SEENEWS – news report of 23.05.2008
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News report of 23.05.2008
* Albania *
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Albania’s Q1 Construction Cost Index Up 0.7% Y/Y - Table May 23, 2008, 11:38 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Albania’s construction cost index rose by 0.7% on the year and was 0.1% higher on the quarter in the first three months of 2008, National Statistics Institute (INSTAT) data showed on Friday. link
Albania To Auction 2.5 Bln Leks (20.5 Mln Euro) in 3-Mo T-bills on Tuesday May 23, 2008, 09:36 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Albania’s central bank will auction 2.5 billion leks ($32.2 million/20.5 million euro) in three-month Treasury bills on Tuesday, the bank said on Friday. link
* Bosnia *
Bosnia’s Sarajevo Bourse Indices End Mixed, Banja Luka Stock Market Turnover Rises Sharply May 23, 2008, 16:39 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 23 (SeeNews) - Shares on Bosnia’s Sarajevo bourse closed mixed this week as turnover fell, partly due to lower activity on the part of foreign investors, brokers said. link
Bosnian Drug Maker Bosnalijek Eyes Takeover in EU, Plans To Double Revenue by 2013 May 23, 2008, 12:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bosnia’s biggest pharmaceutical company, Bosnalijek, plans to take over one peer based in the European Union and will finance the acquisition via a capital hike later this year, its general manager Edin Arslanagic said on Friday. link
Bosnia’s Serb Republic April Industrial Output Rises 14.2% Y/Y, Down 6.8% M/M - Table May 23, 2008, 09:40 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 23 (SeeNews) - The industrial production of Bosnia’s Serb Republic rose by 14.2% on the year in April but was 6.8% lower compared to March, official data showed on Friday. link
Bosnia’s Jan-April Trade Gap Widens 37.9% Y/Y to 1.527 Bln Euro - Table May 23, 2008, 09:01 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bosnia’s trade deficit for the first four months of 2008 rose to 2.990 billion marka ($2.402 billion/1.527 billion euro) from 2.168 billion marka a year earlier, as imports rose faster than exports, the Bosnian Statistics Agency said on Friday. link
BOSNIA JAN-APRIL TRADE GAP WIDENS 37.9% Y/Y TO 1.527 BLN EURO - STATS AGENCY May 23, 2008, 08:59 CET | Alert | SeeNews link
Bosnia Schedule of Events - May 23 - Oct 29 May 23, 2008, 08:54 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), May 23 (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 *
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
RENEWABLES - Greek Alpha Grissin Infotech To Build Wind Farms in Bulgaria May 23, 2008, 17:49 CET | Story | AII Data Processing Ltd Greek technology company Alpha Grissin Infotech expects to start the construction works for up to 400 MW of wind farms in Bulgaria by the end of 2008, company CEO Vasilios Grisin told institutional investors on May 23. link
Bulgaria’s Q1’08 Lodging Revenue Up 16.9% Y/Y - Table May 23, 2008, 17:14 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria collected 88.7 million levs ($71.2 million/45.3 million euro) in lodging revenue in the first quarter of 2008, 16.9% more than a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Friday. link
Bulgarian Hyundai Finance SPV Plans Liquidation May 23, 2008, 16:38 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s Hyundai Finance, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for securitisation of receivables, on Friday said it plans its liquidation as unfavourable conditions on global capital markets made it hard to become profitable. link
Bulgarian Stocks End Mostly Down in Sluggish Trading, Investors Await Consolidated Results May 23, 2008, 16:29 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian stock indices ended mostly down on Friday in sluggish trading and small volumes with investors awaiting the release of consolidated financial statements due by the end of the month, brokers said. link
INTERVIEW - Italian-backed Bulgarian Firm Plans 102.3 Mln Euro Alternative Energy Power Plant May 23, 2008, 16:17 CET | Interview | SeeNews By Vladimir Petrov link
Ukrainian Billionaire Zhevago Offers To Invest at Least $500-$650 Mln in Bulgarian Steel Mill Kremikovtzi - Media May 23, 2008, 15:21 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Zhevago, one of the candidate buyers of a majority stake in Bulgarian debt-ridden steel mill Kremikovtzi, has offered to invest at least $500-$650 million in the recovery of the plant, state-run news agency BTA reported on Friday. link
Bulgarian Window Systems Maker Rollplast To Invest 30.7 Mln Euro by End-2010 May 23, 2008, 11:35 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian window systems maker Rollplast plans to invest 60 million levs ($48.2 million/30.7 million euro) in building a new factory and warehouses by the end of 2010 to meet rising demand, the company said. link
FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 11:31 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The market consolidated on Thursday as the indices registered only minor changes. The volumes were close to the average and the supply and demand looked quite balanced. The major moves in SOFIX 1251.94 (+0.01%) came from Sparky Eltos (ELTOS, BGN 13.00, +2.20%), as well as from Lead and Zink Complex (OTZK, BGN 43.78, -4.21%) where only 171 shares were enough for the price to tumble. BG40 declined 0.15% to 348.49 bps after the negative moves from Odessos Shiprepair Yard (ODES, BGN 262.00, -1.13%) and Albena (ALB, BGN 91.00, -0.76%). The equally weighted BGTR30 advanced 0.24% to 845.00 bps after the negative moves from Stara Planina Hold (CENHL, BGN 5.95, -2.27%) and Doverie United Holding (DOVUHL, BGN 9.40, -2.08%) were more than offset by the gas station operator Petrol (PET, BGN 10.50, +4.79%) and Holding Varna (HVAR, BGN 33.50, +9.44%). link
Bulgarian Ship Repairer Odessos Sets up Unit To Tap Investment Opportunities May 23, 2008, 11:18 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian ship repairer Odessos said on Friday it has set up a unit in expectation of fresh investment opportunities. link
Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:30 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Market Highlights link
EBRD To Extend up to 90 Mln Euro to U.S. AES for Wind Power Project in Bulgaria May 23, 2008, 10:21 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said late on Thursday it will extend up to 90 million euro ($141.4 million) to support a wind power generation project of a joint venture of U.S. AES in Bulgaria. link
Bulbrokers - Daily FX Analysis - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:16 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The dollar rise after Labor Department data link
Bulbrokers - USA Stock Markets Daily Review - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:00 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Range trading on US stock marketsStocks rebounded modestly on Thursday after two sessions of sell offs on high energy prices. Meanwhile, oil prices pulled back below 132 dollars a barrel after set another trading record overnight moving above 135 dollars per barrel. The Labor Department said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits declined by 9 thousand last week to 365 thousand as the market expected a slight increase. Investors now hoped that oil’s price pullback could deal a significant expand to the economy rising consumer spending which accounts more than two-thirds of US economic activity. On the other side rising oil drives up transportation costs and many other expenses for businesses that aren’t directly dependent on consumers. Overall most analysts expect the oil price to continue it’s up trend and even reach targets around 200 per barrel.In corporate news, Ford Motor Co. warned that it no longer expects to return to profitability by next year and that it is reducing North American production of pickups and SUVs for the rest of this year because of high gas prices and a shaky economy. The automaker also lowered its forecasts for US sales for 2008. Ford fell 7.3 % to 7.23 dollars per share. Power wholesaler NRG Energy Inc. said it offered to acquire rival Calpine Corp. for about 11.3 billion dollars in stock. NRG fell 4.1 % to 40.78 dollars per share while Calpine jumped 7.7 % to 22.91 dollars per share. link
Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:09 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bulgarian Stock Exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for May 22, 2008. link
Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Bulletin, Selected Announcements - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:03 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Sparky Eltos AD-Lovech, BSE code - ELTOS, submitted to X3 News the following information:The managements of Sparky Eltos AD and SANYO EUROPE have reached an agreement on 20 May 2008 for a joint production of lithium-ion batteries for electric tools as the project envisages the sales of electric tools with lithium-ion batteries to generate EUR 8-10 million till the end of 2009.Please, refer to the entire notification available on link
Bulgaria Schedule of Events - May 23 - Nov 25 May 23, 2008, 08:11 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (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
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
RENEWABLES - Greek Alpha Grissin Infotech To Build Wind Farms in Bulgaria May 23, 2008, 17:49 CET | Story | AII Data Processing Ltd Greek technology company Alpha Grissin Infotech expects to start the construction works for up to 400 MW of wind farms in Bulgaria by the end of 2008, company CEO Vasilios Grisin told institutional investors on May 23. link
Bulgaria’s Q1’08 Lodging Revenue Up 16.9% Y/Y - Table May 23, 2008, 17:14 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria collected 88.7 million levs ($71.2 million/45.3 million euro) in lodging revenue in the first quarter of 2008, 16.9% more than a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Friday. link
Bulgarian Hyundai Finance SPV Plans Liquidation May 23, 2008, 16:38 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s Hyundai Finance, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for securitisation of receivables, on Friday said it plans its liquidation as unfavourable conditions on global capital markets made it hard to become profitable. link
Bulgarian Stocks End Mostly Down in Sluggish Trading, Investors Await Consolidated Results May 23, 2008, 16:29 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian stock indices ended mostly down on Friday in sluggish trading and small volumes with investors awaiting the release of consolidated financial statements due by the end of the month, brokers said. link
INTERVIEW - Italian-backed Bulgarian Firm Plans 102.3 Mln Euro Alternative Energy Power Plant May 23, 2008, 16:17 CET | Interview | SeeNews By Vladimir Petrov link
Ukrainian Billionaire Zhevago Offers To Invest at Least $500-$650 Mln in Bulgarian Steel Mill Kremikovtzi - Media May 23, 2008, 15:21 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Zhevago, one of the candidate buyers of a majority stake in Bulgarian debt-ridden steel mill Kremikovtzi, has offered to invest at least $500-$650 million in the recovery of the plant, state-run news agency BTA reported on Friday. link
Bulgarian Window Systems Maker Rollplast To Invest 30.7 Mln Euro by End-2010 May 23, 2008, 11:35 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian window systems maker Rollplast plans to invest 60 million levs ($48.2 million/30.7 million euro) in building a new factory and warehouses by the end of 2010 to meet rising demand, the company said. link
FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 11:31 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The market consolidated on Thursday as the indices registered only minor changes. The volumes were close to the average and the supply and demand looked quite balanced. The major moves in SOFIX 1251.94 (+0.01%) came from Sparky Eltos (ELTOS, BGN 13.00, +2.20%), as well as from Lead and Zink Complex (OTZK, BGN 43.78, -4.21%) where only 171 shares were enough for the price to tumble. BG40 declined 0.15% to 348.49 bps after the negative moves from Odessos Shiprepair Yard (ODES, BGN 262.00, -1.13%) and Albena (ALB, BGN 91.00, -0.76%). The equally weighted BGTR30 advanced 0.24% to 845.00 bps after the negative moves from Stara Planina Hold (CENHL, BGN 5.95, -2.27%) and Doverie United Holding (DOVUHL, BGN 9.40, -2.08%) were more than offset by the gas station operator Petrol (PET, BGN 10.50, +4.79%) and Holding Varna (HVAR, BGN 33.50, +9.44%). link
Bulgarian Ship Repairer Odessos Sets up Unit To Tap Investment Opportunities May 23, 2008, 11:18 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian ship repairer Odessos said on Friday it has set up a unit in expectation of fresh investment opportunities. link
Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:30 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Market Highlights link
EBRD To Extend up to 90 Mln Euro to U.S. AES for Wind Power Project in Bulgaria May 23, 2008, 10:21 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said late on Thursday it will extend up to 90 million euro ($141.4 million) to support a wind power generation project of a joint venture of U.S. AES in Bulgaria. link
Bulbrokers - Daily FX Analysis - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:16 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The dollar rise after Labor Department data link
Bulbrokers - USA Stock Markets Daily Review - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:00 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Range trading on US stock marketsStocks rebounded modestly on Thursday after two sessions of sell offs on high energy prices. Meanwhile, oil prices pulled back below 132 dollars a barrel after set another trading record overnight moving above 135 dollars per barrel. The Labor Department said the number of workers seeking unemployment benefits declined by 9 thousand last week to 365 thousand as the market expected a slight increase. Investors now hoped that oil’s price pullback could deal a significant expand to the economy rising consumer spending which accounts more than two-thirds of US economic activity. On the other side rising oil drives up transportation costs and many other expenses for businesses that aren’t directly dependent on consumers. Overall most analysts expect the oil price to continue it’s up trend and even reach targets around 200 per barrel.In corporate news, Ford Motor Co. warned that it no longer expects to return to profitability by next year and that it is reducing North American production of pickups and SUVs for the rest of this year because of high gas prices and a shaky economy. The automaker also lowered its forecasts for US sales for 2008. Ford fell 7.3 % to 7.23 dollars per share. Power wholesaler NRG Energy Inc. said it offered to acquire rival Calpine Corp. for about 11.3 billion dollars in stock. NRG fell 4.1 % to 40.78 dollars per share while Calpine jumped 7.7 % to 22.91 dollars per share. link
Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:09 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bulgarian Stock Exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for May 22, 2008. link
Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Bulletin, Selected Announcements - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:03 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Sparky Eltos AD-Lovech, BSE code - ELTOS, submitted to X3 News the following information:The managements of Sparky Eltos AD and SANYO EUROPE have reached an agreement on 20 May 2008 for a joint production of lithium-ion batteries for electric tools as the project envisages the sales of electric tools with lithium-ion batteries to generate EUR 8-10 million till the end of 2009.Please, refer to the entire notification available on link
Bulgaria Schedule of Events - May 23 - Nov 25 May 23, 2008, 08:11 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (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
* Croatia *
Croatian Equity Indices Keep On Losing Ground May 23, 2008, 18:14 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Croatian equity indices on Friday closed the week in negative territory amid broad-based weakness and plunging turnover, analysts said. link
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Erste Securities - Croatian Equity Daily - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 10:43 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Highlights: link
Croatia Schedule of Events - May 23 - Sept 16 May 23, 2008, 08:57 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Croatia through September 16. New or amended entries are marked (*). link
* Macedonia *
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Slovenia’s Electronic Co Iskra to Build Factory in Macedonia May 23, 2008, 18:06 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 23 (SeeNews) – Slovenian holding company Iskra will build a factory for electronic components in Macedonia’s Bunardzik free economic zone for an undisclosed sum, the Macedonian government said on Friday. link
Macedonian Stock Exchange Stagnates in Lower Turnover - Table May 23, 2008, 16:46 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Trade on the Macedonian Stock Exchange remained stagnant in lower turnover this week, depressed by global credit crunch and domestic political concerns ahead of snap elections, brokers said on Friday. link
New Macedonian-Registered Company Airlift Service Will Fly Regional Charters May 23, 2008, 15:08 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 23, (SeeNews) - Airlift Service is a new domestic charter company set up with Macedonian and Bulgarian capital which will fly to regional tourist destinations, Executive Manager Trajko Kikerkovski told SeeNews on Friday. link
Macedonia Schedule of Events May 23 –Nov 28 May 23, 2008, 10:29 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), May 23 (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
Macedonian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:14 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Macedonian Stock Exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for May 22, 2008. link
* Moldova *
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Moldova’s FX Reserves Unchanged at $1.435 Bln in Week Ended May 16 May 23, 2008, 16:49 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s foreign exchange reserves remained unchanged at $1.435 billion (913.5 million euro) in the week ended May 16, the country’s central bank, BNM, said on Friday. link
U.S. To Provide $1.5 Mln to Help Moldova Fight Human, Drug Trafficking, Corruption May 23, 2008, 16:43 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) – The United States will provide $1.5 million in financial assistance to Moldova to support its fight against human and drug trafficking and corruption, the Moldovan government press office said on Friday. link
Moldova Q1 Retail Sales Rise Real 15.6% Y/Y May 23, 2008, 15:22 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s retail sales rose by a real 15.6% on the year to 4.3 billion lei ($418 million/267 million euro) in the first quarter, the country’s statistics bureau said on Friday. link
Moldova’s April Industrial PPI Rises 12.2% Y/Y, Down 0.1% M/M - Table May 23, 2008, 14:04 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) – Moldova’s April producer price index (PPI) for the industrial sector rose by 12.2% year-on-year and was 0.1% lower on the month, the country’s statistics bureau, said on Friday. link
MOLDOVA’S APRIL INDUSTRIAL PPI RISES 12.2% Y/Y, DOWN 0.1% M/M - STATS OFFICE May 23, 2008, 13:56 CET | Alert | SeeNews link
Moldova’s Jan-April Industrial Output Rises Real 7.2% Y/Y - Table May 23, 2008, 13:38 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s industrial output rose by a real 7.2% on the year through April, official figures showed on Friday. link
MOLDOVA’S JAN-APRIL INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT RISES REAL 7.2% Y/Y - STATS OFFICE May 23, 2008, 13:32 CET | Alert | SeeNews link
Moldova To Sell State-owned Stakes in 40 Companies on Bourse in June May 23, 2008, 11:47 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) – The Moldovan government will offer for sale its stakes in 40 companies next month, hoping to earn at least 270.8 million lei ($26.3 million/16.7 million euro), the country’s economy ministry said on Friday. link
Moldovan Banks’ End-April Assets Rise 35.7% Y/Y May 23, 2008, 10:43 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) - Moldovan banks had 34.8 billion lei ($3.4 billion/2.2 billion euro) in assets at the end of April, up 35.7% from a year earlier, the country’s central bank, BNM, said on Friday. link
Moldova Schedule of Events - May 23 - May 30 May 23, 2008, 10:25 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), May 23 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Moldova through May 30. New or amended entries are marked (*) link
* Romania *
S&P Revises Romania’s Rompetrol Group Outlook to Stable from Positive on Weak Cash Flow May 23, 2008, 18:15 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Global rating agency Standard & Poor’s said on Friday it had revised its outlook on the Romanian oil refiner The Rompetrol Group N.V. (TRG) to stable from positive. link
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Romanian Bourse Extends Losses on Investor Caution May 23, 2008, 17:59 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romanian bourse indices fell for a fourth consecutive day on Friday in sharply lower turnover as investors sat tight, watching events on global bourses, brokers said. link
RENEWABLES - Greek Alpha Grissin Infotech To Build Wind Farms in Bulgaria May 23, 2008, 17:49 CET | Story | AII Data Processing Ltd Greek technology company Alpha Grissin Infotech expects to start the construction works for up to 400 MW of wind farms in Bulgaria by the end of 2008, company CEO Vasilios Grisin told institutional investors on May 23. link
S&P REVISES ROMANIA’S ROMPETROL GROUP OUTLOOK TO STABLE FROM POSITIVE, AFFIRMS CREDIT RATING AT ’B+’ May 23, 2008, 17:25 CET | Alert | SeeNews link
Romanian Construction Company Pomponio IPO Fails to Attract Enough Investors’ Interest May 23, 2008, 16:56 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romanian construction company Pomponio’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) for 25% of its capital has failed to attract sufficient investor interest, the IPO’s manager said on Friday. link
Romanian Leu Closes Tad Firmer vs Euro May 23, 2008, 16:30 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romania’s leu on Friday closed a tad firmer against the euro but was cheaper than in the first days of the week, as investors remain cautious on emerging markets amid fears of slowdown in the U.S. economy, dealers said. link
Romanian C-Bank Sticks To ’08 Inflation, GDP Growth Forecasts Despite Rise in Oil Price - Governor May 23, 2008, 14:55 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romania’s central bank does not at present intend to revise its forecasts for the country’s inflation and economic growth at the end of this year, despite the surge in the oil price on international markets, governor Mugur Isarescu said on Friday. link
Romanian Drug Market Grows 6.1% From April 2007 to March - Researcher May 23, 2008, 14:22 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romania’s pharmaceuticals market rose by 6.1% to 6,146.8 million lei ($2.63 billion/1.67 billion euro) in the twelve months ending March, a survey by market research company Cegedim Romania showed on Friday. link
Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Investment Daily Romania - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 11:11 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews In the newsRomania sold RON 100 mn of 5-year T-bondsAccording to data published by the Central Bank, Romania sold yesterday RON 100 mn worth of 5-year T-bonds with an the average accepted yield of 9.47%, almost unchanged from 17 May tender. Romania has limited issuance of short term paper this year, but plans to raise some RON 11 bn through new issues.Asirom 1Q 2008 resultsThe management of the insurance company Asirom (ASRA), part of Vienna Insurance Group, declared to the local media that for 2008 it expects 30% higher gross written premiums and a gross profit of EUR 7 mn, after recording a loss of EUR 9.5 mn in 2007. In the first quarter of 2008, gross written premiums rose 15% to RON 236.4 mn. Asirom has just started a rebranding process, following the change of the company name into Asirom Vienna Insurance Group. link
Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Daily - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:48 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews BSE indices declined on the back of the lowest daily turnover of the month link
Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Corporate Events - May 26 - June 1, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:40 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Raiffeisen Capital & Investment has released its schedule of corporate events for the week May 26 - June 1, 2008, containing the following tables. link
Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - RASDAQ Market - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:24 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bucharest Stock Exchange has published its RASDAQ daily market report for May 22, 2008. link
Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - Regulated Market - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:20 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bucharest Stock Exchange has published its report on trading volumes and prices on the regulated market for May 22, 2008. link
Romania Schedule of Events - May 23 - June 26 May 23, 2008, 08:52 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (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
* Serbia *
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Serbian Retailer Delta Maxi Enters Ukraine May 23, 2008, 17:54 CET | Story | AII Data Processing Ltd Serbian leading retailer Delta Maxi Group has opened a subsidiary in Ukraine and is currently looking for suitable sites for its outlets, local daily Kommersant-Ukraine said on May 22, 2008. link
Serbian Indices Rise in Higher Volumes, AIK Banka Shines May 23, 2008, 17:15 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), May 23 (SeeNews) - The indices of the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) rose on Friday on higher turnover thanks to trading with the shares of blue-chip bank AIK Banka, brokers said. link
INTERVIEW – Serbian Tyre Maker Trayal Mulls Listing on Foreign Bourse in Long-Term May 23, 2008, 14:16 CET | Interview | SeeNews KRUSEVAC (Serbia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Serbian tyre maker Trayal, the second largest in the country, is considering listing on a foreign stock market in the longer term in an effort to attract fresh capital to back its development plans, its chief executive said. link
Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market Wrap Up - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 11:37 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market Wrap Up for May 22, 2008, containing an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. link
Vojvodjanska Banka - Daily Vobnews - May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008, 11:01 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vojvodjanska banka released its Daily Vobnews Report for May 23, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: link
Belgrade Stock Exchange - Daily Report - May 22, 2008 May 23, 2008, 09:30 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Belgrade Stock Exchange has published its daily report on trading volumes and prices for May 22, 2008 link
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Slovenian Stock Indices Lose Further Ground in Lower Turnover May 23, 2008, 18:30 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Slovenian stock indices fell further in lower turnover on Friday with most blue chips declining, brokers said. link
EBRD To Invest Up to 100 Mln Euro in Equity Fund for Central, Southeast Europe, Ukraine May 23, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 23 (SeeNews) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Friday it will invest up to 100 million euro ($157 million) in a regional private equity fund with a focus on central and southeast Europe and Ukraine. link
Slovenia Turns to Budget Surplus Forecast for This Year May 23, 2008, 16:49 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Slovenia expects to report a budget surplus this year, the country’s Finance Ministry said on Friday, changing its earlier forecast for a 2008 budget deficit equivalent to 0.9% of the projected gross domestic product (GDP). link
Slovenia’s Probanka Proposes Higher 2007 Gross Dividend of 1.50 Euro/Share May 23, 2008, 16:47 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 23 (SeeNews) - Slovenian commercial bank Probanka will propose paying a gross dividend of 1.50 euro ($2.4) per share for 2007, up from the 1.40 euro it paid for the previous year, it said on Friday. link
Slovenian Statistical Office - Tourism - April 2008, Provisional Data May 23, 2008, 14:19 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In April 2008 there were 11% less tourist arrivals and 11% less overnight stays registered in tourist accommodations than in April 2007.In the first four months of 2008 the number of overnight stays decreased by 1% compared to the same period last year In the first four months of 2008, 659,121 tourist arrivals in tourist accommodations and 2,022,199 overnight stays were registered, which is 1% less than in the first four months of 2007 (the number of overnights stays of domestic tourists increased by 5%, while the number of overnight stays of foreign tourists decreased by 5%).Foreign tourists account for 53% of all overnight staysOvernight stays of foreign tourists represent 53% of all overnight stays in the first four months of 2008. 69% of overnight stays of foreign tourists were made by tourists from the following six countries: Italy 23%, Austria 15%, Croatia 13%, Germany 8%, the United Kingdom 6% and Hungary 4%. Detailed yearly data on accommodation facilities, tourist arrivals and overnight stays by municipalities and types of tourist accommodations for 2005, 2006 and 2007 are published in the SI-STAT database. link
Slovenia’s April Tourist Numbers, Overnights Fall 11% Y/Y May 23, 2008, 14:03 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 23 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists staying in Slovenia in April fell by 11% from a year earlier to 183,768, the State Statistics Office said on Friday. link
Slovenian Statistical Office - Construction Works Abroad - 2007 May 23, 2008, 14:03 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews Construction works abroad, Slovenia, 2007 link
Slovenian Statistical Office - Rapid Reports - Labour Force Slovenia - Feb 2008 May 23, 2008, 13:36 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews LABOUR FORCE, SLOVENIA, FEBRUARY 2008 link
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