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 do…

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) – 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 …

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 south…

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

BELGRADE (Serbia), February 6 (SeeNews) – The share of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the total loan portfolio of Serbia's banks stood at 18.6% in December on a gross basis, the country's central bank said on Wednesday.

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.