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 …

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 6 (SeeNews) – Romanian stock market indices ended mixed on Wednesday, as daily turnover fell, bourse data showed.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 6 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian stock market indices all advanced on Wednesday, as turnover rose, bourse data showed.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 6 (SeeNews) – Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in Macedonia slumped to a preliminary 45.7 million euro ($61.9million) in the first eleven months of 2012 from a revised 322.5 million euro in the same period a year earl…

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 6 (SeeNews) – The number of Romanian companies that have suspended their activity grew 14% in 2012, the country's trade registry reported on Wednesday.

BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 6 (SeeNews) – Bosnian spa and health center Banja Vrucica recorded a twenty-year high in the number of overnights spent in its accomodation facilities in 2012 – 164,000, or 7.0% up from a year earlier, loc…

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 6 (SeeNews) – The SOFIX index, which tracks the 15 most liquid shares on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), rose by 15.7% on the month and reached 399.59 points at the end of January, bourse data indicated on Wednesday.