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Foundation members at Macfrut 2013 in Cesena, Italyback

On 25-27 September 2013, the Foundation members and Foundation guests participated in the 30th edition of the Macfrut Fair „which once again has proven to be one of the major reference points for the fruit and vegetable sector world-wide, and has demonstrated further growth compared to the previous year both in terms of exhibitors and visitors, especially from abroad” (Dr. Domenico Scarpellini, President in his Thank-You Letters to the Foundation representatives.

The Foundation members participated in numerous trade meetings with companies present at Macfrut 2013 to strengthen their present business relations and establish new ones.

The 3-day event in Italy also included a formal meeting of the Management Board and the Foundation Council.

At the meeting of the Foundation Council on 25 September 2013, a Foundation candidate was accepted as a Foundation member, the Wholesale Market from Sofia (Sofia 1592, 1 Amsterdam St., Bulgaria), represented at the meeting by Mr. Andrei Shervashidze and Mr. Boris Raykov.

The Foundation Council has also approved the following personal changes in the composition of the Council:

• Mr. Zoran Kovač (Osijek WM) and Mr. Hafiz Krasniqi (Pristina WM) have been dismissed from the Foundation Council

• Mr. Dragan Pušara (Belgrade WM), Mr. Endrin Kashari (Lushnje WM), and Mr. Andrei Shervashidze (Sofia WM) have been appointed to the Foundation Council.

The participants also discussed plans for the Foundation activities in 2014 and 2015. It was agreed that in spring 2014, the meeting of the Foundation would be arranged in Hamburg, Germany, and in autumn 2014 – in Sofia, Bulgaria. Albania initially committed itself to host the Foundation members in 2015 or 2016.

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