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Slovenian Government to Approve Adjusted Budget
The Slovenian government today plans on implementing the revised budget for next year and the draft for the 2015 budget.
September 30, 2013
Eurozone: Inflation Drops to 1.1 Percent
According to first estimates by Eurostat, the Eurozone shows the lowest inflation rate in more than a year. Only twelve months ago the inflation rate was at 2.7 percent.
September 30, 2013
Rosneft Wants to Take over Majority of TNK-BP
The World’s biggest oil company Rosneft intends taking over British-Russian joint venture TNK-BP at the beginning of next year.
September 30, 2013
Austria: Public Debt Increased to 74.0 Percent of GDP
Public finances 2012: public deficit at 2.5 percent, public debt at 74.0 percent of GDP.
September 30, 2013
Austrian Industry Continues Upward Trend
Developments in Austria follow the European trend.
September 30, 2013
"European bank supervision sends a strong signal to financial markets"
Austrian Federal Minister of Finance Maria Fekter welcomes favourable European Parliament decision on bank supervision.
September 28, 2013
Croatia Plans on Increasing VAT by Three Percent
Croatia eyes increased intermediate VAT from 10 to 13%.
September 27, 2013
Austria: Kapsch Demands Reform Agenda From New Government
Georg Kapsch, President of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) demands the next federal government to introduce a comprehensive reform agenda.
September 27, 2013
Croatia: Entry into Schengen Important, Not Decisive
Croatia plans to apply for accession to the Schengen passport-free area in two years.
September 27, 2013
Slovenia: PM Takes International Bailout into Consideration
For the first time the crisis-struck Eurozone member country has admitted to consider international bailout as an option for its ailing banks.
September 26, 2013
EU Commission: Poland Lacks in Innovation and Work Efficiency
According to the EU Commission’s annual report on the competitiveness among the EU member countries, which was released on Wednesday, Poland has been improving its competitiveness.
September 26, 2013
Croatia: Major Reforms Required for Economic Upturn
Croatia continues to suffer from recession - its economy has not grown since 2008, contracting in 2012 by 2% and in 2013 by 1%.
September 26, 2013
Ukraine: Provisional Free Trade with EU
According to Polish News Agency PAP, the EU countries have agreed to grant Ukraine a temporary use of a number of terms of the Association Agreements which will become effective even before the ratification process is completed.
September 26, 2013
Austria Placed 9th in Competition Ranking
According to the latest EU Competition report 2013, Austria ranks ninth among 28 member states. The leaders in the ranking are Sweden, followed by Germany and Denmark while Bulgaria, Latvia and Romania are at the lowest positions.
September 25, 2013
Serbia: EU Screening in Late September
Serbia’s EU accession explanatory screening will start in Brussels on 25 September.
September 24, 2013
Slovenia in a Decisive Phase
According to Bostjan Jazbec, Govenor of the Bank of Slovenia, the coming weeks will be critical for the small Eurozone member country.
September 23, 2013
Turkey: „Perhaps We Will Never Join the EU“
Turkey´s Minister of European Afffairs Egemen Bagis stated that Turkey feels insulted.
September 23, 2013
Faymann: Austria as Role Model for Investments and Employment Programs
The Austrian Chancellor calls for a fair distribution of wealth and lower taxes on wages.
September 20, 2013
Slovenia: First Budget Surplus in 2013
For the first time this year, Slovenia shows a budget surplus of € 15m. However, the deficit of the first eight months is as high as € 1.3bn, according to data by the Finance Ministry.
September 20, 2013
Turkey: Enthusiasm about EU Membership Shrinks
Fewer and fewer Turkish citizens are keen on an EU membership of their country.
September 20, 2013
Poland Trying to Eliminate Povery
The country plans on spending € 2bn in the combat against poverty.
September 19, 2013
WKO: Austrian Enterprises Miss out on Potential in Turkey
According to a commercial councelor at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) in Istanbul, Austria is focused too much on Eastern Europe. Switzerland exports triple the amount to Turkey.
September 19, 2013
Austria: WKO Demands Impulses for R&D
Deputy President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO), Martha Schultz, demands new impluses for research and innovation in the years from 2014 to 2020.
September 19, 2013
Romania Is Recovering According to PM
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta presented the key issues on the new agreement with the EU Commission, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to the parliament on Tuesday.
September 19, 2013
“Serbia Becomes the Driver of Reforms on the Western Balkans”
The Austrian government supports Serbia’s pro-European course.
September 18, 2013
EU Commissioner Füle Encourages Albania
EU Commissioner Štefan Füle discusses Albania's path to EU with new PM
September 18, 2013
Barroso: “Albania’s Future Is in The European Union”
President of the EU Commission Barroso is confident about Albania’s commitment.
September 17, 2013
Romania: Austrian Investors Demand Transparency
In an interview with Business Review Romania, Rudolf Lukavsky, commercial counselor for Romania and Moldova at the Austrian Embassy described the downsides and advantages of the economic environment in the country.
September 17, 2013
Eurozone: Moderate Decrease of Inflation
Euro area inflation was 1.3% in August, down from 1.6% in July
September 17, 2013
Croatia, Slovenia and Italy in Favor of Closer Cooperation
Italian, Croatian and Slovenian PMs push for stronger cooperation.
September 16, 2013
Eurozone: Industrial Production Decreased 1.5 Percent
Industrial production fell in fifteen EU member states.
September 13, 2013
Serbia Welcomes Russian FDI
Serbian Prime Minister announced that his country was interested in Russian investments.
September 13, 2013
Eurogroup Grants Cyprus Further € 1.5bn
Payments will be made at the end of September
September 13, 2013
Hypo Needs € 700m in Capital Increase
The ailing banking group needs a further capital injection in order to fulfill the lawful capital adequacy requirements.
September 12, 2013
Lopatka Welcomes Statement by Barroso
Subsidiarity is the precondition for a successful European Union.
September 12, 2013
Romania: Construction Industry to Grow by 1.9 Percent
The growth rate in the construction industry is even higher than economic growth in real terms.
September 12, 2013
Turkish Airlines Not Interested in Croatia Airlines
The Turkish airline carrier has denied rumors of acquiring states at Croatia Airlines.
September 11, 2013
Slovenia: Employment Outlooks Deteriorated
Outlooks for Slovenian jobseekers have darkened. According to a recent survy of temporary employment company Manpower presented on Tuesday, employment outlook has dropped from 7 percent to zero.
September 11, 2013
Romania: Chinese Investors to Support Infrastructure Projects with € 3bn
According to the Romanian Infrastructure and Foreign Investments Department (DPIIS), investors from China will support the construction of new highways and electricity generating power plants in the amount of more than € 3bn.
September 11, 2013
Turkish Dogus Group Not Interested in Hypo Alpe Adria
A high-ranking representative of Turkish Dogus Group denied that the corporation was interested in taking over Austrian bank Hypo Alpe Adria. In an interview with “Wall Street Journal” he claimed there had been no negotiations with Hypo.
September 10, 2013
Kapsch Wins Contract for GSM-R Network in Slovenia
A step towards European integration: train communications technology from Kapsch is used in more than half of all EU Member States.
September 10, 2013
Austria: Weak Growth Impulses
Today, the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (Wifo) has corrected the economic outlooks for Austria downwards. Growth impulses have been very weak so far.
September 10, 2013
Slovenian Exports Increased by 2.3 Percent
According to provisional data for the period from January to July 2013 compared to the same period of 2012 Slovenian exports increased by 2.3% while imports decreased by 0.1%; the export/import ratio was 97.6%.
September 10, 2013
Hungary May Reprogram EU Regional Aid
Hungary is faced with the reprograming of up to 5 percent or a volume of up to € 250m of its current EU regional aid.
September 9, 2013
Slovenia Shuts Down Two Small Banks
In order to ensure the stability of its financing sector, Slovenia decided to liquidate two banks, Factor Banka and Probanka. According to state officials, the step was also taken to avoid international bailout.
September 9, 2013
Slovenia: Moderate Increase in Exports
Slovenian exports increased by 1.5% the first six months.
September 9, 2013
Romania to Issue New Bonds
Romania plans to generate at least € 1bn from a second bond issue.
September 6, 2013
Austria: Spindelegger in Favor of “Creative Model“ for Banks
Deputy Chancellor Spindelegger seems willing to lead open discussions about the extension of bank levies.
September 6, 2013
Serbia: UK Enterprises Likely to Invest in Serbia
70 British companies are interested in investing in Serbia's economy.
September 6, 2013
EU Commission Threatens Croatia with Sanctions Once More
EU Commissioner Reding has not yet resolved the issue with Croatia. She announced to expect an easy change of the law.
September 5, 2013
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