LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 12 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's Istrabenz [LJE:ITBG] said on Tuesday it has completed the transfer to local energy company Petrol [LJE:PETG] of its 51% stake in Instalacija, a Koper-based firm for the storage and handling …

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 12 (SeeNews) – The preliminary net profit of Romania's Banca Transilvania [BSE:TLV] rose 40% to 320.4 million lei ($97.4 million/72.8 million euro) last year, the bank said on Tuesday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 12 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian car battery maker MonBat [BUL:5MB] said it has extended by 180 days the deadline for its eleventh buyback programme, which targets a total of 414,424 shares.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 12 (SeeNews) – The average monthly salary in Bulgaria rose by 4.4% month-on-month to 812 levs ($556/415 euro) in December, data issued by the country’s statistics office showed on Tuesday.

PRISTINA (Kosovo), February 12 (SeeNews) – Kosovo intends to hold a tender for an 800,000 euro ($1.1 million) labour inspectorate support contract, a notice published in the European Union’s procurement journal indicated on Tuesday.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 12 (SeeNews) – Romania's current account gap narrowed by 15.1% to a provisional 5.04 billion euro ($6.7 billion) in 2012, mainly due to lower income and trade deficits, the country's central bank said on Tuesday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 12 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian real estate investment trust (REIT) City Properties [BUL:4OY] said on Tuesday it plans to skip dividend payment for 2012.