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NOTIZIARIO DEL 26.02.2008

* ALBANIA * Samsung Plans To Build Power Plant in Albania Feb 26, 2008, 12:24 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), February 26 (SeeNews) - South Korean electronics and telecoms equipment manufacturer Samsung plans to build a 40-megawatt (MW) diesel oil-fired power plant in Albania, the government in Tirana said on Tuesday. link

Albanian Insurers Jan Gross Premium Income Up 10% Y/Y to 479 Mln Leks (3.9 Mln Euro) Feb 26, 2008, 13:01 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), February 26 (SeeNews) - The gross premium income of Albanian insurers reached 479 million leks ($5.75million/3.87 million euro) in January, up 10% on the year, official statistics showed on Tuesday. link

Albania’s Q4 Construction Cost Index Up 1.6% Y/Y - Table Feb 26, 2008, 16:32 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Albania’s construction cost index rose by 1.6% on the year and was 0.2% higher on the quarter in the fourth quarter of 2007, National Statistics Institute (INSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. link

Albania’s Q4 Retail Sales Index Up 19% Y/Y Feb 26, 2008, 13:16 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Albania’s retail sales index for the fourth quarter rose by 19% on the year, figures of the country’s National Statistics Institute (INSTAT) showed on Tuesday. link

Yields Steady on Albania’s 3-mo, 6-mo T-Bills, Rise on 12-mo T-Bills Feb 26, 2008, 16:58 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Albania sold 13.23 billion leks ($158 million/106million euro) in three Treasury bill issues at an auction on Tuesday as yields on three-month and six-month bills remained steady while those on 12-month bills rose, the central bank said on Tuesday. link

* BOSNIA *

Raiffeisen Bank Bosnian Unit 2007 Net Profit Rises 10% to 15.6 Mln Euro - Table Feb 26, 2008, 10:00 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 26 (SeeNews) - The Bosnian unit of Austria’s Raiffeisen Zentralbank said on Tuesday its 2007 net profit rose to 30.50 million marka ($23.1 million/15.6 million euro) from 27.74 million marka the previous year, as revenue rose faster than costs. link

EFT’s Bosnian Lignite Mine Stanari Raises 2007 Output by 64% - Media Feb 26, 2008, 10:56 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 26 (SeeNews) – Bosnian lignite mine Stanari, controlled by the London-based energy group Energy Financing Team (EFT), raised its 2007 output by 64% to 800,000 tonnes, Bosnian media reported on Tuesday. link

Bosnia’s Top Insurer Sarajevo Osiguranje Raises 12.3 Mln Euro in Cap Hike Feb 26, 2008, 15:35 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bosnia’s biggest insurer Sarajevo Osiguranje said on Tuesday it has raised 24 million marka ($18.2 million/12.3 million euro) in a capital increase aimed to finance the introduction of new products and services and developing the existing ones. link

Bosnia Schedule of Events – Feb 26 - May 9 Feb 26, 2008, 09:12 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 26 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Bosnia and Herzegovina through May 9. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* BULGARIA *

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - Austria’s Raiffeisen Sees Bulgaria’s Inflation Growing in Double Digits in H1, Slowing in H2 Feb 26, 2008, 13:52 CET | Analysis | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s inflation is seen growing in double digits in the first half of the year and it is expected to start slowing in the second half, Austrian banking group Raiffeisen said. link

BSE - Daily Bulletin, Selected Announcements - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 09:09 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews BSE-Sofia notifies all interested parties that in the Xetra rubric on the BSE-Sofia web site is posted an updated project of the market model for performing trade using the Xetra system (available only in Bulgarian language) conforming to the proposal of new Rules of the Exchange. link

Deutsche Bank Bulgarian Unit Plans to Up to Double Revenue in 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 10:48 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Deutsche Bank expects its revenue from operations in Bulgaria to up to double this year to 15-20 million euro ($22.3-$29.7 million), the head of the bank’s operations in the country said on Tuesday. link

Bulgarian Holding Company Quadruples 2007 Cons Net Profit to 3.3 Mln Euro - Table Feb 26, 2008, 11:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian Holding Company, a former privatisation fund, quadrupled its consolidated net profit for 2007 to 6.5 million levs ($4.9 million/3.3 million euro) as costs fell 39%, it said on Tuesday. link

UPDATE 1 - Deutsche Bank Bulgarian Unit Plans to Up to Double Revenue in 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 12:45 CET | Story | SeeNews (updates with Deutsche Bank development plans) link

Bulgaria’s Kaolin Expects 20% Revenue Growth in 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 12:58 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian mineral extracting and processing company Kaolin expects to raise its revenue by at least one-fifth this year, from the 117.6 million levs it generated last year, a senior company official said on Tuesday. link

Bulgaria’s Minna Kompania Gets Green Light to Prospect for Metals Feb 26, 2008, 14:21 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian mining company Minna Kompania on Tuesday said it was granted permission by the government in Sofia to prospect for metal ore in the country. link

Bulgaria Says Will Resume Power Exports on March 1 Feb 26, 2008, 15:30 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria will resume power exports on Saturday after a break of a month and a half prompted by cold winter weather and increased domestic demand, the Economy and Energy Ministry said on Tuesday. link

UPDATE 1 - Bulgaria’s Kaolin Expects 20% Revenue Growth in 2008, Plans More Expansion Feb 26, 2008, 15:53 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds quotes, details) link

CORRECTED - UPDATE 1 - Deutsche Bank Bulgarian Unit Plans to Up to Double Revenue in 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 16:13 CET | Story | SeeNews In SOFIA story "UPDATE 1 - Deutsche Bank Bulgarian Unit Plans to Up to Double Revenue in 2008" please read in the ninth paragraph "...to list on the London and Warsaw bourses and..." instead of "...to list on the Sofia bourse and..." (corrects location) link

Bulgaria’s Severcoop Gamza Holding 2007 Net Profit Rises 86.6% Feb 26, 2008, 17:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian diversified holding company Severcoop Gamza on Tuesday said its consolidated net profit rose by 86.6% to 2.9 million levs ($2.2 million/1.5 million euro) last year, as sales revenue increased 52.5%. link

Bulgarian National Bank - Monetary and Credit Indicators - Jan 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 14:32 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In January 2008, broad money (monetary aggregate M3) reached BGN 41.585 billion with an annual growth rate of 30.9% compared to 31.2% in December. Monetary aggregate M1 amounted to BGN 19.882 billion, its annual growth rate being 24.6% compared to 28.9% in December. The annual growth rate of deposits with agreed maturity of up to 2 years was 39.4% compared to 35.3% in December, while the growth rate of deposits redeemable at notice up to 3 months was 27.1% compared to 26% for the preceding month. At the end of January 2008, claims on the non-government sector reached BGN 38.414 billion with an annual growth rate of 61.8% compared to 62.5% in December. The annual growth rate of claims was also influenced by net sales of loans. The annual growth rate of loans to non-financial corporations was 69.9% compared to 71.5% for the previous month. The change in loans to households and NPISHs (Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households) amounted to 52.6% on an annual basis, compared to 52.2% in December.Net foreign assets amounted to BGN 18.385 billion with an annual growth rate of 1.6% compared to 2.7% for the previous month. The annual growth rate of foreign assets in January was 20.5% compared to 21.4% in December, while that of foreign liabilities – 76.9% compared to 70.3% for the previous month. link

Bulgarian National Bank - Monetary Statistics - Jan 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 12:08 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has published the January 2008 issue of its monetary statistics bulletin. link

Bulgarian Wireless Operators Sign Number Portability Agreement Feb 26, 2008, 14:53 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s three wireless telecoms operators have signed an agreement on enacting a delayed number portability service, the telecoms regulator said. link

Karoll - BET-C Medium Term Outlook - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:02 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews BET-C/ EMA (21)/ EMA (100) (chart) link

Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:10 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews MARKET HIGHLIGHTSBSE made strong reverse as indexes were in the red most of the session. The trading activity was near zero temperature and even speculators stayed aside from the market. Moderate buying up of Bulgarian American Credit Bank (BACB: 68.29; +3.66%) supported the main index and SOFIX finished in the green. First Investment Bank (FIB: 10.01; +0.60%) also was subject of investors’ interest at the end of the session but couldn’t came out from the recent range. On Monday begun the trading with rights for the capital increase of Doverie United Holding (DOVUHL: 12.48; +0.16%). link

FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - Feb 26, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:19 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews MARKET WRAP-UPThe indices registered small positive moves on Monday. The volumes fell to record low levels and it seemed that everybody is just on hold. SOFIX managed to advance 0.96% to 1426.80 bps after the rapid jump in Bulgarian American Credit Bank (BACB, BGN 69.99, +7.68%) with close to 2k shares traded. The others to support the index were Monbat (MONBAT, BGN 27.61, +1.47%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 11.20, +0.80%). BG40 closed at 407.19 bps (+0.45%) following the 0.89% up move in Odessos Shiprepair Yard (ODES) to BGN 282.50 where only 88 shares changed hands. The equally weighted BGTR30 fixed 925.45 bps (+0.21%) supported mainly by BACB and MONBAT again. The demand for vouchers seemed to be disappearing and PKB collapsed to BGN 0.4513 (-9.56%) while KZ and GKZ stayed in the BGN 43.00 – 0.4350 range. link

Bulgarian Stocks Close Mostly Lower on Lethargic Market Feb 26, 2008, 14:24 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday as the market remained lethargic ahead of release of corporate results for last year and trading volumes were low, brokers said. link

Bulgaria Schedule of Events - Feb 26 - Nov 25 Feb 26, 2008, 08:59 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (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

Strong Wind Closes Bulgaria’s Varna Black Sea Port Feb 26, 2008, 10:15 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria closed its Black Sea port of Varna due to strong wind, an official said on Tuesday. link

* CROAZIA *

FIMA Stock Monitor - Daily - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:07 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Daily comment:Investors on domestic capital market started the week with increased cautiousness as stock turnover amounted to only HRK 59,6 million while popular benchmark increased 0,9%. Representatives of Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia and European Commission have reached an agreement about participation of national companies in company that would be in charge of development of Pan- European oil pipeline system. Total length of pipeline will amount to 1.230 km with capacity of 60 million tons of crude oil per year. Croatian pipeline operator Janaf (JNAF-R-A) reacted to that news jumping 16,2%. In an interview, IGH (IGHR- A) CEO said that he expects further growth of construction business in Croatia due to the fact that Croatia still invests low percentage of GDP into the construction when compared to the developed nations. He said that IGH is knowledge based company that currently employees over 1000 people, with more than 70% of them holding university degree. IGH stock s oared 3,8% today. Closed-end investment fund Slavonski ZIF (SLPFR- A) was second most liquid stock today collecting HRK 5,3 million turnover. Its price increased by 4,4% and currently trades at HRK 72 offering 55,4% discount on NAV. Virovitica based sugar producer Viro (VIRO-R-A) gained 0,6%. Challenges facing this company will also be dealt by expanding product spectrum, i.e. entering liquid sugar production. The Co should gain the certificate for liquid sugar supply for all Coca Cola bottling in region. Croatia has to import all required quantity of liquid sugar for juice production (cca 40 k tones). As Company has production capacities of 40-45 k tones, a part will also be exported. BDI recover pulled up shipping companies with Atlantska plovidba (ATPL-R-A) increasing 2,4%, Uljanik plovidba (ULPL-R-A) 0,5% and Jadroplov (JDPL-R-A) 0,6%. link

Erste Securities - Croatian Equity Daily - Feb 26, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:13 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Highlights: link

Croatia Schedule of Events – Feb 26 – May 17 Feb 26, 2008, 09:12 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Croatia through May 15. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* MACEDONIA *

MACEDONIA’S STOPANSKA BANKA BITOLA 2007 PRELIM NET PROFIT UP 28.8% TO 257.18 MLN DENARS (4.2 MLN EURO) Feb 26, 2008, 17:20 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Macedonia’s Stopanska Banka Bitola 2007 Prelim Net Profit Up 28.8% - Table Feb 26, 2008, 17:42 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Macedonian commercial bank Stopanska Banka Bitola on Tuesday reported a preliminary net profit of 257.18 million denars ($6.2 million/4.2 million euro) for last year, up 28.8% from 2006. link

Macedonian Paper Mill Komuna 2007 Net Profit Quadruples - Table Feb 26, 2008, 18:41 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Macedonian paper and packaging mill Komuna quadrupled its net profit to 16.5 million denars ($398,000/268,000 euro) last year, as sales rose by some 8.0%, it said on Tuesday. link

* MONTENEGRO *

Montenegrin Banks’ Dec Credit Portfolio Grows 165% Y/Y - Table Feb 26, 2008, 15:10 CET | Story | SeeNews PODGORICA (Montenegro), February 26 (SeeNews) - The credit portfolio of Montenegro’s commercial banks rose to 2.247 billion euro ($3.342 billion) at the end of December, up 165.2% from a year earlier, the country’s central bank, CBCG, said on Tuesday. link

* ROMANIA *

Romanian Drug Market Growth Slows to 11% in 2007 Feb 26, 2008, 11:17 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Romania’s pharmaceuticals market grew by 11% in 2007 after growing by 19% in the previous year, a survey by market research company Cegedim Romania showed on Tuesday. link

Romanian Railroad Equipment Producer VAE Apcarom Proposes 0.01143 Lei (0.003 Euro) per Share in 2007 Dividend Feb 25, 2008, 18:51 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 25 (SeeNews) – Romanian railroad equipment manufacturer VAE Apcarom on Monday proposed to pay dividend of 0.01143 lei ($0.005/0.003 euro) per share for 2007 after it paid no dividend for the previous year. link

Romanian Oil & Gas Co Dafora Shares To Move to Bucharest Stock Exchange from OTC Market Feb 28 Feb 25, 2008, 19:01 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 25 (SeeNews) - Romanian oil and gas prospecting company Dafora will start trading its shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on February 28, moving them from the over-the-counter market RASDAQ, the BVB said on Monday. link

OMV’S ROMANIAN UNIT PETROM SAYS 2007 PRELIM NET PROFIT DOWN 22% TO 1.78 BLN LEI (488 MLN EURO) Feb 26, 2008, 09:00 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

OMV’s Romanian Unit ’07 Prelim Net Profit Falls 22% to 1.78 Bln Lei (488 Mln Euro) Feb 26, 2008, 09:26 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Romania’s largest oil group Petrom, majority owned by Austria’s OMV, on Tuesday reported a 22% fall in its 2007 net profit to 1.78 billion lei ($722 million/488 million euro), below analyst forecasts. link

Ieba Trust - Company Pager - STK EMERGENT Cluj Napoca, Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 10:17 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Company Description and Investment ObjectivesSTK Emergent is a closed-end investment fund, present in the market since 20 April 2006, holding a share of 66.49% of closed-end investment funds market as of end-January 2008, down from 66.7% as of end- December 2007. The value of the assets managed by the fund reached RON 121.5 Mn at the end of 2007, nine times higher than the ones managed at the inception of the fund. The portfolio worth RON 96.99 Mn at the end of December 2007, out of which 37.9% of it represent the shares of five SIFs, 17.1% represent the stake in STK Properties, 15.8% is the participation in Constructii Bihor, respectively 8.1% represent deposits. Also, the fund held smaller stakes in Remarul 16 Februarie Cluj Napoca, Santierul Naval Orsova, Titan Bucuresti, Bermas Suceava, Avicola Buzau, etc. STK Emergent will raise approximately RON 50 Mn, if all the units issued will be subscribed. The money raised will be invested as following: 60% to acquire shares of companies active in financial sector, the rest of the amount is going to be invested in construction and real estate sector. The fund is allowed to invest in stocks with low liquidity up to 30% of its portfolio.The fund estimates that will start to pay dividends starting with 2011, namely 40% of the net profit. Until then, free unit funds will be allocated to its shareholders. |IPO DATA link

UPDATE 1 - OMV’s Romanian Unit ’07 Prelim Net Profit Falls 22% to 1.78 Bln Lei (488 Mln Euro) Feb 26, 2008, 10:35 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details, share price update) link

Romanian Engineering Firm Prospectiuni ’07 Prelim Net Profit Rises 35.4% to 53.9 Mln Lei (14.8 Mln Euro) Feb 26, 2008, 12:45 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Romanian engineering company Prospectiuni has reported a 35.4% rise in its preliminary net profit for 2007 to 53.9 million lei ($22 million/14.8 million euro) as revenue rose while costs fell. link

VB Leasing Romania 2007 Net Profit Up 26%, Contract Value Rises 12% Feb 26, 2008, 13:27 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Volksbank (VB) Leasing Romania, the leasing arm of Austrian Volksbank’s unit in the country, said on Tuesday its net profit rose by 26% last year, when it signed contracts worth 205.2 million euro ($305 million), up by 12% from 2006. link

Romanian PC Market Soars in Q4’07 - IDC Feb 26, 2008, 14:33 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - The Romanian personal computer market rose sharply in the fourth quarter of 2007, both in terms of shipments and value, international IT research company International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Tuesday. link

Raiffeisen Informatik Acquires Romanian Peer IIRUC Service Feb 26, 2008, 18:28 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Raiffeisen Informatik, the IT services unit of Austrian banking group Raiffeisen, has acquired Romanian IT company IIRUC Service for an undisclosed sum, thus entering the IT services market of the EU newcomer, Raiffeisen Informatik said on Tuesday. link

High Inflation Poses Risk to Romania’s 2014 Eurozone Entry Plans - C-bank Governor Feb 26, 2008, 11:35 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) – Romania’s high inflation poses a risk to the country’s goal to enter the eurozone in 2014, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said on Tuesday. link

Karoll - BET-C Medium Term Outlook - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:02 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews BET-C/ EMA (21)/ EMA (100) (chart) link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Weekly - Feb 18 - 22, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:05 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews 1A. Bucharest Stock Exchange Indicators link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Daily - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:08 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews BSE indices start the week on green link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Investment Daily Romania - Feb 26, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:11 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Trader’s Comment link

Romanian Bourse Extends Gains in Rising Turnover, Slight Correction Seen on Wednesday Feb 26, 2008, 16:42 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - The Romanian bourse indices extended their gains on Tuesday amid rising turnover and brokers said they expect a slight correction on Wednesday. link

Romania Schedule of Events - Feb 26 - May 15 Feb 26, 2008, 09:06 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Romania through May 15. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Romanian Leu Firms Further vs Euro in Line with Other Emerging Markets Feb 26, 2008, 17:34 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), February 26 (SeeNews) - Romania’s leu appreciated further against the euro on Tuesday, mirroring trading developments on other emerging markets, dealers said. link

* SERBIA *

Serbia Approves Payment Delay to Austrian A-Tec for Copper Miner/Smelter RTB Bor Feb 26, 2008, 09:54 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), February 26 (SeeNews) – Serbia has granted Austrian consortium A-Tec a request to delay the payment of $466 million (315 million euro) for debt-laden copper mining and smelting company RTB Bor which it agreed to buy earlier this month, Serbia’s privatisation agency said. link

Greece’s Yioula Glassworks Places Sole Bid for Serbia’s Largest Glass Maker ISP Feb 26, 2008, 14:34 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), February 26 (SeeNews) – Greece’s Yioula Glassworks was the sole company to place a bid in a tender for 100% of Serbia’s largest glass manufacturer Industrija Stakla Pancevo (ISP), Serbia’s Privatisation Agency said on Tuesday. link

Belgrade Stock Indices Mainly Fall in Lower Turnover as Investors Focus on Political Situation Feb 25, 2008, 19:29 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), February 25 (SeeNews) - Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) indices mainly fell on Monday in lower turnover as the main investors are still focused on the political situation in the country, brokers said. link

Vojvodjanska Banka - Daily Vobnews - Feb 26, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:15 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vojvodjanska banka released its Daily Vobnews Report for February 26, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market WrapUp - Feb 25, 2008 Feb 26, 2008, 11:29 CET | Broker's Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market WrapUp for February 25, 2008, containg an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. [link->http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/sintezainvestmentgroup-dailymarketwrapup-feb25_2008-112742" class="spip_out">link

Serbian Stock Indices Slip in Calm Trading, Kosovo Weighs Feb 26, 2008, 17:15 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) indices ended lower on Tuesday in calm trading as investors still focus on the political and economic future of the country following the unilateral independence proclamation by Kosovo, brokers said. link

* SLOVENIA *

BRITISH-GERMAN CONSORTIUM SAYS QUITS TENDER FOR 49.13% OF SLOVENIAN TELECOM Feb 25, 2008, 20:16 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

British-German Consortium Quits Tender for 49.13% of Telekom Slovenije Feb 25, 2008, 20:45 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 25 (SeeNews) - A British-German consortium of Bain Capital&Axos Capital&BT, one of the two bidders that has remained in the race for 49.13% of Telekom Slovenije, on Monday said it will not improve its bid and is quitting the tender. link

SLOVENIA JAN PRODUCER PRICES +0.6% M/M, +3.5% Y/Y VS. +0.2% M/M, +3.4% Y/Y IN DEC- STATS OFFICE Feb 26, 2008, 10:31 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Slovenia’s Jan Producer Prices Rise 3.5% Y/Y - Table Feb 26, 2008, 10:36 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s January producer prices rose by 0.6% from a month earlier and were 3.5% higher on the year, the country’s Statistics Office said on Tuesday. link

Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport Raises 2007 Parent Net Profit by Prelim 90% Feb 26, 2008, 15:40 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Aerodrom Ljubljana, the operator of the international airport of Slovenia’s capital, raised its net profit by a preliminary 90% to 16.7 million euro ($24.42 million) last year on the back of increased sales, it said on Tuesday. link

SLOVENIAN GOVT COMMISSION TO DECIDE ON SALE OF 49.13% STAKE IN STATE TELCO ON MONDAY - TV Feb 26, 2008, 16:30 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Slovenian Govt Commission To Decide on Sale of 49.13% of State Telco on Monday - TV Feb 26, 2008, 17:19 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 26 (SeeNews) - The Slovenian government commission in charge of the sale of 49.13% of Telekom Slovenije will take its final decision on the stake’s buyer on Monday, TV Slovenija broadcaster reported on Tuesday. link

UPDATE 1 - Slovenian Govt Commission To Decide on Sale of 49.13% of State Telco on Monday - TV Feb 26, 2008, 18:33 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds share price, analyst comment) link

Slovenia’s Economic Sentiment Index Rises in February Feb 26, 2008, 11:08 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s seasonally-adjusted economic sentiment index rose by one percentage point in February from a month earlier, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday. link

Slovenian Stock Indices Rise Further in Calm Trading Feb 25, 2008, 19:08 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 25 (SeeNews) - Slovenian stock indices rose further in calm trading on Monday with blue-chip port operator Luka Koper making a further gain of almost 3.0%, brokers said. link

Slovenia Schedule of Events - Feb 26-May 15 Feb 26, 2008, 07:30 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 26 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Slovenia through May 15. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

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