фебруар 2013

BELGRADE (Serbia), February 6 (SeeNews) – The Serbian central bank said on Wednesday it expects Serbia’s current account deficit to continue the contraction that started in the second half of 2012, reaching this year 8.5% of the projected gross domestic product (GDP).

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 6 (SeeNews) – Romanian insurer Astra Asigurari said on Wednesday it plans to begin operations in Ecuador in a drive to expand in Latin America.

PODGORICA (Montenegro), February 6 (SeeNews) – Turkish state-run Ziraat Bank is interested in launching operations in Montenegro, the finance ministry in Podgorica said on Wednesday.

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 6 (SeeNews) – U.S.-based natural gas solutions provider Energtek said on Wednesday that its Bosnian subsidiary has obtained the permits required for operating a natural gas filling station in Sarajevo.

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 6 (SeeNews) – Sarajevo’s municipal water utility company, KJKP Vodovod i Kanalizacija, has signed a 30 million euro ($40.1 million) loan deal with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to finance infrastructure upgrades, the Sarajevo canton said.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 6 (SeeNews) – Two consortia, Metro Build Mladost and Geometro B.P., have filed the lowest bids in the tender for the construction of a 2.62-kilometre section of the Sofia underground railway network in the city's southern neigbourhood of Mladost, local media reported.