јануар 2013

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 16 (SeeNews) – Russia’s Gazprom has expressed interest in developing a distribution network for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Croatia that will serve heavy commercial vehicles, the Adriatic country's economy ministry said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 16 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s anti-trust regulator said it has given the green light to Croatian privately-held concern Agrokor to take control of local construction materials producer M-Profil SPV.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 16 (SeeNews) – Serbia closed last year with a preliminary budget deficit of 191.9 billion dinars ($2.3 billion/1.7 billion euro), 11.7 billion dinars lower than projected, finance ministry said.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 16 (SeeNews) – The Romanian leu posted hefty gains against the euro on Wednesday after JPMorgan Chase & Co said Romanian government securities are slated for inclusion in its emerging-market government bond index, dealers said.

CHISINAU (Moldova), January 16 (SeeNews) – Moldova's central bank, BNM, on Wednesday sold 2.04 million lei ($167,800/126,100 euro) in two-year Treasury notes, way below its 12 million lei offer.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 16 (SeeNews) – The combined net profit of the five Romanian regional investment funds listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange [BSE:BVB] rose to 669 million lei ($205.7 million/154.5 million) in 2012 from 612 million a year earlier, stock market data showed.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 16 (SeeNews) – Romanian regional development minister Liviu Dragnea has signed a 17.7 million euro ($23.6 million) contract for the construction of a roundabout bridge in the southern county of Prahova, the regional development ministry said.

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 16 (SeeNews) – Croatian stock market indices sank further on Wednesday, as daily turnover dropped by nearly a half, bourse data indicated.

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 16 (SeeNews) – Bosnian drug maker Bosnalijek [SAJ:BSNLR] said on Wednesday it is proposing to its shareholders a long-term dividend policy that should see 30% of earnings being allocated for dividend.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 16 (SeeNews) – Serbian stock indices kept up their positive momentum on Wednesday in a lower total turnover, bourse data indicated.