јануар 2013

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 24 (SeeNews) – Bosnia's trade gap expanded to 7.4 billion marka ($5.0 billion/3.8 billion euro) in 2012 from 7.3 billion marka a year ago, data from the statistics office indicated.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – The bad loans of the Bulgarian commercial banks rose by an annual 5.6% to 9.6 billion levs ($6.54 billion/4.91 billion euro) at the end of 2012, data from the country's central bank indicated on Thursday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – The credit portfolio of Bulgarian banks totalled 53.8 billion levs ($36.7 billion/27.5 billion euro) at the end of 2012, up 2.7% from a year earlier, central bank data indicated on Thursday.

LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), January 24 (SeeNews) – Slovenian drug maker Krka said on Thursday it sees its non-consolidated net profit at 155 million euro ($207 million) in 2012.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s Svilengrad municipality plans to hold a tender with an indicative cost of 24 million levs ($16.3 million/12.3 million euro) for a water cycle project, a notice in the EU's procurement journal indicated on Thursday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian industrial group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] said on Thursday it expects its consolidated sales to fall by an annual 7.6% in January to some 13.6 million levs ($9.27 million/6.95 million euro).

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 24 (SeeNews) – Serbia sold on Wednesday 30 million euro ($40 million) in three-year bonds, equal to 100% of its offer, the finance ministry’s treasury department said.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 24 (SeeNews) – Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) said on Thursday its gross written premiums in Romania fell by 10.1% to 459.1 million euro ($611.7 million) in 2012.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 24 (SeeNews) – Australian-listed company Zeta Petroleum said on Thursday it is targeting a significant increase in net production as two discovery wells on the Suceava concession in northeastern Romania flowed stable commercial rates of gas in testing.

TIRANA (Albania), January 24 (SeeNews) – Albania will hold a tender for a 13.8 million euro ($18.4 million) justice palace construction project in Tirana, a notice on the website of the UK Trade & Investment showed.