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E.ON Bulgaria deal is on the verge of collapse-Sources - Balkans.com Business News
Three and a half months after German energy giant E.ON signed an agreement to sell its Bulgarian subsidiary to Czech company Energo-Pro for 133m, sources close to the companies tell bne that the deal is on the verge of collapse, with Energo-Pro ...
March 15, 2012


Slovenian Adria Airways, owes millions to Eurocontrol - Balkans.com Business News
According to sources close to Adria Airways, the Slovenian national carrier owes millions to Eurocontrol, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, responsible for the management of air traffic across Europe. The airline has failed to ...
May 2, 2011


Europe's biggest betting firm OPAP chairman quits for Greek cbank post - Balkans.com Business News
AT), Europe's biggest betting firm, Haris Stamatopoulos resigned on Friday to assume a post at the country' central bank, a government official said. OPAP is 34 percent owned by the state, and Stamatopoulos, an ecoonomist, was put at its helm in ...
April 4, 2011


Enel considers a proposal to buy assets in rival utility Edison - Balkans.com Business News
Enel, Europe's biggest utility in terms of core earnings, has been asked by the Italian Treasury to buy assets in Edison if its two key shareholders fail to agree on a restructuring, a source close to the matter said on Friday. ...
March 28, 2011


Fifteen companies interested to build small hydro Power plants in Montenegro - Balkans.com Business News
... series of small hydro-power plants on Montenegro's eight rivers to help reduce the country's reliance on imports, a government official said on Tuesday. ...
February 2, 2011


Sanyo plans to raise its production capacity for automotive lithium-ion batteries - Balkans.com Business News
... is expecting a government subsidy for the new investment, said the sources, who requested anonymity because the plan has yet to be officially announced. ...
December 27, 2010


Turkey: Diageo in talks to buy spirits company Mey Icki - Balkans.com Business News
L) is in preliminary talks to buy Turkish spirits company Mey Icki, people familiar with the matter said, as part of the push by the world's biggest drinks ...
December 13, 2010


Serbia could easily finance its 2011 budget deficit - Serb FinMin - Balkans.com Business News
"We will see what will be the final figure for Serbia when the strategy is presented," said the official, who insisted on anonymity. ...
December 13, 2010


Greek government was surprised by a decision from its European partners to ... - Balkans.com Business News
... period for an international loan, but the move should help lower borrowing costs for the debt-laden country, a senior government official said Tuesday. ...
December 1, 2010


Greece: Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, BNP Paribas and Raffeisen vie for Greece's ... - Balkans.com Business News
PA) and Austria's Raffeisen have offered between 600 and 800 million dollars for Polbank," said the source, who declined to be named. ...
November 15, 2010


Greece: Six bids submitted for cash-strapped Wind Hellas - Balkans.com Business News
A total of six firms have submitted binding bids to buy Greece's cash-strapped telecom Wind Hellas, an official close to the sale process said on Friday. ...
September 19, 2010


EU finance ministers to discuss more effectively punish EU budget rule breakers - Balkans.com Business News
"It is quasi-impossible to come up with a permanent crisis resolution mechanism by the end of October, it is a more medium-term objective," the source said.
September 6, 2010


Croatia expects to wrap up accession talks with the EU in the first half of 2011 - Balkans.com Business News
... Union in the first half of next year, a few months later than planned, and still hopes to join the bloc in 2012, a senior government official said. ...
July 23, 2010


Things in Greece are moving in the right direction- Rehn - Balkans.com Business News
A senior Greek labour ministry official who declined to be named told Reuters Rehn's comment was "(a) very positive development, which reflects our plans ...
June 14, 2010


Serbia' Draft plan would split JAT into two firms - Balkans.com Business News
... profitable and loss-making components to attract a strategic partner, a government official said, although analysts still consider the firm a hard sell. ...
April 12, 2010


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