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SEENEWS – news report of 09.05.2008

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Friday 9 May 2008, by Emanuele G. - 901 letture

News report of 09.05.2008

* Albania *

Albanian Insurers Q1 Gross Premium Income Up 14.54% Y/Y to 1.74 Bln Leks (14 Mln Euro) May 09, 2008, 10:41 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), May 9 (SeeNews) - The gross premium income of Albanian insurers reached 1.74 billion leks ($21.8 million/14.2 million euro) in the first quarter, up 14.54% on the year, official statistics indicated on Friday. link

INTERVIEW – Greece’s Emporiki Bank Sees Regional Market Share Rising in 2008 May 09, 2008, 16:13 CET | Interview | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - Greece’s Emporiki Bank, majority-owned by France’s Credit Agricole, expects to raise its market share in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania this year as part of a five-year business plan to increase its presence in the region, a senior company official said. link

EBRD To Commit up to 30 Mln Euro to Private Equity Fund Project for Central, Southeast Europe May 09, 2008, 17:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Friday it would commit up to 30 million euro ($46.4 million) to a 150 million euro project to set up a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe. link

* Bosnia *

Bosnia’s Air Traffic Authority Calls Tender for Procurement of Equipment May 09, 2008, 09:44 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 9 (SeeNew) - Bosnia’s Directorate of Civil Aviation (BHDCA) has called a tender for the supply of meteorological and data management equipment which is financed by a 12 million euro ($18.4 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the bank said. link

Bosnian Serb Railways Cuts Q1 Loss by 37% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 10:49 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 9 (SeeNews) - The railway company of Bosnia’s Serb Republic, Zeljeznice Republike Srpske, cut its first-quarter loss to 1.78 million marka ($1.4 million/913,000 euro) from 2.83 million marka a year earlier, as revenue rose faster than costs, figures showed on Friday. link

Bosnia Sarajevo Indices Close Mixed Amid Tiny Turnover May 09, 2008, 16:54 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 9 (SeeNews) - Shares on Bosnia’s Sarajevo bourse closed mixed this week but turnover fell sharply, partly due to Bosnia’s failure to sign a deal on closer ties with the European Union together with its neighbour Serbia last week. link

Bosnia Schedule of Events - May 9 - Oct 29 May 09, 2008, 09:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Bosnia and Herzegovina through October 29. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* Bulgaria *

Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Bulletin, Selected Announcements - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:57 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bianor Holding AD-Sofia, BSE code - BIANOR, has filed the following information with X3 News:The Registry Agency has issued on 07.05.2008 a certificate No 20080507104819 certifying the registration with the commercial registry of Nextborn OOD, a subsidiary of Bianor Holding.The entire notification is available on link

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ArcelorMittal Ready To Spend Up to $700 Mln To Buy Indebted Bulgarian Steel Mill Kremikovtzi - Media May 09, 2008, 10:33 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - The world’s leading steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal is ready to spend from $400 million (260.5 million euro) to $700 million to buy control of indebted Bulgarian steel mill Kremikovtzi, local business daily Dnevnik reported on Friday. link

Eurohold Bulgaria Plans To Pass 2007 Dividend May 09, 2008, 10:46 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - Financial and industrial group Eurohold Bulgaria will propose to pass 2007 dividend, it said on Friday. link

EBRD To Call 3.4 Mln Euro Tender for Intergrated Energy Farm Project in Bulgaria in Q3’08 May 09, 2008, 14:52 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will call a 3.4 million euro ($5.3 million) tender for the construction of an integrated energy farm in the Bulgarian city of Ruse in the third quarter of the year, the bank said on Friday. link

Bulgaria’s Net Info.BG Scraps Plans to Go Public May 09, 2008, 14:59 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian Internet media and online services company Net Info.BG has scrapped its plans to go public following its acquisition by Dutch-based publisher Sanoma Magazines International (SMI), Net Info.BG said on Friday. link

Bulgaria’s 2007 Telecoms Market Grows 30% to Preliminary 2.0 Bln Euro May 09, 2008, 15:03 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) – The Bulgarian telecommunications market grew by 30% to a preliminary 3.9 billion levs ($3.1 billion/2.0 billion euro) last year, an official of the country’s telecoms regulator said on Friday. link

Bulgarian Insurer Euroins Plans To Skip 2007 Dividend May 09, 2008, 17:01 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian insurer Euroins on Friday said it plans to skip 2007 dividend after paying a dividend of 0.17 levs (0.13/0.09 euro) per share for 2006. link

Bulgarian NSI - Consumer Survey - April 2008 May 09, 2008, 14:46 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In April 2008 the consumer survey registered an increase of the pessimism about the main economic processes in the country in comparison with the expressed opinions three months before. The consumer confidence indicator was by 2.2 percentage points below its January level which was entirely due to the lower confidence of urban inhabitants - minus 3.4 percentage points. link

Bulgarian NSI - Quarterly Non-Financial Accounts of General Government - Expenditure - May 8, 2007 May 09, 2008, 11:13 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The National Statistics Institute (NSI) has published its report on quarterly non-financial accounts of general government . link

Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:46 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bulgarian Stock Exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for May 8, 2008. link

Bulbrokers - USA Stock Markets Daily Review - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:50 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Commodity producers bring the positive sentiment on Wall Street link

Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:52 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Market HighlightsThursday’s session was continuation of recent trend – low volumes and slight selling pressure with predominating speculative interest. Top performers were small caps with low liquidity. Almost 80% of indexes’ components closed in the red in thin volumes. Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria (ZHBG: 2.10; -0.94%) was the most traded position and 120 477 shares changed hands during the session. The company is 53% below the IPO’s price. 2007 net profit of ZHBG was BGN 11.6 m and sales amounted BGN 36 m as the report include only the last two months of the year.Lead and Zink Complex (OTZK: 40.78; +4.75%) erased some of the losses after the disappointed quarterly results. OTZK is among speculators’ favorite positions but the thin bid offers won’t be able to support the position in case of further market sell offs. Even the liquid positions like Chimimport (CHIM: 8.82; +0.69%) and Monbat (MONBAT: 24.69; -0.80%) were hardly changed in very low trading activity. We rega rd this as a sign of absence of large sellers but we cannot exclude further weakness toward the 1000 threshold for SOFIX. link

FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 12:47 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews MARKET WRAP-UP link

Bulgarian Stocks Rise in Low Volumes May 09, 2008, 15:49 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 9 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian stocks rose in low volumes on Friday with the number of buyers small, brokers said. link

Bulgaria Schedule of Events - May 9 - Nov 25 May 09, 2008, 09:03 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 8 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Bulgaria through November 25. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Bulbrokers - Daily FX Analysis - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:51 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Euro Rebounds From The 2 Month Low Against The Dollar link

* Croatia *

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Cross Border Traffic - Jan - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:49 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews This release includes data on cross-border traffic of road motor vehicles, passengers and goods at road border crossings as well as data on cross-border traffic of passengers at railway, maritime, river and air border crossings. In the period from January to March 2008, within the cross-border traffic of passengers at road border crossings, arrivals increased by 9.7% and departures by 14.2%, as compared to the same period last year. As compared to the same period last year, within the cross-border traffic of passengers at railway border crossings, arrivals increased by 12.5% in the reference period and departures by 11.1%. The maritime border crossings, as compared to the same period last year, showed that the traffic of passengers increased by 22.7% in arrivals and by 26.1% in departures. The cross-border traffic at air border crossings showed an increase of 12.0% in arrivals in the Republic of Croatia and of 19.3% in departures from it, as compared to the same period last year. In the same period, the number of passenger vehicles arriving in the Republic of Croatia at border crossings increased by 16.1% and those departing from it by 20.2%, as compared to the same period last year. In the same period, there was an increase in goods transport in the road cross-border traffic in arrivals in the Republic of Croatia by 2.3% and in departures by 12.3%. The number of freight vehicles arriving in the Republic of Croatia at border crossings increased by 6.8% and those departing from it by 7.9%, as compared to the same period last year. link

Russia’s LUKOIL Aims To Expand Retail Network in Croatia, Does Not Target INA or MOL – Media May 09, 2008, 13:10 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Russian oil company LUKOIL said it aims to expand its retail network in Croatia to up to 100 fuel stations in the medium term but does not plan a takeover of Croatian oil and gas company INA or INA’s strategic partner Hungary’s MOL, Croatian media reported on Friday. link

Croatian Veterinary Drug Maker Veterina Q1 Net Profit Rises 62% Y/Y to 871,000 Kuna (112,500 Euro) May 09, 2008, 13:12 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) – Croatian veterinary drug maker Veterina on Friday said its first quarter net profit reached 871,000 kuna ($174,100 million/112,500 euro) compared to 505,000 kuna a year earlier. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Industrial Employees Indices and Labour Productivity Index in Industry - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 13:32 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The total number of employees in industry in March 2008 was by 1.0% lower than in March 2007 and, as compared to February 2008, it was the same. As compared to the average monthly number of employees in 2007, in March 2008 this number decreased by 1.3%. According to the MIGs 2001 aggregation, in March 2008, as compared to February 2008, the number of employees in Intermediate goods was by 0.1% and in Durable consumer goods by 1.0% higher, in Energy and in Capital goods it was the same, while in Non-durable consumer goods it was by 0.4% lower. According to the NKD 2002. sections, in March 2008 the number of employees in Mining and quarrying was by 0.1%, in Manufacturing by 1.2% and in Electricity, gas and water supply by 0.5% lower than in the same month of 2007. Comparing March 2008 with February 2008, according to the NKD 2002. sections, the number of employees in Mining and quarrying was by 0.4% higher, while in Manufacturing it was by 0.1% and in Electricity, gas and water supply by 0.2% lower. In the period from January to March 2008, as compared to the same period last year, the labour productivity increased by 5.7%. According to the MIGs 2001 aggregation, the labour productivity in Intermediate goods was by 3.8%, in Energy by 5.9%, in Capital goods by 7.8% and in Non-durable consumer goods by 7.6% higher, while in Durable consumer goods it was by 6.7% lower than in the same period last year. According to the NKD 2002. sections, the labour productivity in Mining and quarrying was by 1.9% lower, while in Manufacturing it was by 5.7% and in Electricity, gas and water supply by 9.5% higher than in the same period last year. link

Croatian Pliva Q1 Net Profit Falls 92% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 17:49 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Croatian drug maker Pliva, a subsidiary of U.S. pharmaceuticals producer Barr, reported on Friday a first-quarter net profit of 28.7 million kuna ($6.1 million/4.0 million euro), down from 374 million kuna a year earlier. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Tourism - Jan - Mar 2008, Cumulative Data May 09, 2008, 10:37 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In the period from January to March 2008, as compared to the same period of 2007, the number of tourist arrivals in all accommodation facilities in the Republic of Croatia increased by 14% and nights by 21%. Tourists realised 1 433 152 tourist nights: 47% by domestic and 53% by foreign tourists. In the period from January to March 2008, the number of domestic tourist nights increased by 7% and of foreign tourist nights by 38%, as compared to the same period of 2007. Concerning the structure of foreign tourist nights, the most of them (72%) were realised by tourists from Germany (18.2%), Austria (14.0%), Italy (13.7%), Slovenia (8.9%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (7.8%), USA (3.3%), Serbia (3.2%) and the United Kingdom (2.9%). Tourists from other countries realised 28% of tourist nights. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Stock Indices of Industrial Final Products, Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:38 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews At the end of March 2008, the producers’ stocks of industrial finished products in the total industry were by 1.1% lower than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of February 2008, by 0.2% higher than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of March 2007, while they were by 5.5% higher than the average producers’ stocks of industrial finished products in 2007. According to the MIGs 2001 aggregation, producers’ stocks of finished industrial Intermediate goods at the end of March 2008 increased by 4.5%, those of Energy increased by 4.2%, those of Capital goods decreased by 4.0%, those of Durable consumer goods were by 7.8% higher and those of Non-durable consumer goods were by 5.6% lower, all compared to producers’ stocks of industrial finished products at the end of February 2008.Comparing the MIGs 2001 aggregates at the end of March 2008 with those in the same month of the previous year; stocks of finished Intermediate goods were by 2.2% lower, stock s of Energy were by 3.2% higher, stocks of Capital goods were by 24.4% higher, stocks of Durable consumer goods were by 21.3% higher and stocks of Non-durable consumer goods were by 1.4% lower, all compared to producers’ stocks of industrial finished products at the end of March 2007. According to the NKD 2002. sections, at the end of March 2008, the producers’ stocks of industrial finished products in section C Mining and quarrying were by 0.1% lower than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of February 2008, by 7.4% higher than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of March 2007 and by 9.1% higher than the average producers’ stocks of industrial finished products in 2007. At the end of March 2008, in section D Manufacturing, the producers’ stocks of industrial finished products were by 1.1% lower than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of February 2008, by 0.2% lower than stocks of industrial finished products at the end of March 2007 and by 5.3% higher than the average producers’ stocks of indu ial finished products in 2007. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Persons in Paid Employment by Activity - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:39 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In March 2008, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 213 791, out of which there were 548 443 women. As compared to February 2008, the number of persons in paid employment increased by 0.4% and the number of employed women by 0.5%. The total number of persons in employment and the number of employed women increased in March 2008 by 0.5%, as compared to the previous month. The number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances increased by 0.7%, out of which the number of women by 0.3%. The total number of insured persons – private farmers – total and the number of women decreased by 0.7%. The number of unemployed persons decreased in March 2008 by 1.8%, out of which the number of women by 1.1%, as compared to February 2008. The total registered unemployment rate was 14.5%, and for women 18.8%. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Industrial Production Volume Indices - April 29, 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:40 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In March 2008, the industrial production in the Republic of Croatia was by 0.4% higher than in February 2008. The monthly industrial production in the Republic of Croatia in March 2008, as compared to March 2007, increased by 3.9%. The total industrial production increased by 5.0% in the period from April 2007 to March 2008, as compared to the industrial production in the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Regarding the NKD 2002. sections, in March 2008, as compared to the previous month, Mining and quarrying increased by 0.1% and Manufacturing by 0.5%, while Electricity, gas and water supply decreased by 0.8%. Regarding the MIGs 2001, Intermediate goods increased by 0.5%, Capital goods by 1.8% and Non-durable consumer goods by 0.4%, while Energy decreased by 1.0% and Durable consumer goods by 0.2%. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Foreign Trade in Goods - Jan - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:40 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews According to the provisional data, in the period from January to March 2008, the total export of the Republic of Croatia amounted to 15 850 million kuna. At the same time, the import was 35 304 million kuna. The foreign trade deficit amounted to 19 454 million kuna. In the period from January to March 2008, the export, presented in millions of US dollars, amounted to 3 258, import to 7 264 and foreign trade deficit to 4 006 million US dollars. In the period from January to March 2008, the export, presented in millions of euro, amounted to 2 175 and import to 4 846 million euro, while foreign trade deficit amounted to 2 670 million euro. The coverage of import by export was 44.9% link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Demolished Dwellings - 2007 May 09, 2008, 10:41 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In 2007, the dwelling stock decreased by 705 dwellings. Reasons of excluding dwellings from the dwelling stock are the following: demolishing because of building of new constructions (88.6%), conversion into a non-residential area (5.4%), illegal construction (4.7%) and dilapidation and other causes (1.3%). The average size of a useful floor area in these dwellings was 75.2 m2. Out of the total number of dwellings, 67.9% had two or three rooms. By the level of equipment with installations within a dwelling, all of them had electricity, while 81.3% had water supply, sewage system, a toilet and a bathroom. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Tourism - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:53 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In March 2008, the number of tourist arrivals in all commercial accommodation facilities in the Republic of Croatia increased by 17% and the number of tourist nights by 31%, as compared to March 2007. Tourists realised 704 919 tourist nights: 36.7% by domestic and 63.3% by foreign tourists. In March 2008, the number of domestic tourist nights increased by 3% and the number of foreign tourist nights by 55%, as compared to March 2007. Concerning the structure of foreign tourist nights, the most of them (74.6%) were realised by tourists from Germany (25.1%), Austria (16.2%), Italy (13.1%), Slovenia (5.7%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5.4%), USA (3.4%), Spain (3.0%) and the United Kingdom (2.7%). Tourists from other countries realised 25.4% of tourist nights. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Retail Trade - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 11:06 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In March 2008, the total turnover of all legal entities, with retail trade or repair of personal and household goods as a prevailing activity, was nominally by 15.2% and really by 14.2% higher than in February 2008. As compared to March 2007, it was nominally by 5.8% higher and really by 0.8% lower. In March 2008, the retail trade turnover realised by all legal entities engaged in this activity, irrespective of their prevailing activity, was nominally by 11.6% and really by 10.6% higher than in February 2008. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Congresses and Other Business Meetings - Feb 2008 May 09, 2008, 11:08 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In February 2008, there were 166 paid hours, which was by 7.8% less than in the previous month. The greatest number of paid hours was recorded in the activity Water transport (189) and the smallest one in the activity Education (156). The average monthly paid off net earning per hour was 29.25 kuna, which was by 6.1% more than in January 2008. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 2.5%. The average monthly gross earning per hour was 42.52 kuna, which was by 5.7% more than in January 2008. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 3.6%. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Average Monthly Net Earnings - Feb 2008 May 09, 2008, 11:09 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews CORRECTION AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENTFebruary 2008 In February 2008, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 4 993 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 0.5% and the real one of 0.4%, as compared to January 2008. In comparison with February 2008, the average monthly paid off net earning for the same month of 2007 was nominally by 7.4% and really by 1.5% higher. In the period from January to February 2008, the average monthly paid off net earning amounted to 5 006 kuna, which represented the nominal increase of 6.7% and the real one of 0.6%, as compared to the same period of 2007. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Average Monthly Gross Earnings - Feb 2008 May 09, 2008, 11:09 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews CORRECTION AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENTFebruary 2008 In February 2008, the average monthly gross earning per person in employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 7 340 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 0.2% and the real one of 0.1%, as compared to January 2008. In comparison to February 2008, the average monthly gross earning for the same month of 2007 was nominally by 8.9% and really by 2.9% higher. In the period from January to February 2008, the average monthly gross earning amounted to 7 348 kuna, which represented the nominal increase of 8.2% and the real one of 2%, as compared to the same period of 2007. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Prodicers` Price Indices of Industrial Products - April 2008 May 09, 2008, 12:54 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In April 2008, as compared to March 2008, the producers’ prices of industrial products increased by 0.4% on the average, as compared to December 2007 they increased by 3.8%, and, as compared to April 2007, they increased by 7.7%. Reviewed by the Main Industrial Groupings 2001 (MIGs 2001), in April 2008, as compared to March 2008, the prices of intermediate goods, except energy increased on the average by 1.3%, the prices of non-durable consumer goods by 0.7% and the prices of durable consumer goods by 0.1%, while the prices of capital goods decreased on the average by 0.4% and the prices of energy by 0.2%. Reviewed by the NKD 2002. divisions, the increase in April 2008, as compared to March 2008, was shown in the prices of manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products (3.3%), of manufacture of rubber and plastic products (2.6%), of manufacture of basic metals (1.9%), of manufacture of refined petroleum products (1.3%), of manufacture of food products and beverages (1.2% ), of manufacture of chemicals and chemical products as well as of manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (1.1%), of other mining and quarrying as well as of manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, of manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks, of extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (0.4%), of manufacture of wood and of products of wood, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials (0.3%) and of manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n. e. c. (0.2%). At the same time, the decrease was shown in the prices of manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus (-2.7%), of electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply (-1.9%, lower prices of electricity, summer calculation for economy), of publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media as well as of manufacture of textiles (-0.6%), of manufacture of machinery and equipment (-0.5%) and of manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing d dying fur (-0.4%). In the remaining seven divisions of the industrial production, the prices in April 2008, as compared to March 2008, remained unchanged on the average. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Foreign Trade by Counties, Towns and Municipalities - Jan - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 13:13 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews Croatian Bureau of Statistics has released its report on foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia by counties, towns and municipalities for the period January - March 2008. link

World Bank Releases 100 Mln Euro Loan to Croatia - Fin Min May 09, 2008, 16:42 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) – The World Bank on Friday extended to Croatia 100 million euro ($154 million) under its Programmatic Adjustment Loan 2 (PAL) facility after the country met all the requirements of the lender, the country’s Finance Ministry said. link

FIMA Stock Monitor - Daily - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:48 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Daily comment: link

Erste Securities - Croatian Equity Daily - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 09:58 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Highlights: link

Croatian Share Indices End Flat in Low Liquidity As Investors Hold Back Prior to Serbia Vote May 09, 2008, 18:29 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Croatian share indices were fractionally changed on Friday as liquidity fell further, probably due to investor uncertainty on the outcome of Sunday’s elections in neighbouring Serbia, market sources said. link

Croatia Schedule of Events – May 9 - June 16 May 09, 2008, 09:04 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Croatia through June 16. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* Macedonia *

Croatia’s Ingra Raises Stake in Macedonian Construction Co Mavrovo to 79% May 09, 2008, 11:30 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Croatia’s civil engineering company INGRA has acquired an additional 52.08% of Macedonian construction firm Mavrovo, raising its stake to 79.01%, Macedonia’s Securities and Exchange Commission said. link

Macedonia’s KIB Kumanovo Bank Q1 Loss Widens to 9.6 Mln Denars (157,200 Euro) - Table May 09, 2008, 14:32 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Macedonia’s Komercijalno-Investiciona Banka (KIB - Kumanovo) said on Friday its first quarter net loss widened to 9.6 million denars ($242,300 /157,200 euro) from 124,000 denars in the same period last year, mainly due to increased expenditures. link

Macedonia’s Hotel Group Metropol Cuts Q1 Net Loss by 20% - Table May 09, 2008, 16:33 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 9 (SeeNews) – Macedonian Hotels Metropol said on Friday it cut its first-quarter net loss by 20% on the year to 14.56 million denars ($365,750/236,800 euro). link

Macedonian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:47 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Macedonian Stock Exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for May 8, 2008. link

Macedonian Stock Market Sluggish In Low Turnover-Table May 09, 2008, 15:33 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Trade on the Macedonian Stock Exchange remains stagnant in low turnover with investors reluctant to commit themselves ahead of elections next month, brokers said on Friday. link

Macedonia Schedule of Events May 9 –Nov 28 May 09, 2008, 10:11 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Macedonia through November 28. New or amended entries are marked (*) link

* Montenegro *

New Securities Exchange of Montenegro - Daily Report - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:26 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews New Securities Exchange of Montenegro (NEX) has published its daily report on trading volumes and prices for May 8, 2008. link

Montenegro Schedule of Events - May 9 - June 16 May 09, 2008, 10:35 CET | Story | SeeNews PODGORICA (Montenegro), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Montenegro through June 16. New or amended entries are marked (*). Thursday, May 15 - Tirana (Albania): Crans Montana Forum in Albania, organised by Crans Montana Forum, opens (to May 17) (link

* Romania *

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Constructii Transilvania Results Q1 2008 - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 10:18 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Constructii Transilvania 1Q 2008 resultsConstructions company Constructii Transilvania (COTR) released its 1Q 2007 results under Romanian Accounting Standards (RAS). The turnover reached RON 13.5 mn (EUR 3.6 mn), which is 8% lower yoy. The company explained the drop in turnover by the fact that it used its production capacities for finalizing some own investments. The net profit amounted to RON 1.6 mn (EUR 0.4 mn) compared to RON 4.6 mn (EUR 1.4 mn) in the first quarter of 2007. The yoy comparison is not reliable as 2007 first quarter results were impacted by the sale of some non-core assets. link

Romanian Textile Firm Siretul Pascani Cuts Q1 Loss by 57% - Table May 09, 2008, 12:04 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romanian clothing and textile firm Siretul Pascani on Friday reported a first-quarter loss of 183,500 lei ($76,500/50,000 euro), down from the 423,700 lei loss it had a year earlier, despite lower turnover. link

ROMANIA’S SIF 3 TRANSILVANIA SAYS Q1 NET PROFIT FALLS TO 12.16 MLN LEI (3.3 MLN EURO) FROM 33.38 MLN LEI YR AGO May 09, 2008, 14:30 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romanian Investment Fund SIF 3 Transilvania Q1 Net Profit Down 64% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 14:58 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - SIF 3 Transilvania, one of Romania’s five regional investment funds, reported on Friday a net profit of 12.16 million lei ($5.1 million/3.3 million euro) for the first quarter, compared to 33.38 million lei net profit a year earlier. link

Romanian Auto Parts Maker UAMT Q1 Net Profit Rises 9.6% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 15:17 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romanian automotive parts manufacturer UAMT on Friday reported a preliminary net profit of 90,403 lei ($37,800/24,480 euro) for the first quarter, compared to a net profit of 82,454 lei a year earlier. link

ROMANIA’S IMPACT DEVELOPER & CONTRACTOR SAYS Q1 NET PROFIT RISES TO 5.13 MLN LEI (1.4 MLN EURO) FROM 2.18 MLN LEI IN Q1’07 May 09, 2008, 15:37 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romania’s Azomures Turns to Q1 Net Profit of Almost 55 Mln Lei (14.9 Mln Euro) - Table May 09, 2008, 16:01 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Azomures, Romania’s largest chemical fertilisers producer, reported on Friday a first-quarter net profit of some 54.98 million lei ($23.0 million/14.9 million euro), compared to a loss of 7.5 million lei in the same period last year. link

Romania’s Impact Developer & Contractor Q1 Net Profit Soars 135% Y/Y to 5.13 Mln Lei (1.4 Mln Euro) - Table May 09, 2008, 16:16 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romanian real estate company Impact Developer & Contractor on Friday reported a net profit of 5.13 million lei ($2.15 million/1.39 million euro) for the first quarter, more than double the net profit of 2.18 million lei it had a year earlier. link

Romania’s Rompetrol Well Services Plans To Double Capital by 13.9 Mln Lei (3.8 Mln Euro) Bonus Issue May 09, 2008, 16:36 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romania’s Rompetrol Well Services on Friday said it plans to double its share capital through a 13.9 million lei ($5.8 million/3.8 million euro) bonus issue. link

Romanian Fuel Injection Company Mefin Turns to Q1 Net Profit - Table May 09, 2008, 17:19 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Mefin, a Romanian producer of diesel fuel injection systems, said on Friday it turned to a first-quarter net profit of 478,250 lei ($200,000/129,470 euro) from a net loss of 327,550 lei in the year-ago period. link

Romanian Building Material Firm Teraplast Sees 2008 Non-Cons Net Profit Rising 36%, To Pay No ’07 Dividend May 09, 2008, 18:07 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romanian polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polypropylene (PP) construction material maker Teraplast said on Friday it expects its non-consolidated net profit to rise 36% to some 22.15 million lei ($9.3 million/6.0 million euro) this year and plans to pay no dividend for 2007. link

ROMANIA’S Q1 TRADE GAP WIDENS 10.4% Y/Y TO 4.849 BLN EURO - STATS BOARD May 09, 2008, 09:02 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romania’s Q1 Trade Gap Widens 10.4% Y/Y to 4.849 Bln Euro - Table May 09, 2008, 09:13 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romania’s trade gap in the first quarter of 2008 widened by 10.4% from a year earlier to 4.849 billion euro ($7.4 billion), the country’s statistics board, INS, said on Friday. link

UPDATE 1 - Romania’s Q1 Trade Gap Widens 10.4% Y/Y to 4.849 Bln Euro May 09, 2008, 09:26 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) link

ANALYST FORECAST – Romania’s Inflation Seen Slowing in April May 09, 2008, 10:25 CET | Analysis | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romania’s April consumer price inflation is expected to have slowed down both on a monthly and an annual basis, analysts said. link

Romania’s Q1 Retail Sales Volume Rises 15.9% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 11:54 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romania’s retail sales volume rose by 15.9% on the year in the first quarter, led by strong growth in non-food sales, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Friday. link

ROMANIA’S APRIL JOBLESS RATE DOWN TO 3.9% FROM 4.2% IN MARCH – EMPLOYMENT OFFICE May 09, 2008, 13:45 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romania’s April Jobless Rate Down to 3.9% from 4.2% in March - Table May 09, 2008, 13:58 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romania’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in April from 4.2% in the previous month, the government’s employment agency, ANOFM, said on Friday. link

Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - RASDAQ Market - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:45 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bucharest Stock Exchange has published its RASDAQ daily market report for May 8, 2008. link

Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - Regulated Market - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:46 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bucharest Stock Exchange has published its report on trading volumes and prices on the regulated market for May 8, 2008. link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Daily - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:49 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The highest daily decline for BET-FI (2.4%) since 15 April link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Investment Daily Romania - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 09:56 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Trader’s Comment link

Romanian Bourse Mirrors Falls on Intl Markets, Investment Funds Lose more than 3.0% May 09, 2008, 16:18 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Romanian bourse indices lost further ground on Friday, following the falls on the major European markets, and the country’s five regional investment funds lost more than three percent, brokers said. link

Romania Schedule of Events - May 9 - June 26 May 09, 2008, 09:20 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Romania through June 26. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Romanian Leu Ends Flat vs Euro in Calm Trade May 09, 2008, 16:49 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 9 (SeeNews) - The Romanian leu ended flat at 3.6850/80 per euro on Friday in calm trade, dealers said. link

* Serbia *

Serbia’s Government Endorses Energy Cooperation Agreement with Russia May 09, 2008, 17:44 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), May 9 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s outgoing government on Friday endorsed a key energy agreement it signed with Russia in January. link

Kosovo’s Feb Trade Gap Widens 11.3% Y/Y to 113.43 Mln Euro - Table May 09, 2008, 10:43 CET | Story | SeeNews PRISTINA, May 9 (SeeNews) - Kosovo extended its trade deficit in February by 11.29% year-on-year, to 113.43 million euro ($174.19 million), even though exports grew much faster than imports, the Kosovo Statistics Office said on Friday. link

UPDATE 1- Kosovo’s Feb Trade Gap Widens 11.3% Y/Y to 113.43 Mln Euro May 09, 2008, 11:03 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) link

Belgrade Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 08:45 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Belgrade Stock Exchange has published its daily report on trading volumes and prices for May 8, 2008 link

Vojvodjanska Banka - Daily Vobnews - May 9, 2008 May 09, 2008, 09:59 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vojvodjanska banka released its Daily Vobnews Report for May 9, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: link

Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market WrapUp - May 7, 2008 May 09, 2008, 15:32 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market WrapUp for May 7, 2008, containing an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. link

Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market WrapUp - May 8, 2008 May 09, 2008, 15:36 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market WrapUp for May 8, 2008, containing an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. link

Serbian Indices Recover More Ground in Last Session Ahead of Sunday’s Elections May 09, 2008, 16:35 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) indices gained more ground on Friday in the last trading session ahead of Sunday’s snap general elections and brokers said investors probably anticipated a win by the democratic faction in the close race. link

Serbia Schedule of Events - May 9 - June 16 May 09, 2008, 10:20 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Serbia through June 16. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

KEY FACTS - Serbia Ahead of Early General Elections on May 11 May 09, 2008, 09:41 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Serbia will hold fiercely-contested early parliamentary elections on Sunday, largely considered a referendum on whether the country will continue on its halting path to the European Union or withdraw back to its nationalist past. link

* Slovenia *

Slovenia’s Etol Proposes To Pay Lower 2007 Gross Dividend of 3.92 Euro/Share May 09, 2008, 14:00 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenian fragrances and flavours producer Etol will propose to pay a gross dividend of 3.92 euro ($6.0) per share for 2007, down from 5.63 euro it paid for the previous year, the company said on Friday. link

Slovenia’s Juteks Q1 Parent Net Profit Falls to 841,000 Euro May 09, 2008, 16:51 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenian floor coverings maker Juteks said on Friday its first-quarter parent net profit fell to 841,000 euro ($1.3 million) from a year earlier, when profit was higher due to financial gains. link

SLOVENIA’S MARCH INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT -2.4% M/M, +1.0% Y/Y VS. +4.5% M/M, +7.5% Y/Y IN FEB - STATS OFFICE May 09, 2008, 10:32 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Slovenia’s March Industrial Output Falls 2.4% M/M, Rises 1.0% Y/Y - Table May 09, 2008, 10:35 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s March industrial production rose by 1.0% on the year but was 2.4% lower than a month earlier, preliminary data of the country’s Statistics Office showed on Friday. link

SLOVENIA’S Q1 TRADE GAP WIDENS TO 584.8 MLN EURO FROM 340.8 MLN EURO YR-AGO - STATS OFFICE May 09, 2008, 10:41 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Slovenia’s Q1 Trade Gap Widens to 584.8 Mln Euro - Table May 09, 2008, 10:57 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s trade deficit widened to 584.8 million euro ($901 million) in the first quarter of 2008 from a preliminary 340.8 million euro a year earlier, provisional figures from the country’s Statistics Office indicated on Friday. link

Slovenian Statistical Office - Indices of Industrial Production and Stocks, Provisional Data - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 13:35 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In March 2008 a small decrease was noted in the production of industrial products and services, while stocks slightly increased. link

Slovenian Statistical Office - Exports and Imports of Goods, Provisional Data - Mar 2008 May 09, 2008, 14:45 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews According to provisional data, in March 2008 Slovenia exported goods worth EUR 1,715.0 million and imported goods worth EUR 1,914.6 million. link

Slovenian Stock Indices Fall Further in Listless Trading May 09, 2008, 17:40 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Slovenian stock indices fell for a second day running in listless trading on Friday with most blue chips losing ground, brokers said. link

Slovenia Schedule of Events - May 9 - June 16 May 09, 2008, 09:06 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 9 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Slovenia through June 16. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

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