really miserable. Being stranded on a small patch of land, a four-hour walk, forces you to change priorities. So instead of planning my next step, I found myself in the hammock on the porch, fascinated by the little things. A heron perched on a boulder and swallows a fish.

The geriatric bob of a turtle head in shallow water. The twittering call of the bem-te-vi bird. A volley of parakeets. The constantly changing light in the bay: silver to gold to pink to blue to black. And well, I’ve done a little research. I took a boat along the peninsula, home to a caicara fishing community (descendants of the Portuguese and native coastal settlers) and snorkeled with zebrafish at the small Ilha Comprida.

We anchored off beaches where – even if beaches aren’t your thing – you have to reluctantly applaud. I walked to Maria Della Costa’s house, the late movie star’s apartment, which is now eerily suffocated with leaves, and palm trees sprouting on the sun terrace.

But Ponta Grossa’s best secret wasn’t revealed until my last night. After sunset and dinner, I padded down to the house dock and plunged in to swim. Something strange, magical happened in the darkness: My arms and legs were pulling towards the stars.

With every swing or step through the water, a thousand points of light flashed and died. It was a phenomenon that I had heard of many times but never experienced bioluminescence produced by millions of tiny organisms in the ocean.

It was as unexpected as it was wonderful, and it would not have been me if I had advanced in my usual way of traveling. Paraty pulled me into his sleepy embrace and then gave me a reward like saying, “I told you.” I floated on my back in the glowing water as long as I could – you can’t linger forever – and then slowly swam back to the jetty.

The author traveled with Last Frontiers (lastfrontiers.com, 01296 653000) who specialize in tailor-made travel throughout Latin America.

Main picture: Chapel of Santa Rita. From the 18th century

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Barry Callebaut to shortly begin development of 45 mln euro chocolate manufacturing unit in Serbia https://welcome-to-serbia.com/barry-callebaut-to-shortly-begin-development-of-45-mln-euro-chocolate-manufacturing-unit-in-serbia/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:12:18 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9132 Barry Callebaut to shortly start construction of 45 mln euro chocolate factory in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 23 (SeeNews) – Switzerland-based cocoa and chocolate product maker Barry Callebaut will shortly begin construction of a 45 million euro chocolate factory in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, a government official said . The factory is being built on more than two hectares of land in the industrial zone of Novi […]

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Barry Callebaut to shortly start construction of 45 mln euro chocolate factory in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 23 (SeeNews) – Switzerland-based cocoa and chocolate product maker Barry Callebaut will shortly begin construction of a 45 million euro chocolate factory in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, a government official said .

The factory is being built on more than two hectares of land in the industrial zone of Novi Sad, Serbian Real Estate Director Milos Vorkapic said in a government statement on Friday when a building restrictions agreement was signed.

In April, the Serbian Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that Barry Callebaut plans to invest 50 million euros in building a chocolate factory in Novi Sad that will create 100 jobs. The company, headquartered in Zurich, also wants to set up a research and development center in Serbia, the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced at the time.

Barry Callebaut supplies its products to some of the world’s leading confectionery manufacturers such as Nestlé and Mondelez. The company operates around 60 production sites worldwide and employs more than 11,500 people worldwide.

($ = 0.91084 euros)

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Serbia’s Victoria Group to squeeze out minority homeowners in Sojaprotein https://welcome-to-serbia.com/serbias-victoria-group-to-squeeze-out-minority-homeowners-in-sojaprotein/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:11:18 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=9129 Serbia's Victoria Group lifts stake in Sojaprotein to 90.38%

BELGRADE, Serbia, October 7 (SeeNews) – Serbian agro-industrial conglomerate Victoria Group has squeeze out 1,326,291 shares in blue-chip soy protein processing company Sojaprotein. initiated [BEL:SJPT] it still doesn’t own, said Victoria Group. The shares will be purchased at a price of 180 dinars (1.7 USD / 1.5 euros) each, which is the price the Victoria […]

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Serbia's Victoria Group lifts stake in Sojaprotein to 90.38%

BELGRADE, Serbia, October 7 (SeeNews) – Serbian agro-industrial conglomerate Victoria Group has squeeze out 1,326,291 shares in blue-chip soy protein processing company Sojaprotein. initiated [BEL:SJPT] it still doesn’t own, said Victoria Group.

The shares will be purchased at a price of 180 dinars (1.7 USD / 1.5 euros) each, which is the price the Victoria Group said in a filing on the Belgrade Stock Exchange on Friday on the 2nd.

The squeeze-out will be completed within two working days of the listing, the Victoria Group announced.

According to Serbian company law, shareholders who own at least 90% of the capital of a company can initiate a compulsory exclusion of minority owners who have not accepted the purchase offer.

The Victoria Group bought 177,931 soy protein stocks at a price of 180 dinars each. Upon completion of the takeover offer, the Victoria Group will hold 12,466,842 shares of Sojaprotein.

The soybean processing company is one of 11 members of the blue-chip index BELEX15 of the Belgrade Stock Exchange. It has 13,793,133 listed stocks with a Free Float (FFc) of 9.62%, which is 0.73% of the index’s total capitalization.

(1 euro = 117,456 dinars)

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Serbia’s Sojaprotein board backs Victoria Group’s buyout provide https://welcome-to-serbia.com/serbias-sojaprotein-board-backs-victoria-groups-buyout-provide/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:55:22 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=8855 Serbia's Victoria Group lifts stake in Sojaprotein to 90.38%

BELGRADE (Serbia), March 15 (SeeNews) – The Board of Sojaprotein’s. in Serbia [BEL:SJPT] has supported a takeover bid from agro-industrial conglomerate Victoria Group, the blue-chip soybean processing company announced. The price offered by the Victoria Group is in line with the rules for acquiring public companies, Soy Protein said in a filing on the Belgrade […]

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Serbia's Victoria Group lifts stake in Sojaprotein to 90.38%

BELGRADE (Serbia), March 15 (SeeNews) – The Board of Sojaprotein’s. in Serbia [BEL:SJPT] has supported a takeover bid from agro-industrial conglomerate Victoria Group, the blue-chip soybean processing company announced.

The price offered by the Victoria Group is in line with the rules for acquiring public companies, Soy Protein said in a filing on the Belgrade Stock Exchange on Thursday.

The unions consider the price offered by the Victoria Group to be too low, the soy protein union said in a separate announcement to the stock exchange. However, the unions support the business plan proposed by the bidder.

Earlier this month, the Victoria Group made a takeover bid for the 31.82% stake in Soy Protein that it does not yet own. Victoria Group intends to purchase 4,389,459 soy protein shares at a price of 177.4 dinars (1.7 USD / 1.5 euros) each.

The offer is valid from March 6th to March 26th.

In July, Sojaprotein announced that its shareholders had approved a capital reduction of 3.792 billion dinars to cover part of the 2017 loss. Soy Protein announced in May that its net loss increased from RSD 383 million in the previous year to RSD 6.5 billion in 2017.

(1 euro = 118,081 dinars)

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Hearth breaks out in Montenegrin meat processing plant, no casualties https://welcome-to-serbia.com/hearth-breaks-out-in-montenegrin-meat-processing-plant-no-casualties/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:24:09 +0000 https://welcome-to-serbia.com/?p=8840 Fire breaks out in Montenegrin meat processing plant, no casualties - report (VIDEO)

PODGORICA (Montenegro), April 30 (SeeNews) – A fire broke out in the factory of the Montenegrin meat processing company Franca Mesopromet in Bijelo Polje in the east of the country, local media reported on Monday. No injuries were reported, but there is a risk of pollution because an ammonia storage tank was damaged in the […]

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Fire breaks out in Montenegrin meat processing plant, no casualties - report (VIDEO)

PODGORICA (Montenegro), April 30 (SeeNews) – A fire broke out in the factory of the Montenegrin meat processing company Franca Mesopromet in Bijelo Polje in the east of the country, local media reported on Monday.

No injuries were reported, but there is a risk of pollution because an ammonia storage tank was damaged in the accident, reported the public broadcaster RTCG.

The fire completely destroyed the factory and spread to the adjacent administrative building, the director of the country’s civil protection administration in Bijelo Polje, Milonja Rakonjac, told RTCG.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

The factory covers an area of ​​50,000 square meters and has a daily production capacity of 50 tons.

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