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Europe’s Rare Earth Magnet Challenge: NdFeB Supply Chains, China Dependence and the Rise of Nearshoring
Europe’s electrification ambitions increasingly depend on a critical yet largely invisible component: neodymium–iron–boron (NdFeB) magnets. These high-performance magnets are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and…
Serbia’s corporate sector enters 2026 flush with liquidity, but investment stays on hold
Serbia’s corporate balance sheets look positioned for expansion—credit growth continues and leverage is moderate—but the investment cycle has not restarted. Instead, companies are borrowing mainly for…
Serbia banks look low-risk as credit grows—investors watch the shift toward households
Serbia’s banking system has maintained low non-performing loans and steady lending through higher interest rates, with dinarisation continuing to reduce currency risk. But the credit expansion…
Serbia’s bond market enters a tougher pricing era as investors demand more selectivity
A weaker-than-expected March 2026 domestic bond auction signals that Serbia’s funding is still available, but increasingly conditional on price and investor risk appetite. With debt split…
Serbia’s industrial push shifts from broad incentives to fiscal discipline as projects grow costlier
Serbia’s decade-long industrial expansion has relied heavily on state incentives and infrastructure support, but the economics of subsidies are changing as investment becomes more capital-intensive. The…
Serbia’s industrial push runs into an energy bottleneck as costs and reliability become decisive
Serbia’s manufacturing expansion is increasingly constrained by energy reliability, shifting electricity and gas pricing, and the limits of a power system still dominated by lignite. As…
Energy imports as Serbia’s balance-sheet risk: why oil and gas move more than trade
Serbia’s trade deficit and industrial cost structure are heavily influenced by energy imports, especially oil and natural gas, whose prices can swing the country’s import bill…
Yettel absorbs SBB in Serbia as legal merger takes effect, setting up a fully converged operator
Serbia’s telecom market moves into a new consolidation phase as Yettel and SBB begin operating under a single legal structure from 1 April 2026. The integration…
StarTech Grey Book flags Serbia’s next test: scaling innovation into export earnings
Serbia’s innovation policy is shifting from building startups to solving the harder economics of scale, according to the StarTech Grey Book of Innovation 2026. The report…
Srbija planira 237 MW obnovljivih izvora u 2026: rast koji zavisi od mreže, ne samo od tehnologije
Planirano proširenje obnovljivih izvora u Srbiji od 237 MW tokom 2026. godine, kroz vetar i sunce, pokazuje da je u jugoistočnoj Evropi ključna varijabla — kapacitet…