LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Slovenian pension insurer Modra Zavarovalnica closed 2012 with a pre-tax profit of 14.3 million euro ($19), according to first estimates, state-run news agency STA reported on Thursday.

SKOPJE (Macedonia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Macedonian railway company MZ-Infrastruktura called a tender for the reconstruction of the Nogaevci-Negotino railway section, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Thursday.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 17 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian stock market indices closed mixed on Thursday, as daily turnover rose on the back of trading in shares of drug maker Sopharma [BUL:3JR], bourse data showed.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 17 (SeeNews) – Romanian stock market indices closed mixed on Thursday, as daily turnover nearly doubled, bourse data showed.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 17 (SeeNews) – Romanian retailer Profi Rom Food, owned by Polish Enterprise Fund VI, has acquired local retailer Alimrom operating in the city of Cluj, local media reported on Thursday.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s Koncern Farmakom MB has placed a 360-day corporate bond issue worth 300 million dinars ($3.6 million/2.7 million euro), the brokerage house in charge of the transaction said.

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Croatian stock market indices rose on Thursday, ending a two-day losing streak, bourse data indicated.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Serbia plans a system of oil product pipelines worth 40 million euro ($53.4 million) that would enable cheaper supplies from the Pancevo oil refinery for household customers as well as for clients abroad, lo…

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 17 (SeeNews) – Serbian stock indices on Thursday extended their gains for the sixth day in a row as total daily turnover decreased, bourse data indicated.