The area often referred to as ex-YU (ex-Yugoslav countries) is a significant region in Europe – covering 6 countries with a total population of about 22 million. Slovenia is economically the most developed nation among ex-Communist countries in Europe, a member of the European Union since 2004, with Croatia being close to the membership, and Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro having made significant progress in this way. This gradual integration into the European common market will undoubtedly increase trade between ex-YU countries and other European nations.
CyberWatcher aims at assisting exporters from Balkan as well as companies in other countries wishing to establish business in the region. Timely and relevant information is perhaps one of the most crucial components of commercial success, when entering a new market.
By now, no one monitors the online media in the Balkans as extensively as we do – even compared to local vendors. Throughout all six countries, CyberWatcher covers almost 1200 online news sources, crawling for updates every second hour. We also keep a research capability, covering search backwards for the last 12 months.
Four regional partners have already signed up to act as resellers for our monitoring service, with its integration into their product portfolio – situated in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Macedonia: contact details here. All of them are already established vendors of monitoring and research services, while the partnership with us has enabled them to gain a new strategic advantage.
Within 2010 we will establish specific monitoring services for exporting industries as well as for political monitoring and research. We will invite anyone with an agenda to strengthen the trade in the region to contact us to see how we can cooperate for the best of the region.