SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 21 (SeeNews) – The district court in the city of Plovdiv said on Monday it has postponed the hearing on an insolvency claim against state-owned arms manufacturer VMZ Sopot for February 18.

CHISINAU (Moldova), January 21 (SeeNews) – Moldova's prime minister Vlad Filat said the country's economy would grow by 4.0% this year while budget deficit would be equivalent to 1.5% of the projected gross domestic product (GDP).

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 21 (SeeNews) – All the Romanian stock market closed down on Monday, as daily turnover decreased, bourse data showed.

PODGORICA (Montenegro), January 21 (SeeNews) – Austria’s Strabag said it plans to place a squeeze-out bid for the stake of 5.01% in Montenegrin road construction company Crnagoraput [MNG:CPUT] it does not already own.

LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), January 21 (SeeNews) – Airport operator Aerodrom Ljubljana and the Infrastructure and Spatial Planning Ministry signed a contract on the co-funding of a new passenger terminal at Ljubljana's Joze Pucnik airport, local media r…

SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 21 (SeeNews) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Monday it invested 125 million euro ($166 million) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012.

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 21 (SeeNews) – Croatian car battery producer Munja has wrapped the corporate action of increase and subsequent decrease of issued capital, the country's Central Depository and Clearing Company said on Monday.

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 21 (SeeNews) – Croatian stock market indices closed higher on Monday, bourse data indicated.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 21 (SeeNews) – Serbian stock indices slipped back into the green on Monday, Belgrade bourse data indicated.