SEENEWS – news report of 18.07.2008

News report of 18.07.2008

* Bosnia *

Bosnia’s Sarajevo Blue-Chip Index Gains After Weeks of Decline, Volumes Still Low Jul 18, 2008, 16:13 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 18 (SeeNews) – Bosnia’s Sarajevo blue-chip index SASX-10 gained this week, reversing a two-month downward trend, but turnover remained thin, a broker said on Friday. link

INTERVIEW - Slovenia’s Tus Plans to Invest Over 60 Mln Euro This Year to Expand Retail Chain in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia Jul 18, 2008, 14:13 CET | Interview | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian diversified group Tus plans to invest more than 60 million euro ($95 million) this year to expand its food retail chain in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia where living standards are rising, Tus director general said. link

Five Slightly Injured in Accident at Arcelor Mittal’s Bosnian Plant Jul 18, 2008, 11:15 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 18 (SeeNews) – An accident at Arcelor Mittal’s Bosnian steel mill late on Thursday has injured slightly five workers, Arcelor Mittal Zenica (AMZ) said on Friday. link

Norway-based Technor Energy AC to Build 100 Mln Euro Hydropower Plants in Bosnia - Media Jul 18, 2008, 10:04 CET | Story | SeeNews BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 18 (SeeNews) – Norway-based Technor Energy AC will build two small hydropower plants in northern Bosnia under a project worth 100 million euro ($159 million), a Bosnian daily reported on Friday. link

Bosnia Schedule of Events – July 18 – Nov 20 Jul 18, 2008, 09:45 CET | Story | SeeNews SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Bosnia and Herzegovina through November 20. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

* Bulgaria *

Bulgarian Stocks End Lower Despite Promising Start of Session, Seen Down Jul 18, 2008, 15:40 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) – Most Bulgarian stocks ended lower on Friday despite rises in the first hours of trading and are likely to extend losses over the next fortnight, brokers said. link

UPDATE 1 - Bulgarian Financial Regulator To Probe Sale of Two Tobacco Factories on Sofia Bourse Jul 18, 2008, 15:26 CET | Story | SeeNews (adds BSE comment in sixth, seventh paragraphs, details) link

ANALYSIS – Bulgarian Bourse Needs More Listings to Bring Back Investors Jul 18, 2008, 15:10 CET | Analysis | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) – More Bulgarian firms need to go public and stakes in state-owned firms to be sold on the stock exchange to bring back investors, officials said. link

Austrian-Bulgarian JV To Complete Biomass-fueled Heating Plant in Bulgaria by October Jul 18, 2008, 14:38 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) - An Austrian-Bulgarian joint venture company plans to complete the construction of a biomass-fueled heating plant in Bulgaria by October, one of the partners said on Friday. link

Bulgarian Financial Regulator To Probe Sale of Two Tobacco Factories on Sofia Bourse Jul 18, 2008, 14:15 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s financial watchdog on Friday said it would probe the sale of majority stakes in two factories of tobacco holding group Bulgartabac after local media reported an allegedly higher price offer for one of them had not been accepted. link

Elana - Bulgarian Stock Market Update - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 12:45 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Bulgarian stock market indices were hardly changed today. Volumes remained thin but the selling pressure predominated. Banking stocks were mostly on the upside. Odesos and Sopharma weighted negatively on indices. No major corporate news were released so far and most stocks traded in the already broad spread between bid and ask offers. SOFIX was 0.5% lower as the recovery rally faded yesterday. link

Bulbrokers - USA Stock Markets Daily Review - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 11:04 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews US Indices Rise For a Second Straight Day link

Bulbrokers - Daily FX Analysis - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 11:03 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews US dollar rose against the majors on oil pull back and strong bank reportsThe US dollar rose against the major currencies on Wednesday and moved away from a record low against the euro. The dollar was supported mainly by a slide in oil prices and surprisingly strong earnings at Wells Fargo & Co that reduced the fears about the US economy and the financial sector. Meanwhile, the US consumer prices rose last month at their fastest rate since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The data released during the day saw June consumer price inflation rise 1.1% m/m, while core inflation raised 0.3% m/m. On an annualized basis, overall inflation is up 5.0% y/y and core inflation is up 2.4% y/y. The industrial production in June is up 0.5% while capacity utilization improved to 79.9%. In the Eurozone news, EMU-15 June CPI jumped to 4.0% from 3.7% in May, far above the ECB’s 2.0% ceiling target. The yen and the pound also deprecated versus the US dollar as Bank of Japan downgraded its views on ex ports, production and housing investment overnight and the Japanese media reported the government is likely to reduce its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year to March 2009 to 1.3% or lower from last year’s 2.0% estimate. The data released in the UK saw the June jobseekers rose to 15.5 thousand, the largest rise since December 1992. Average salary including bonuses rose 3.8% in the three months to May, down from 3.9% in the three months to April. link

Elana - Company Profile - Monbat - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 11:00 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Recommendation Previous From date 52-week target link

FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 10:07 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews MARKET WRAP-UPThe market moved up on Thursday. The huge negative moves from Wednesday were partially offset as the session started with quite an enthusiasm and the most liquid names quickly advanced. Later sellers appeared again and SOFIX closed with “only” 1.27% gain to 1035.68 bps. The major moves came from Chimimport (6C4, BGN 7.92, +3.19%) and Industrial Holding Bulgaria (4ID, BGN 6.10, +4.26%). Lead and Zink Complex (5OTZ) remained in the red zone as only 1 695 shares were enough to push the price down to BGN 26.50 (-5.36%). BG40 moved 1.04% up to 261.41 bps after the significant jump from Odessos Shiprepair Yard (5ODE, BGN 217.65, +6.17%) and the modest support from Fazerles (4F6, BGN 137.003, +1.48%). BGTR30 gained only 0.51% as most of the positive moves were offset by Petrol (5PET, BGN 7.50, -5.06%), Stara Planina Hold (5SR, BGN 4.771, -3.42%) and Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (5BU, BGN 1.51, -4.43%). link

Elana - Bulgaria Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:56 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Market Highlights link

Bulgarian Machine Construction Company ZMM Metalik Plans Cap Hike Jul 18, 2008, 09:51 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian machine construction company ZMM Metalik said on Friday it plans to raise its capital to 11 million levs ($8.9 milllion/5.6 million euro) from 8.44 million levs through the issue of new shares. link

Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:53 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews The Bulgarian Stock exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for July 17, 2008. link

Bulgaria Schedule of Events - July 18 - Nov 25 Jul 18, 2008, 08:34 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (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

Bulgaria May Lose Right to Manage 610 Mln Euro of EU Funding – Media Jul 18, 2008, 08:27 CET | Story | SeeNews SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 18 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria may lose the right to administer the allocation of 610 million euro ($967.5 million) of European Union funding under the bloc’s pre-accession PHARE programme because of the government’s incapability to manage the aid properly, local media reported on Friday. link

* Croatia *

Israel’s Teva Acquires U.S. Barr, Croatian Pliva’s Majority Owner Jul 18, 2008, 18:42 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), July 18 (SeeNews) – U.S. pharmaceuticals producer Barr and Israel-based peer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have signed a definitive agreement under which Teva will acquire Barr, the U.S. company, which is majority owner of Croatian drug maker Pliva, said on Friday. link

Croatian Bourse Keeps Rising in Low Turnover and Calm Trading Jul 18, 2008, 18:28 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), July 18 (SeeNews) – Croatian share indices on Friday continued their recovery for a second day in a row but turnover remained low, analysts said. link

Croatia’s Istraturist Invests 100 Mln Kuna (13.85 Mln Euro) To Renovate Coral Hotel Jul 18, 2008, 16:43 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Croatian hotel operator Istraturist has invested 100 million kuna ($21.97 million/13.85 million euro) to renovate its Coral hotel, it said on Friday. link

Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Natural Change In Population In The Republic Of Croatia - 2007 Jul 18, 2008, 15:33 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews This Release presents data on births and deaths in the Republic of Croatia for the period from 1998 to 2007; data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces at the county level for the period from 2003 to 2007, as well as data on the natural change in population in 2007 for towns and municipalities.BirthsThe year 2007, as compared to the previous year, recorded an increase of 1.1% in the number of live births, that is, 464 more children were born than in 2006. Out of 41 910 live births, 21 460, or 51.2%, were boys and 20 450, or 48.8%, were girls. Also, there were 160 stillbirths in 2007. The live birth rate (live births per 1 000 inhabitants) in 2007 was 9.4.DeathsIn 2007, as compared to the previous year, there was an increase of 3.9% in the number of deaths. Out of the total number of deaths (52 367) in 2007, there were 26 300, or 50.2%, men and 26 067, or 49.8%, women.The death rate (deaths per 1 000 inhabitants) in 2007 was 11.8.The number of infant deaths in 2007 amounte d to 234, that is, 0.44% of the total number of deaths. Out of the total number of infant deaths, 136, or 58.1%, died during the first week of life (0 – 6 days).The infant death rate (the number of infant deaths per 1 000 live births) in 2007 was 5.6, while in the previous year it was 5.2.The lowest infant death rate in 2007 was recorded in the County of Koprivnica-Križevci (2.6), and the highest one in the County of Lika-Senj (13.2).The natural increase rate in 2007in the Republic of Croatia was negative at -2.4 (-10 457 persons), which was also confirmed by the vital index (live births per 100 deaths), which was 80.0. The County of Split-Dalmatia and the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva had a positive increase rate, while a negative increase rate was recorded in all other counties and in the City of Zagreb. The highest negative natural increase rate was recorded in the County of Osijek-Baranja (-1 265), which also had the lowest vital index (69.4).A positive natural increase rate was recorded in 107 towns/municipalities and a negative one 436 towns/municipalities and in the City of Zagreb, while 12 municipalities recorded a zero natural increase rate. link

Erste Securities - Croatian Equity Daily - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:58 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Highlights: link

Croatia Schedule of Events – July 18 - Oct 14 Jul 18, 2008, 09:15 CET | Story | SeeNews ZAGREB (Croatia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Croatia through October 14. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

FIMA Stock Monitor - Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:14 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Daily comment:Domestic popular benchmark followed the movement of major world indices as it increased by 1,7% on low turnover of only HRK 38,9 million. Oil and gas company Ina (INA-R-A) continues topping the liquidity board as investors are waiting for possible takeover to be resolved. Ina’s share collected HRK 11,8 million in turnover followed by 1,6% price increase. Slatina based small sized bank Slatinska banka (BPBA-R-A) announced that Higher Commercial Court rejected an appeal made by Serbian bank Jugobanka. Slatinska banka finished Q1 with HRK 1 bn in total assets. Domestic investors did not react to this news as trading with SNBA remained invisible with turnover of less than HRK 0,1 million. Construction sector experienced increase today with heavy constructor and power trunk Dalekovod (DLKV-R-A) soaring 5,2%, construction consultancy company Institut gradevinarstva Hrvatske (IGH-R-A) gaining 2,2%, civil engineering company Hidroelektra niskogradnja (HDEL-R-A) 3,2%, while construction engineering company Ingra (INGR-R-A) added 1,3%. Polymer producer Dioki (DIOK-R-A) soared 5,1% collecting HRK 0,6 million in turnover. Investors are speculating that Croatian Government might reach a deal today regarding the location of future LNG terminal which might be located on Dioki’s land. Even though the BDI index continues to fall, domestic shipping companies increased their MkCap today with Dubrovnik based Atlantska plovidba (ATPL-R-A) adding 2,6%, Pula based Uljanik plovidba (ULPL-R-A) increased by 2,9%, while Split based Jadroplov (JDPL-R-A) rocketed 6,7% to end at HRK 529. link

* Macedonia *

Macedonia’s Investbanka H1 Prelim Net Profit Down 77.9% to 50.84 Mln Denars (826,648 Euro) - Table Jul 18, 2008, 18:08 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Macedonian commercial bank Investbanka said on Friday its preliminary first-half net profit dropped 77.9% to 50.84 million denars ($1.31 million /826,648 euro). link

Slovenia’s KDD Interested in Takeover, Majority Stake in Macedonian Bourse - Media Jul 18, 2008, 17:25 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - KDD, Slovenia’s central clearing house, is interested in acquiring 100% or a majority stake in the Macedonian stock exchange, Slovenian daily Dnevnik reported on Friday. Macedonia's End-June M1 Money Supply Rises 2.6% M/M - Table Jul 18, 2008, 17:05 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's M1 money supply, which includes cash in circulation and demand deposits, totalled 47.862 billion denars ($1.24 billion/781.50 million euro) at the end of June, up by 2.6% from May, the central bank said on Friday. [link->http://seenews.com/news/latestnews/macedonia_send-junem1moneysupplyrises2_6_m_m-table-165630" class="spip_out">link

Macedonia’s Stock Exchange Sluggish Amid Summer Slowdown – Table Jul 18, 2008, 16:56 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Trade on the Macedonian stock exchange was sluggish this week, with modest turnover during a summer slowdown, a broker said on Friday. link

State Statistical Office of Macedonia - Price Indices in Agriculture - June 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 15:36 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews The price index in agriculture in June 2008, in group Input is increased by 27.0% and in group Output is increased by 10.7% in comparison with June previous yearAccording to the data of the State Statistical Office, in June 2008, the price index for Input 1 (goods currently spent in agriculture) is increased by 127.3 compared with June 2007, and the price index for Input 2 (investment in agriculture) is increased by 115.6.In June 2008, the price index in Crop production is increased by 105.0 compared with June 2007 and the price index in Livestock production is increased by 129.1. link

INTERVIEW - Slovenia’s Tus Plans to Invest Over 60 Mln Euro This Year to Expand Retail Chain in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia Jul 18, 2008, 14:13 CET | Interview | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian diversified group Tus plans to invest more than 60 million euro ($95 million) this year to expand its food retail chain in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia where living standards are rising, Tus director general said. link

Macedonian Stock Exchange - Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:53 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews The Macedonian Stock exchange has published its report on turnover and prices for July 17, 2008. link

Macedonia Schedule of Events - July 18-Nov 14 Jul 18, 2008, 08:39 CET | Story | SeeNews SKOPJE (Macedonia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Macedonia through November 14. New or amended entries are marked (*) link

* Moldova *

Russia’s Gazprom Sues Moldova over $1.5 Bln Gas Debt Owed by Breakaway Transdniestria – Media Jul 18, 2008, 16:28 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) – Russian gas giant Gazprom has filed several suits against Moldovan utility Moldovagaz over an unpaid $1.5 billion (945.3 million euro) owed for gas supplies to the country’s breakaway region of Transdniestria, Russian daily Kommersant reported on Friday. link

Moldova’s M1 Money Supply Rises 24% Y/Y at End-June Jul 18, 2008, 16:03 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s M1 money supply at the end of June was 24% higher year-on-year at 10.86 billion lei ($1.1 billion/703 million euro), the country’s central bank, BNM, said on Friday. link

Moldova’s FX Reserves Rise to $1.622 Bln in Week Ended July 11 Jul 18, 2008, 15:09 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $1.622 billion (1.02 billion euro) on July 11 from $1.543 billion a week earlier, the country’s central bank, BNM, said on Friday. link

Moldova’s H1 Chisinau Airport Passenger Traffic Rises 28% Y/Y Jul 18, 2008, 14:09 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s Chisinau international airport handled 377,200 passengers in the first half of 2008, up 28% on the year, the country’s Civil Aviation Department (CAA) said on Friday. link

Moldova’s June Industrial PPI Rises 13.5% Y/Y, Down 0.2% M/M - Table Jul 18, 2008, 10:56 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) - Moldova’s June producer price index (PPI) for the industrial sector rose by 13.5% year-on-year and was 0.2% lower on the month, the country’s statistics bureau said on Friday. link

MOLDOVA’S JUNE INDUSTRIAL PPI RISES 13.5% Y/Y, DOWN 0.2% M/M - STATS OFFICE Jul 18, 2008, 10:50 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

National Bank of Moldova - Monthly Bulletin - May 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 10:27 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews Inflation level link

Moldova Schedule of Events - July 18 -Oct 8 Jul 18, 2008, 10:25 CET | Story | SeeNews CHISINAU (Moldova), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Moldova through October 8. New or amended entries are marked (*) link

* Montenegro *

Montenegro Licences Its First Private Pension Fund Jul 18, 2008, 14:39 CET | Story | SeeNews PODGORICA (Montenegro), July 18 (SeeNews) – Montenegro has licensed its first privately held pension fund, Penzija Plus, the fund’s manager, Atlas Penzija, said on Friday. link

Montenegro Schedule of Events - July 18 - Oct 23 Jul 18, 2008, 09:10 CET | Story | SeeNews PODGORICA (Montenegro), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Montenegro through October 23. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

New Securities Exchange of Montenegro - Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:54 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews The New Securities exchange of Montenegro (NEX) has published its daily report on trading volumes and prices for July 17, 2008. link

* Romania *

Piraeus Bank Romania To Buy 51% of Cyprus-Based Finnagan Holdings Limited for 32 Mln Euro Jul 18, 2008, 17:24 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) – Greece’s Piraeus Bank said on Friday its Romanian unit signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in Cyprus-based Finnagan Holdings Limited for 32 million euro ($50.8 million). link

PIRAEUS BANK ROMANIA TO BUY 51% OF CYPRUS-BASED FINNAGAN HOLDINGS LIMITED FOR 32 MLN EURO Jul 18, 2008, 17:08 CET | Alert | SeeNews link

Romanian Stocks End Week Mostly Up, Investment Funds Index Loses Ground Jul 18, 2008, 17:01 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) – The Romanian bourse closed mostly higher on Friday supported by calm mood on global markets, and the BET-FI was the only index to lose ground, brokers said. link

Romanian Leu Ends Week Steady vs Euro in Calm Trade Jul 18, 2008, 16:43 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - The Romanian leu on Friday closed at 3.5510/5560 per euro, steady from Thursday’s close of 3.5500/5570, in calm trade, analysts said. link

Ieba Trust - Research Special - Net Asset Value per Share of SIFs - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 16:13 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The Net Asset Value per share of SIF according to the portfolios released for 30 June 2008 link

Romania H1 New Car Sales Fall 0.9% Y/Y - Table Jul 18, 2008, 16:07 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - Sales of new passenger cars in Romania fell by 0.9% on the year to 144,988 in the first half of 2008, the Romanian Car Producers and Importers Association, APIA, said on Friday. link

Romania’s H1 Passenger Car Output Rises 5.2% Y/Y Jul 18, 2008, 16:03 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - Romania’s automobile industry manufactured 124,284 passenger cars in the first half of 2008, up 5.2% on the year, the Romanian Car Producers and Importers Association, APIA, said on Friday. link

STOCKWATCH - RCB Keeps ’Buy’ Recommendation on Romanian Oil & Gas Company Petrom, Austria’s OMV Jul 18, 2008, 12:50 CET | Analysis | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - Austria’s Raiffeisen Centrobank (RCB) said on Friday it maintained its ’Buy’ recommendation on Romanian oil and gas integrated company Petrom and on its owner, Austria’s OMV, following the release of their second-quarter operating results. link

OMV’s Romanian Unit Petrom Q2 Oil, Gas Production Falls Jul 18, 2008, 12:43 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) – Oil and gas production of the Romania’s largest oil group Petrom, majority owned by Austria’s OMV, fell to 194,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the second quarter of 2008, OMV said on Friday. link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Company News Romania - OMV, Petrom - First Impression Q2 2008 - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 11:21 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Better sales despite weaker operative figures link

Stake of 53.3% in Romanian Concrete Products Manufacturer Simcor Sells for 44.8 Mln Lei (12.5 Mln Euro) Jul 18, 2008, 11:12 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - A stake of 53.3% in Romanian concrete products manufacturer Simcor changed hands for 44.8 million lei ($19.9 million/12.5 million euro) in one deal on the local over-the-counter market RASDAQ on Friday, bourse data showed. link

Ieba Trust - Romanian Market Daily - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:59 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews The BSE indices posted the highest daily increase of the last five trading sessions link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Corporate Events - July 21 - 27, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:12 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Raiffeisen Capital & Investment has released its schedule of corporate events for the week July 21 - 27, 2008. link

Romania Schedule of Events - July 18 - Sept 26 Jul 18, 2008, 09:10 CET | Story | SeeNews BUCHAREST (Romania), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Romania through September 26. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment - Investment Daily Romania - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:10 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Watchlist link

Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - Regulated Market - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:52 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews The Bucharest Stock exchange has published its report on trading volumes and prices on the regulated market for July 17, 2008. link

Bucharest Stock Exchange - Daily Report - RASDAQ Market - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:51 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews Bucharest Stock exchange has published its RASDAQ daily market report for July 17, 2008. link

* Serbia *

Serbia Offers for Sale 86.5% of Automobile Maker FAP Jul 18, 2008, 16:29 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Serbia on Friday said it invited potential buyers to show interest in the sale of its 86.5% stake in automobile producer Korporacija Fabrika Automobila Priboj (FAP) without setting a minimum price and plans to wrap up a deal by the end of the year. link

Belgrade Indices Close Mixed in Tiny Turnover Jul 18, 2008, 15:26 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE, (Serbia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Stock indices on the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BELEX) ended closely mixed on Friday in tiny volumes in dull summer trading, brokers said. link

Serbia Says Foreign Consortium Exits Talks for 109.3 Mln Euro Sale of Serbian Tractor Maker IMT Jul 18, 2008, 15:22 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), July 18 (SeeNews) – Serbia said a consortium made of British Virgin Islands-based Neverfield Limited and Polish Pol-Mot Warfarma has withdrawn from talks for the sale of Serbian tractor and engines manufacturer Industrija Masina i Traktora (IMT). link

INTERVIEW - Slovenia’s Tus Plans to Invest Over 60 Mln Euro This Year to Expand Retail Chain in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia Jul 18, 2008, 14:13 CET | Interview | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian diversified group Tus plans to invest more than 60 million euro ($95 million) this year to expand its food retail chain in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia where living standards are rising, Tus director general said. link

Serbia Offers for Sale Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment Producer Prva Petoletka Jul 18, 2008, 12:18 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), July 18 (SeeNews) – Serbia has offered for sale 70.55% of its producer of industrial hydraulic and pneumatic equipment Prva Petoletka, the government’s asset-selling agency said. link

Sinteza Investment Group - Daily Market Wrap Up - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 10:17 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Sinteza Investment Group has released its daily trading report for July 17, 2008. The report contains an overview of the Serbian Financial market. link

Vojvodjanska Banka - Daily Vobnews - July 18, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 09:57 CET | Broker’s Report | SeeNews Vojvodjanska banka released its Daily Vobnews report for July 18, 2008 containing the following charts and tables: link

Serbia Schedule of Events - July 18 - Dec 30 Jul 18, 2008, 09:09 CET | Story | SeeNews BELGRADE (Serbia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Following is a schedule of corporate, economic and political events taking place in or related to Serbia through December 30. New or amended entries are marked (*). link

Belgrade Stock Exchange - Daily Report - July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008, 08:50 CET | Specialists Reports | SeeNews The Belgrade Stock exchange has published its daily report on trading volumes and prices for July 17, 2008 link

* Slovenia *

Slovenia’s KDD Interested in Takeover, Majority Stake in Macedonian Bourse - Media Jul 18, 2008, 17:25 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - KDD, Slovenia’s central clearing house, is interested in acquiring 100% or a majority stake in the Macedonian stock exchange, Slovenian daily Dnevnik reported on Friday. link

Slovenian Stock Indices Edge up in Lower Turnover Jul 18, 2008, 16:57 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian stock indices ended slightly up in lower turnover on Friday with minor changes in the share prices of most blue chips, brokers said. link

Slovenia’s Top Insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav Proposes To Pay Halved 2007 Gross Dividend of 0.25 Euro/Share Jul 18, 2008, 15:03 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s largest insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav will propose to pay a gross dividend of 0.25 euro ($0.4) per share for 2007, down from 0.50 euro it paid for the previous year, it said on Friday. link

INTERVIEW - Slovenia’s Tus Plans to Invest Over 60 Mln Euro This Year to Expand Retail Chain in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia Jul 18, 2008, 14:13 CET | Interview | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenian diversified group Tus plans to invest more than 60 million euro ($95 million) this year to expand its food retail chain in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia where living standards are rising, Tus director general said. link

Slovenia’s Industrial Sales Fall 2.0% M/M in May - Table Jul 18, 2008, 10:49 CET | Story | SeeNews LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), July 18 (SeeNews) - Slovenia’s May industrial sales fell by a real 2.0% month-on-month after rising by a monthly 2.2% in April, the State Statistics Office said on Friday. link

SLOVENIA’S MAY INDUSTRIAL SALES FALL 2.0% M/M, RISE 1.1% Y/Y VS. +2.2% M/M, +5.1% Y/Y IN APRIL - STATS OFFICE Jul 18, 2008, 10:37 CET | Alert | SeeNews

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Statistical Office of Slovenia - Performance of Enterprises by Activity and Size Class by Number of Person Employed - 2006 Jul 18, 2008, 09:05 CET | State Agencies Reports | SeeNews In 2006 small and medium-sized enterprises prevailed link

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