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NOTIZIARIO DEL 11.03.2008

* ALBANIA *

ALBANIA FEB CPI AT +1.0% M/M, +3.6% Y/Y VS. +0.5% M/M, +3.0% Y/Y IN JAN - STATS OFFICE Mar 11, 2008, 09:41 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Albania’s Feb CPI Accelerates to 1.0% M/M, Up 3.6% Y/Y – Table Mar 11, 2008, 09:47 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Albania’s February consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.0% month-on-month, after a 0.5% monthly increase in January, the National Statistics Office (INSTAT) said on Tuesday. link

UPDATE 1 - Albania’s Feb CPI Accelerates to 1.0% M/M, 3.6% Y/Y Mar 11, 2008, 10:19 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) link

* BOSNIA *

Bosnian Pavlovic International Bank Plans To Hike Capital by 1.0 Mln Euro Mar 11, 2008, 11:11 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 11 (SeeNews) – Bosnian privately held Pavlovic International Bank said on Tuesday it would seek to raise its capital by 2.0 million marka ($1.6 million/1.0 million euro) via a new share issue later this month, aiming to meet legal requirements and increase profitability. link

Bosnian Construction Company Integral Inzenjering Raises Stake in Local Peer Jedinstvo GP Mar 11, 2008, 13:54 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 11 (SeeNews) – Bosnian construction company Integral Inzenjering said on Tuesday it has raised its stake in local peer Jedinstvo GP to 72.91% from 44.18% after a buyout bid launched in January. link

Bosnia Serb Republic Jan Net Salary Down 7.0% M/M - Table Mar 11, 2008, 10:13 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 11 (SeeNews) - The average net monthly salary in Bosnia’s Serb Republic fell in January by 7.0% month-on-month to 584 marka ($460/299 euro), official statistics showed on Tuesday. link

Bosnia Schedule of Events - March 11 - May 9 Mar 11, 2008, 09:26 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), March 11 (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 *

Colliers Sees More Investments in Real Estate in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 09:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Southeast European countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia are expected to see higher investment in their property markets in 2008 than in the previous year, real estate consultants Colliers International said. link

BSE - Daily Bulletin, Selected Announcements - Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 09:20 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Synergon Holding AD-Sofia, BSE code - PETHL, submitted to X3 News the following information:In connection with the obligation pursuant to Art. 114 (11) of the POSA, Synergon Holding would like to inform herewith about a concluded contract of deposit on 10.03.2008 between Synergon Holding and Petar Karaminchev PLC-Ruse as follows:- Deposit amount: Up to BGN 3,500,000- Term: 24 months as from the date of signing the contract- Interest rate: 7% p.a.- The funds may be delivered in another currency as well.The entire notification is available at: link

Bulgaria’s Agria Group Holding Expects to Complete Buy of Two Land Owners in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:04 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian investment group Agria Group Holding expects to wrap up the purchase of two local companies cultivating a combined 2,500 hectares of land by the end of the year, moving faster with its investment plan, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday. link

Bulgarian Power Plant Maritsa East 2 To Speed Up Unit Upgrade Mar 11, 2008, 10:48 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s largest coal-fired power plant Maritsa East 2 will accelerate the upgrade of a 150-megawatt (MW) generation unit by 20 days, the company said. link

Shares in Agria Group Dip on Weak Interest at Debut Mar 11, 2008, 11:32 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Shares in Bulgarian investment firm Agria Group Holding dropped on weak interest in their debut on Sofia bourse on Tuesday mirroring a bearish market sentiment, brokers said. link

Bulgaria’s Blue-Chip Chimimport Enters Black Sea Airports Operator Mar 11, 2008, 13:11 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian blue-chip industrial conglomerate Chimimport through the acquisition of local company Molet has entered a joint venture company operating the country’s Black Sea airports, Bulgaria’s anti-trust body said on Tuesday. link

Bulgarian Arm of Germany’s Kloeckner&Co Plans To Double Turnover in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 14:12 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Kloeckner Metalsnab, the Bulgarian subsidiary of German metals distributor Kloeckner&Co, plans to double its turnover to some 100 million euro ($153.6 million) this year, its executive director said on Tuesday. link

BULGARIA SAYS SHORTLISTS ELECTRABEL, RWE TO CONTINUE IN RACE FOR STRATEGIC INVESTOR IN BELENE N-PLANT Mar 11, 2008, 14:36 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Bulgaria Shortlists Electrabel, RWE To Continue in Race for Strategic Investor in Belene N-Plant Mar 11, 2008, 15:19 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s power grid operator NEK said on Tuesday it has shortlisted Belgium’s Electrabel and Germany’s RWE to continue in the race for a strategic investor in the company that would build and operate the country’s second nuclear power plant Belene. link

Carlsberg Bulgaria Jan-Feb Sales Rise 12% Y/Y Mar 11, 2008, 15:38 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian unit of Danish brewery group Carlsberg in the first two months of 2008 increased it sales by 12% year-on-year to some 147,000 hectolitres, it said on Tuesday. link

Bulgaria Says Ready To Buy Some 1.0 BCM Azeri Gas To Feed into Future Nabucco Pipeline Mar 11, 2008, 16:05 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria is ready to buy around one billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas from Azerbaijan to secure supplies for the future pipeline Nabucco designed to carry Caspian gas to Europe, the press office of Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said. link

UPDATE 1 - Bulgaria Shortlists Electrabel, RWE To Continue in Race for Strategic Investor in Belene N-Plant Mar 11, 2008, 16:06 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) link

Spain’s Catalonia Real Estate Enters Bulgaria with 7.0 Mln Euro Project Mar 11, 2008, 16:17 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Spanish real estate developer Catalonia Real Estate has entered Bulgaria with a 7.0 million euro ($10.7 million) project near the country’s popular ski resort of Pamporovo, a company official said on Tuesday. link

Bulgaria’s EIBank Appoints Peter Andronov as CEO Mar 11, 2008, 16:29 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s Economic and Investment Bank (EIBank) on Tuesday said it has appointed Peter Andronov as chief executive officer (CEO) as part of its ongoing restructuring after Belgian financial group KBC acquired a majority stake in the bank last year. link

German Discount Supermarket Chain Lidl Plans to Invest at Least 1.0 Mln Euro in First Bulgarian Store Mar 11, 2008, 17:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - German discount supermarket chain Lidl plans to invest at least 1.0 million euro ($1.5 million) in its first Bulgarian store, the company said. link

Bulgaria C-bank FX Reserves Up 1.2% in Week to March 7 - Table Mar 10, 2008, 18:53 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 10 (SeeNews) - The foreign exchange assets of the Bulgarian central bank’s (BNB) issue department totalled 23.07 billion levs ($18.1 billion/11.8 billion euro) on Friday, up 1.2% from a week earlier, BNB data showed on Monday. link

FDI in Bulgaria Seen at up to 15%/GDP in 2008-2010 – Fin Min Mar 11, 2008, 12:32 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Bulgaria are expected to account for up to 15% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2008-2010 period, Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski said on Monday. link

EU Says Will Not Unfreeze SAPARD Funds for Bulgaria Earlier than June Mar 11, 2008, 18:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) - The European Commission will not reimburse funds asked by Bulgaria under the European Union’s programme for farming assistance SAPARD before an audit which starts on May 26, an official of the European Commission’s Directorate-General said on Tuesday. link

Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 13:08 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Investors’ Uncertainty Drags Most Bulgarian Stocks Down Mar 11, 2008, 15:25 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Investors’ uncertainty dragged most Bulgarian stocks lower on Tuesday in an ongoing negative trend, brokers said. [link->http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/investors___uncertaintydragsmostbulgarianstocksdown-150117" class="spip_out">link

Bulgaria Schedule of Events - March 11 - Nov 25 Mar 11, 2008, 08:50 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (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

STS Finance - Daily FX Analysis - Mar 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:22 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Dollar fells vs. yen on risk reduction link

* CROAZIA *

World Bank Grants $5.0 Mln for Agricultural Project in Croatia Mar 11, 2008, 16:42 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) –The World Bank has granted $5.0 million (3.3 million euro) to the Croatian government for an agricultural project, the Croatian Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. link

Colliers Sees More Investments in Real Estate in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 09:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Southeast European countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia are expected to see higher investment in their property markets in 2008 than in the previous year, real estate consultants Colliers International said. link

Hungary’s OTP Bank Croatian Unit Raises Capital by 35.9% to 822.2 Mln Kuna (113 Mln Euro) Mar 11, 2008, 12:06 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - The Croatian unit of Hungary’s OTP banking group, OTP Banka Hrvatska, said on Tuesday it has increased its capital by 217 million kuna ($45.8 million/ 29.8 million euro) to 822.2 million kuna, to carry out the bank’s planned loan portfolio growth. link

Croatia’s Dec Construction Works Volume Rises 2.0% Y/Y – Table Mar 11, 2008, 12:56 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - The volume of construction works in Croatia rose by 2.0% in December, year-on-year, the State Statistics Bureau said on Tuesday. link

Croatia Jan Construction Projects’ Value Rises 50.4% Mar 11, 2008, 14:55 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Croatia issued building permits for 2.486 billion kuna ($528.1 million/341.5 million euro) worth of construction projects in January, up from 1.234 billion kuna a year earlier, the State Statistics Bureau said on Tuesday. link

EU-hopeful Croatia To Propose Exemption of EU Members from Its Fishing Zone Restrictions To Speed up Accession Talks Mar 11, 2008, 15:37 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) – The Croatian government will propose to parliament to exempt temporarily European Union member states from the restrictions of its fishing zone in the Adriatic in a bid to speed up the country’s EU accession talks, Croatia’s Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Tuesday. link

FIMA Stock Monitor - Daily - Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:10 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Daily comment: link

Erste Securities - Croatian Equity Daily - Mar 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 13:09 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Highlights: link

Croatian Share Indices End Mixed in Low Liquidity, Investors Remain Cautious Mar 11, 2008, 18:24 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Croatian share indices ended mixed in low liquidity on Tuesday, as investors remained cautious, traders said. link

Croatia Schedule of Events – Mar 11 – May 17 Mar 11, 2008, 09:14 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Croatia through May 17. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Croatia Sells T-Bills Above Target, Yields Unchanged Mar 11, 2008, 13:29 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Croatia’s Finance Ministry sold 620 million kuna ($131.9 million/ 85.2 million euro) in three Treasury bill issues on Tuesday, above its target of 400 million kuna, as yields remained unchanged. link

* MACEDONIA *

Macedonia’s MEPSO To Invest 5.65 Mln Euro in Substations Upgrade Mar 11, 2008, 13:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Macedonia’s state-owned power transmission company MEPSO will invest 5.65 million euro ($8.7 million) to upgrade four substations, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Tuesday. link

Macedonia Seeks Investors for 300 MW Co-generation Plant Mar 11, 2008, 18:10 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Macedonia’s power utility ELEM on Tuesday launched an international tender for a strategic partner for the construction of a gas-fired co-generation plant in Skopje. link

* MOLDOVA *

Moldova’s Victoriabank Net Profit Up 67% in 2007 - Table Mar 11, 2008, 11:00 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), March 11 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s third-biggest bank by assets, Victoriabank, said on Tuesday its net profit rose by 67% last year to 179.1 million lei ($16.7 million/10.8 million euro). link

Moldova’s Metalferos Net Profit Rises 37% in 2007 – Table Mar 11, 2008, 13:44 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), March 11 (SeeNews) –The net profit of Moldovan scrap metal processing company Metalferos rose 37% last year to 47.6 million lei ($4.4 million/2.9 million euro), the company said on Tuesday. link

Yields Rise on 3-Mo, 6-Mo Moldovan T-bills, Fall on 12-Mo T-bills Mar 11, 2008, 15:14 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), March 11 (SeeNews) - The Moldovan central bank, BNM, on Tuesday sold 53 million lei ($4.9 million/3.2 million euro) in three Treasury bill issues as yields rose on the three-month and six-month issues but fell on the one-year government paper. link

Moldova Schedule of Events - March 11 - May 15 Mar 11, 2008, 10:20 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), March 11 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in, or related to Moldova through May 15. New or amended entries are marked (*) link

* ROMANIA *

Colliers Sees More Investments in Real Estate in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 09:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Southeast European countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia are expected to see higher investment in their property markets in 2008 than in the previous year, real estate consultants Colliers International said. link

Vanguard - Contor Group S.A. - IPO Analysis, Mar 8, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 11:27 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews 1. IPO Characteristics- number of shares put up for sale: 31.012.666 shares (20% of the future share capital assuming full subscription);- face value: 0.1 RON/share;- price:0.38 RON/share;- total IPO value: RON 11.78 mn;- market capitalization at the subscription price: RON 58.9 mn (EUR 16.1 mn). link

Dutch-based Plaza Centers Plans 75 Mln Euro Retail Centre in Romania Mar 11, 2008, 11:34 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Dutch-registered emerging market property developer Plaza Centers said on Tuesday it plans to develop a 75 million euro ($115 million) retail centre in Romania on a land plot it has aquired in the country’s central city of Targu Mures. link

Romania To Close Baneasa Intl Airport During NATO Summit in April Mar 11, 2008, 13:52 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) – Romania will close for civilian flights the smaller of its two international airports that serve the capital Bucharest during a NATO summit due next month, the government has said. link

ROMANIAN DRUG MAKER BIOFARM SAYS PLANS TO PAY NO 2007 DIVIDEND Mar 11, 2008, 16:13 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romanian Drug Maker Biofarm Plans To Pay No 2007 Dividend Mar 11, 2008, 16:40 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Romanian drug maker Biofarm on Tuesday said it plans to pay no dividend for 2007 and allocate to reserves its entire net profit for last year. link

Romanian House Appliances Manufacturer Arctic ‘07 Turnover Rises 15.6% to 224.3 Mln Euro Mar 11, 2008, 16:48 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Romanian house appliances manufacturer Arctic, majority-owned by Turkey’s Arcelik, said on Tuesday its turnover rose 15.6% to 224.3 million euro ($340.6 million) last year, slightly exceeding earlier forecasts. link

Romanian National Bank - Main Economic Developments - Full Report, Dec 2007 Mar 11, 2008, 14:42 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The National Bank of Romania BNR has released its December 2007 issue of its monthly statistics report, containing data on the main macroeconomic and financial indicators, provided by the National Institute of Statistics, the Finance Ministry, the Bucharest Stock Exchange, RASDAQ and BNR. link

ROMANIA’S FEB CPI +0.70% M/M, +7.97% Y/Y VS. +0.86% M/M, +7.26% Y/Y IN JAN - STATS BOARD Mar 11, 2008, 08:56 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

ROMANIA’S JAN TRADE GAP WIDENS 2.8% Y/Y TO 1.416 BLN EURO - STATS BOARD Mar 11, 2008, 08:56 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romania’s Feb Inflation Slows to 0.70% M/M, Speeds to 7.97% Y/Y, Beats Expectations - Table Mar 11, 2008, 09:12 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Romania’s February consumer prices rose by 0.70% month-on-month, after increasing by 0.86% in January, beating analyst expectations of a faster rise, data from the country’s statistics institute, INS, indicated on Tuesday. link

Romania’s Jan Trade Gap Widens 2.8% Y/Y to 1.416 Bln Euro - Table Mar 11, 2008, 09:20 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Romania’s January trade gap widened by 2.8% from a year ago to 1.416 billion euro ($2.2 billion), the country’s statistics board, INS, said on Tuesday. link

UPDATE 1 - Romania’s Feb Inflation Slows to 0.70% M/M, Speeds to 7.97% Y/Y, Beats Expectations Mar 11, 2008, 09:40 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) UPDATE 1 - Romania's Jan Trade Gap Widens 2.8% Y/Y to 1.416 Bln Euro Mar 11, 2008, 09:52 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds details) [link->http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/update1-romania_sjantradegapwidens2_8_y_yto1_416blneuro-094632" class="spip_out">link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Daily - Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:12 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The financial-banking sector accounted for 72% of the Regular market daily turnover link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Weekly - Mar 3 - 7, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:18 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews 1A. Bucharest Stock Exchange Indicators link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Investment Daily Romania - Mar 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 13:10 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Trader’s Comment link

Vanguard - Market Focus - Mar 3- 7, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 13:12 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vanguard released its Weekly Market Report for March 3 - 7, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: link

Romanian National Bank - Developments on Romanian Financial Markets, Mar 3 - 7, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 14:05 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The National Bank of Romania BNR has released its weekly report on the developments on the local financial markets for the week March 3 - 7, 2008: link

Romanian Stocks Lose Ground, Low Volatility Seen This Week Mar 11, 2008, 15:49 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - Romanian share indices closed lower on Tuesday in slim turnover as low volatility is seen dominating the market this week, brokers said. link

Romania Schedule of Events - March 11 - May 15 Mar 11, 2008, 09:03 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (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 Ends Firmer vs Euro in Volatile Trade Mar 11, 2008, 17:32 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), March 11 (SeeNews) - The Romanian leu firmed against the euro on Tuesday to end at 3.6875/910 amid volatile trading, dealers said. link

* SERBIA *

Colliers Sees More Investments in Real Estate in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia in 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 09:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 11 (SeeNews) – Southeast European countries Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia are expected to see higher investment in their property markets in 2008 than in the previous year, real estate consultants Colliers International said. link

Serbia’s Jan Tourist Numbers Up 1.0% Y/Y - Table Mar 11, 2008, 09:17 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), March 11 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists staying in Serbia in January edged up by 1.0 % on the year to 144,468, the country’s statistics bureau said on Tuesday. link

S&P REVISES SERBIA’S OUTLOOK TO NEGATIVE FROM STABLE ON GOVT COLLAPSE, AFFIRMS SOVEREIGN RATINGS Mar 11, 2008, 17:24 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

S&P Revises Serbia’s Outlook To Negative from Stable on Govt Collapse, Affirms Sovereign Ratings Mar 11, 2008, 17:44 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), March 11 (SeeNews) - International rating agency Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday it has revised its outlook on Serbia to negative from stable, due to heightened political risk following the collapse of the Serbian government and at the same time it affirmed its long-term ’BB-’ and short-term ’B’ sovereign credit ratings of the country. link

Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market WrapUp - Mar 7, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:23 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market WrapUp for March 7, 2008, containg an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. link

Vojvodjanska Banka - Daily Vobnews - Mar 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 10:31 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vojvodjanska banka released its Daily Vobnews Report for March 11, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: link

Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market WrapUp - Mar 10, 2008 Mar 11, 2008, 11:47 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its Daily Market WrapUp for March 10, 2008, containg an overview of the Serbian Financial Market. link

Serbian Share Indices Fall Further on Political Woes, Total Turnover Rises Mar 11, 2008, 17:07 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), March 11 (SeeNews) - The share indices of the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) indices extended their losses on Tuesday, erasing all of last year’s gains, as turnover increased and brokers said the government’s collapse and the ongoing political uncertainty were the main reasons for the poor market performance. link

Serbia Schedule of Events - March 11 - May 18 Mar 11, 2008, 08:53 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Serbia through May 18. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* SLOVENIA *

Slovenian Labour Unions Plan Work Stoppages on Wednsday in Pay Claim Mar 11, 2008, 17:23 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Slovenian labour unions plan to hold work stoppages in the country’s private sector on Wednesday to press their demand for a pay rise, a union official said on Tuesday. link

SLOVENIA’S JAN TRADE GAP WIDENS TO 217.2 MLN EURO FROM 114 MLN EURO YR-AGO - STATS OFFICE Mar 11, 2008, 10:35 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Slovenia’s Jan Trade Gap Widens to 217.2 Mln Euro - Table Mar 11, 2008, 10:37 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s trade deficit widened to 217.2 million euro ($334 million) in January from 114.3 million euro a year earlier, provisional figures of the country’s Statistics Office indicated on Tuesday. link

Slovenian Stock Indices Lose Further Ground in Higher Turnover Mar 11, 2008, 17:31 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), March 11 (SeeNews) - Slovenian stock indices fell further in higher turnover on Tuesday with most blue chips losing value, brokers said. link

Slovenia Schedule of Events - March 11 - May 15 Mar 11, 2008, 08:54 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), March 11 (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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