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Slight Upward Trend for CESEE Countries
The economic crisis in the Eurozone has hit the CESEE countries particularly hard, EBRD reports. 2013 will be a better year.
February 1, 2013
Poland: Lower Growth Forecasts
The slowdown of the Polish economy continues. The government is becoming impatient.
January 22, 2013
CESEE: Chakrabarti Expects Stabilization
In an interview with the Austrian news magazine „Standard“, EBRD´s President Suma Chakrabarti demonstrates cautious optimism. 2013 will be a better year for the CESEE region, he says.
January 14, 2013
EBRD: CESEE Countries Must Improve Legal Security
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development underlines that banks need more stable legal systems in Eastern Europe.
November 24, 2012
CESEE: Massive Capital Outflow
In the second half of 2011 and in the first half of 2012, foreign banks withdrew about € 55bn from the region.
November 14, 2012
Romania: EBRD Presses for More Reforms
According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Romania must become more attractive for investors.
November 10, 2012
Poland: Real Wages are Falling
Due to the persistently high inflation rate, real wages have fallen for the first time in 20 years.
October 29, 2012
EBRD Grants Major Loan to Macedonia
Macedonia was granted € 46.4m by EBRD for construction of the railroad to Bulgaria.
August 22, 2012
Poland as CESEE´s Locomotive
This year, the CESEE region should record a growth rate of 1.7%. However, the situation is highly different.
July 25, 2012
Uniqa Acquires EBRD’s Interests in Subsidiaries in CESEE
The Austrian insurance group concluded an agreement for the acquisition of EBRD’s interests in subsidiaries in Croatia, Poland and Hungary.
June 20, 2012
The Vienna Initiative – Moving to the New Phase „Vienna Plus“
The Vienna Initiative’s stakeholders decided to transform the Initiative so that it plays an important role in helping with crisis prevention, while remaining available to deal with any aftershocks from the global crisis.
June 8, 2012
Uniqa Aims for Growth in CESEE Region
The Austrian insurance group wants to sell stakes by the minority shareholders of subsidiaries in Eastern Europe. The capital increase is scheduled for 2013.
March 5, 2012
Growth of CEE Region Under Threat from Eurozone Crisis
The EBRD research is predicting a slow-down in emerging Europe’s economic growth next year with the continuing eurozone sovereign debt crisis posing challenges to recovery from the 2008-09 global financial crisis.
October 18, 2011
Major Project for Siemens Austria in Georgia
Siemens Austria is involved in a project to develop the electricity industry in Georgia. The infrastructure project will act as a bridge between Russia and Turkey.
October 22, 2010
East-Europe Bank - "Hungary carries risks of infection"
The proposed bank tax against the wishes of the IMF is not a good sign, says the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
July 20, 2010
Strabag loses job over €3b ($3,7b) in Bosnia
Strabag will terminate its order for a highway bypass in Bosnia. The project was not advertised, which is why the EBRD did not participate in the financing. The Austrian construction group Strabag is negotiating the resolution of a €3b motorway contra
July 5, 2010