BUCHAREST (Romania), February 5 (SeeNews) – Romania's central bank said on Tuesday it decided to keep its monetary policy rate unchanged at 5.25%.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 5 (SeeNews) – Macedonia’s trade deficit fell to $2.509 billion (1.8 billion euro) in 2012 from $2.552 billion in the previous year, the national statistics office said on Tuesday.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 5 (SeeNews) – Prices in Macedonian restaurants and hotels in January rose 0.5% on the year and were 0.1% higher on the month, the national statistics office said on Tuesday.

PODGORICA (Montenegro), February 5 (SeeNews) – Montenegro has received a single bid in its tender for partial privatisation and/or recapitalisation of tobacco firm Novi Duvanski Kombinat Podgorica (DKP) – from a consortium led by local construction …

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 5 (SeeNews) – Romanian heavy machines manufacturer UCM Resita [BSE:UCM] turned to a preliminary net profit of 3.2 million lei ($988,000/731,200 euro) last year from a net loss of 328 million lei in 2011, it said on Tuesday.

BELGRADE (Serbia), February 5 (SeeNews) – Shanghai-based solar module developer and producer Upsolar said on Tuesday it teamed up with Slovenian solar service provider Plan-net Solar to enter the markets of Serbia and Croatia.

CHISINAU (Moldova), February 5 (SeeNews) – Moldova sold 140 million lei ($11.6 million/8.6 million euro) in three Treasury bill issues, as yields fell, the central bank said on Tuesday.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 5 (SeeNews) – Liechtenstein-based Domtech Holding has taken over Romanian IT&C products and household appliances trader Domo Retail, a publication in Romania's official gazette indicated.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 5 (SeeNews) – Romanian stock market indices closed higher on Tuesday with the ROTX index being the only exception, as daily turnover rose, bourse data showed.