SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 23 (SeeNews) – A total of 3,003,820 preferred shares, equivalent to a stake of 3.38% in Bulgarian blue-chip industrial group Chimimport [BUL:6C4], traded for 5.2 million levs ($3.5 million/2.7 million euro) on the Sofia bours…

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 23 (SeeNews) – Romania's Damen Shipyards Galati said it launched on Friday a platform supply vessel (PSV) ordered by World Wide Supply (WWS).

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 23 (SeeNews) – The increased demand for industrial automation will boost the electric drives market in Eastern Europe in 2012-2016, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said.

SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian real estate investment trust (REIT) Bulland Investments [BUL:5BD] said on Wednesday that insurer Euroins Romania has raised its stake in the company to 6.34% from 2.17%.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 23 (SeeNews) – Passenger traffic at Bucharest's two international airports grew 1.3% to a combined 7.547 million in 2012, the operator of the airports said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE (Serbia), January 23 (SeeNews) – An Italian joint venture company has won a 16.2 million euro ($21.6 million) railway upgrade deal in Serbia, a notice in the EU's procurement journal indicated on Wednesday.

PRISTINA (Kosovo), January 23 (SeeNews) – Kosovo sold on Tuesday its entire offer of 20 million euro ($26.7 million) in 182-day Treasury bills, the finance ministry said.

BUCHAREST (Romania), January 23 (SeeNews) – The Romanian capital Bucharest is inviting bids for the extension of a wastewater treatment station under a 670.27 million lei ($204.4 million/153.2 million euro) contract, a notice in the European Union

ZAGREB (Croatia), January 23 (SeeNews) – Croatian producer of wine and spirits Badel 1862 [ZSE:BD62-R-A] said on Wednesday it has signed a contract to distribute the products of French alcoholic beverage company Marie Brizard in Croatia.