SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 12 (SeeNews) – The number of passengers serviced by Fraport at the Burgas airport, on the southern Black Sea coast, in January dropped by 45.8% on the year to 11,414, the German company reported on Tuesday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 12 (SeeNews) – The average monthly salary in Bulgaria rose by 4.4% month-on-month to 812 levs ($556/415 euro) in December, data issued by the country’s statistics office showed on Tuesday.

PRISTINA (Kosovo), February 12 (SeeNews) – Kosovo intends to hold a tender for an 800,000 euro ($1.1 million) labour inspectorate support contract, a notice published in the European Union’s procurement journal indicated on Tuesday.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 12 (SeeNews) – Romania's current account gap narrowed by 15.1% to a provisional 5.04 billion euro ($6.7 billion) in 2012, mainly due to lower income and trade deficits, the country's central bank said on Tuesday.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 12 (SeeNews) – The preliminary net profit of Romanian railroad equipment manufacturer voestalpine VAE Apcarom [BSE:APC] fell 30% to 5.0 million lei ($1.5 million/1.1 million euro) in 2012.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), February 12 (SeeNews) – The Air Navigation Service Provider in Macedonia (M-NAV) is seeking a consultant to assist its project implementation unit, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said.

BUCHAREST (Romania), February 12 (SeeNews) – Romania's foreign debt totalled 99.21 billion euro ($133 billion) at the end of December, up from 98.72 billion euro at the end of 2011, the central bank said on Tuesday.