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Bulgaria Supports Trans Adriatic Pipeline
During yesterday’s world media meeting, on behalf of his country Bulgarian President Rosen Plevniev expressed his support of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP).
October 16, 2013
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Ukrainian Gas Pipeline Key Issue for EU Commission
A gas pipeline plan in the Ukraine is among the EU Commission’s key infrastructure projects.
October 16, 2013
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Solution to Croatian/Hungarian Mol Issue Expected Soon
The Croatian justice has issued an international arrest warrant for the head of Hungarian oil company Mol.
October 15, 2013
EU Commission Favors New Nabucco Project
After OMV’s pipeline project Nabucco failed, the EU Commission takes into consideration a stripped-down version along the Danube.
October 14, 2013
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Croatia: Hypo Group Losing Last Industrial Participation
Croatian chemical company Dioki is facing bankruptcy which is why Hypo Group is losing one of the last industrial participations in the country.
October 14, 2013
Serbia’s Participation in South Stream Not at Risk
According to Petar Skundic, Serbian energy advisor to the Prime Minister, the gas pipeline project is not imperiled by the government’s austerity measures.
October 14, 2013
Romania Keeps Majority Stake in Romgaz
Romania´s government will privatize 15% of the country´s biggest natural gas producer. The opening of the economy to foreign investors bears potential dangers.
October 12, 2013
Trade in Austria Has Increased Since Opening of CESEE Market
Today the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (Wifo) published the “Analysis of the Austrian Balance of Trade“ on behalf of the Economic Ministry.
October 10, 2013
Gazprom May Face Proceedings by Austrian OMV
OMV considers arbitral proceedings against Russian Gazprom in case no joint solution will be found.
October 9, 2013
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Hungary and Croatia to Solve MOL/INA Issue
Both Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Janos Martonyi and his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic intend to solve the issue between Hungarian MOL and Croatian INA.
October 9, 2013
Poland Hopes for Cheap Gas by Gazprom
The Polish government is hoping to be able to bargain prices with Russian energy giant Gazprom, Polish Minister for Economy Janusz Piechocinski announced today.
October 8, 2013
Romania: Bucharest Stock Exchange to Be Enlarged?
Ludwik Sobolewski, new CEO of Romania’s Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE), is toying with the idea of enlarging the institution and making it a competition to Budapest, Vienna and Prague withing two years only.
October 7, 2013
Hungary Rejects Extradiction of Head of Mol
A Hungarian court rejected the extradiction of Zsolt Hernadi, who is alleged of having bribed former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanander.
October 7, 2013
Hungarian MOL May Withdraw from Croatia
The Hungarian government considers selling MOL´s Croatian peer INA.
October 4, 2013
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EU Commission to Lead Cartel Proceedings Against Gazprom
The Russian energy giant Gazprom might face penalties of up to € 11bn.
October 3, 2013
Economic Upturn in Austria, Eurozone and CEE
Turbulent Emerging Market conditions have little impact on CEE.
October 2, 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
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
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Poland Leads Ranking of Top Enterprises in CEE
Credit insurance company Coface has for the fifth time published a study about the Top 500 enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe.
September 24, 2013
Poland: Warsaw Stock Exchange to Introduce WIG30
The new index covers thirty enterprises instead of formerly twenty and reduced the dominance of the banking industry.
September 23, 2013
Further Nationalizations in Hungary?
In order to acquire further foreign-owned bank and energy companies, Hungary issues new sovereign bonds.
September 23, 2013
Keuschnigg: Losses of Hypo Compensated by Privatizations
Christian Keuschnigg, head of the IHS (Austrian Institute for Higher Studies) suggests to privatize OMV, Post and Telekom Austria to pay for Hypo Group.
September 20, 2013
Wifo: Economy Remains Competitive Despite High Wages
Head of Wifo (Austrian Institute for Economic Research), Karl Aiginger, calls for a change of views in economic policy as competitiveness is more than just low costs.
September 18, 2013
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Gazprom to Team Up With Macedonia
Russian energy giant Gazprom is interested in cooperating with FYR Macedonia.
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
Serbia Welcomes Russian FDI
Serbian Prime Minister announced that his country was interested in Russian investments.
September 13, 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
Turkey: Strong Industrial Production at Start of Q3
Turkey saw a strong industrial production at the start of the third quarter, according to official data, which gives hope for an improved economic growth as the country is facing more and more economic difficulties.
September 10, 2013
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TAP: Surveys with Contractors to Begin
Trans Adriatic Pipeline has authorized its contractors to start surveys.
September 9, 2013
Romania: Industrial Sales Increased 4.7 Percent in 2013
Romania’s industrial sales increased 4.7 percent in the first seven months.
September 9, 2013
OMV: Oil Discovery in Northern Europe
Austrian Energy Enterprise OMV has discovered significant amounts of oil in the Barents Sea. Around 200m to 500m barrel are estimated to be exploitable.
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
Eurozone: Slight Increase of Industrial Production
Cyprus and Croatia record the largest decrease in industrial production among EU member states.
September 3, 2013
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OMV to Take Over Offshore Block in Madagascar
OMV acquires interest in offshore Madagascar block
September 2, 2013
Romania: Planning on Energy Sufficiency by 2018/19
Gas pipeline between Romania and Moldova is set to become operational this year.
August 30, 2013
Romania Claims Compensations for Nabucco
Romania claims EU compensation for abandoned Nabucco project.
August 29, 2013
OMV: Discovery of Gas in Pakistan
OMV: Discovery of gas and condensate in the Mehar block, Pakistan.
August 29, 2013
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Electricy Thieves Caused Losses for EVN in Bulgaria.
Austrian energy provider EVN lost € 800,000 because of electricity thieves.
August 27, 2013
Slovenia: Decrease of Net Electricity
In the seven months of 2013, Slovenia's total consumption of electricity decreased for less than 1% over the same period one year ago.
August 27, 2013
Bulgaria and Romania to Strenthen Relations
Bulgaria and Romania plan to strengthen relations at bilateral, regional and European level.
August 26, 2013
Ukraine Diversifies Sources of Reverse Gas Supply
Ukraine plans on soon opening two more routes through Romania and Slovakia.
August 22, 2013
Romania: Without Nabucco, Better Chances for Higher Pay-Out for Transgaz
This year's tariffs revisions are better suited to protect the company for the drop in gas consumption, thus RBI sees lower risk of unrealized revenues.
August 20, 2013
Ukraine Remains in a Recession for a Year
In the second quarter of 2013 GDP contracted by 1.1 percent on a year-on-year comparison basis.
August 20, 2013
OMV: Biggest Additional Purchase in Company’s History
OMV invests billions in a participation in the North Sea: The Austrian energy company acquires stakes of Norwegian enterprise Statoil in oil and gas fields in the North Sea for around € 2bn.
August 19, 2013
Ukraine Reduces Imports of Gas by 35 Percent
From January to June 2013, Ukraine was able to reduce gas import by more than 35 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Ukrainian Statistics Service.
August 16, 2013
US to Support Ukraine Gain Energy Independence
One of the key priorities of US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt is the support of Ukraine to gain greater independence in the energy sector.
August 14, 2013
EVN: Transfer of Shares
EVN carries out and terminates release of own shares to employees.
August 8, 2013
Romania Initiates Structural Reforms
In order to receive a precautionary loan from the IMF, Romania´s government will implement a series of reform steps. Above all, Romania starts privatizations again. Romania´s economic outlook continues to brighten.
August 3, 2013
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