SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – The bad loans of the Bulgarian commercial banks rose by an annual 5.6% to 9.6 billion levs ($6.54 billion/4.91 billion euro) at the end of 2012, data from the country's central bank indicated on Thursday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – The credit portfolio of Bulgarian banks totalled 53.8 billion levs ($36.7 billion/27.5 billion euro) at the end of 2012, up 2.7% from a year earlier, central bank data indicated on Thursday.

LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), January 24 (SeeNews) – Slovenian drug maker Krka said on Thursday it sees its non-consolidated net profit at 155 million euro ($207 million) in 2012.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 24 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian industrial group Stara Planina Hold [BUL:5SR] said on Thursday it expects its consolidated sales to fall by an annual 7.6% in January to some 13.6 million levs ($9.27 million/6.95 million euro).

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 24 (SeeNews) – Serbia sold on Wednesday 30 million euro ($40 million) in three-year bonds, equal to 100% of its offer, the finance ministry’s treasury department said.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 24 (SeeNews) – Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) said on Thursday its gross written premiums in Romania fell by 10.1% to 459.1 million euro ($611.7 million) in 2012.

TIRANA (Albania), January 24 (SeeNews) – Albania will hold a tender for a 13.8 million euro ($18.4 million) justice palace construction project in Tirana, a notice on the website of the UK Trade & Investment showed.

PODGORICA (Montenegro), January 24 (SeeNews) – The Montenegrin municipality of Rozaje called a tender for the construction of a municipal water supply system estimated to cost 2.0 million euro ($2.7 million), a notice published in the European Union…