News archives:April 2008
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Argos:Lukoil achète un réseau de stations-service croates
La société Lukoil Europe Holdings B.V., filiale à 100% de Lukoil, a achevé mercredi l'acquisition du réseau de stations-service croate Europa-Mil, a annoncé le géant pétrolier russe dans un communiqué.
Argos:Desgagnés orders newbuild in Croatia
Quebec City, Canada, headquartered Transport Desgagnés is to build a new 95.10 m Passenger/Vehicle/Container Vessel at Kraljevica Shipyard in Croatia to operate in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Argos:Fiat signs agreement to buy Zastava car plant in Serbia
Italian automaker Fiat SpA has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy the Zastava plant in Serbia where Fiat Puntos and Opel Astras are currently produced for southeastern Europe, officials said Wednesday.
Argos:Oil Reports Fuel Albanian Dream of Wealth
While experts query recent reported oil finds, rising oil prices may mean even Albania’s existing fields could yield big profits.
Argos:Lagardere plans direct entry into Bulgaria
French travel and high street retailer Lagardere Service is planning direct entry into Bulgaria, representatives of the team preparing the company's entry to the country confirmed to Dnevnik daily.
Duropack AG acquired a 20% equity investment in Belisce d.d. as part of a block sale by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank and long-time financial partner of the Croatian company. Duropack is now the single largest shareholder in the Belisce Group.
Argos:Un groupe autrichien veut investir 90 M EUR dans l'éolien en Bulgarie
VIENNE - Le producteur d'électricité autrichien Bewag veut investir 90 millions d'euros dans des parcs d'éoliennes dans le nord de la Bulgarie par l'intermédiaire de sa filiale Austrian Windpower, a indiqué l'entreprise jeudi.
Argos:Region: Slovenia's Mercator Among Host of Retailers Primed to Enter Bulgarian Market
The brief lull on the Bulgarian retail market has come to an end with a bevy of new players announcing concrete plans for start of their local operations.
Argos:Norwegians to erect ‘green building’ in Zagreb
The key features of the future ‘green building’ will be a green roof and glass in combination with photovoltaic cells, which transform solar energy into electricity.
Argos:Asbis Croatia Begins Distribution of DELL Products to Domestic Consumer and SMB Market
ASBIS Croatia will begin supplying Dell products to its channel partners before the end of May 2008.
Argos:Petrol's Q1 group net soars on sales, expansion
Slovenia's largest gasoline retailer Petrol (PETG.LJ: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday its group net profit soared 59 percent in the first quarter of 2008 thanks to expansion in the region and strong sales growth.
Argos:Gorenje Group increased the net profit by 21.5 %
At the 18th meeting, held on 24 April 2008, the Supervisory Board of Gorenje, d.d., adopted audited Annual Report of Gorenje, d.d., and the Consolidated Annual Report of the Gorenje Group for the Year 2007, and confirmed the proposal for the application of the balance-sheet profit for the year 2007.
Argos:Croatia, Romania, Serbia sign Pan-European Oil Pipeline agreement
Croatia, Romania and Serbia came closer to laying a Pan-European Oil Pipeline (PEOP) on Tuesday (April 22nd), as they signed an agreement in Bucharest to promote the project valued at up to 3.5 billion euros. [...]
Argos:Fiat interested in Zastava
A delegation from Italian Fiat will arrive in Serbia tomorrow; the company is said to have shown "serious interest in buying Zastava Cars".
Argos:La Roumanie exporte la surveillance auto par GPS
SAS Grup, leader du marché roumain de systèmes de surveillance des flottes auto par GPS, a annoncé cette semaine le lancement de ses opérations en Slovaquie, par la création à Bratislava d’une compagnie mixte aux côtés d’un partenaire local, les deux actionnaires détenant des parties égales du capital social de la société créée, informe un communiqué de SAS Grup.
Argos:L'américain CME, achète deux chaînes de radio en Roumanie
CME, déjà actionnaire majoritaire de plusieurs télévisions en Roumanie, a acheté deux importantes radios commerciales roumaines pour un montant de 20,6 millions de dollars. [...] Une audience moyenne de 770.000 personnes par jour dans le milieu urbain
Argos:Serbia's Sandzak Wool Goes to Liverpool
Novi Pazar _ A wool producer from Serbia's southwestern Sandzak region has arranged to export 30 tons of Sandzak wool to the English city of Liverpool.
Argos:Vodafone extends pact with Mobilkom Austria into Serbia
Vodafone said Thursday that it has extended its partner market agreement with mobilkom austria group to Serbia, where Vodafone will introduce a range of Vodafone-branded products and services through mobilkom austria's subsidiary, "Vip mobile".
Argos:CEZ Hopes to Bring Hungary and Slovakia Plants Online By 2014
Czech electricity utility CEZ is hoping to put its gas-fired power plants in Slovakia and Hungary, which are being jointly built with Hungary-based MOL Nyrt, into operation by 2013 and 2014, respectively, reported Dow Jones.
Argos:Foreign Investments in Romania Rising
Bucharest _ Foreign direct investments in Romania in the first two months of the year was 50% higher than the level in the same period of 2007.
Argos:Wheelie bin maker is enjoying a boom
A Bradford wheelie bin factory has played a key part in achieving record results for Greek-based waste management group Helesi.
Argos:OTP Group Enters Romanian Investment Market
OTP Asset Management SAI SA, member of OTP Group, one of the largest financial groups in Central Eastern Europe, starts its operations on the Romanian market and launches its first investment products.
Argos:Bourse : dépression dans les Balkans
En trois mois, la bourse de Ljubljana a perdu 45%. Même tendance à Zagreb et dans toute la région.
Argos:Serbia - Russians to build power stations
Serbia's public power enterprise, EPS, and Russian electricity traders Inter RAO UES, today signed a cooperation protocol in Belgrade.
Argos:Bluetooth® : Commande record de T-COM Croatie
CARDO, spécialiste mondial des accessoires Bluetooth® pour téléphone portable, annonce la signature d’un contrat record avec l’opérateur T-MOBILE pour la Croatie.
Argos:Rutar Group continues expansion in Slovenia
The Rutar Group is to open a 5 million Euro branch in Slovenia this weekend as it pushes ahead with its expansion in the Central European country.
Argos:Investments in Croatia Zadar: the new hotel Bastion expecting business guests
Hotel Bastion, another accommodation facility to be opened in the historical core of Zadar’s Peninsula, will be primarily intended for business guests and tourists wishing to enjoy cultural programs and events in Zadar.
Argos:Five expressions of interest for Ada Bojana Island so far
Companies from Croatia, Dubai, Turkey, the Czech Republic and the British Virgin Islands are showing interest Ada Bojana Island near Ulcinj.
Argos:Park Plaza buys stake in Croatian hotel owner
Hotel owner and operator Park Plaza has acquired a 20% stake in hospitality firm WM/DMREF Bora B.V. (Bora) from a group of real estate investment funds managed by Goldman Sachs.
Argos:Nokia to open Zagreb office
Nokia is to open an office in Zagreb this year and plans to grow the internet services on offer for mobile phone users in the country.
Argos:Mechel acquires Romania's Ductil Steel for $221 mln
Russian coal miner and steel maker Mechel has acquired 100 percent of Romanian steel bar and wire rod producer Ductil Steel for 142 million euros ($221 million), the company said on Tuesday...
Argos:Serbian Govt Terminates Mine Deal
Belgrade _ Serbia’s caretaker government has terminated a deal with an Austrian company on the privatisation of a major mining complex.
Argos:Hungary, Croatia to connect gas pipeline networks by 2011 - PM
Hungary plans to connect its gas pipeline network with Croatia's by 2010 or 2011, thereby making the planned Croatian liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Rijeka accessible and reducing Hungary's dependence on Russian gas, Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány announced on Tuesday after talks with is Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader.
Argos:German-isation of Croatian Newspapers Complete
With the purchase of 75 percent of the NCL group, the publishing company of Ivo Pukanic, to the Austrians, or the Germans, they have totally conquered the Croatian press.
Argos:World Retail Congress de Barcelone : Les géants de la distribution lorgnent sur les marchés émergents d'Europe de l'Est
Anders Dahlvig, le patron d'Ikea, qui s'exprimait à l'occasion de la conférence plénière dédiée aux "stratégies gagnantes de la distribution dans un environnement social et économique incertain", a indiqué que son groupe allait ralentir le rythme de son expansion sur fond de ventes ralenties par le contexte mondial.
Argos:Croatian PM says open to further INA privatisation
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on Tuesday he was open to the further privatisation of Croatian oil firm INA and would consider a share swap between Hungarian MOL MOLB.BU and INA INA.ZA in the process.
Argos:Orco: accord pour un projet touristique en Croatie.
Orco Property Group annonce la signature, le 20 mars 2008, d'un accord entre sa filiale Suncani hvar hotels et la ville de Sibenik, en Croatie, concernant le projet ' Obonjan Riviera '.
Argos:Orco Property Group : va développer un important projet touristique en Croatie
Nedjeljka Klaric, maire de la ville de Sibenik, et Dragan Lazukic, directeur régional de la région Europe du sud-est d'Orco Property Group, ont signé un accord jeudi, le 20 mars 2008, concernant le projet "Obonjan Riviera".
Argos:Orco Property group through its subsidiary Suncani Hvar Hotels and city of Šibenik sign agreement on "Obonjan Riviera" project
Nedjeljka Klaric, mayor of the City of Sibenik, and Dragan Lazukic, regional Orco Property Group director for SE Europe, signed an agreement on Thursday, March 20, 2008, regarding the "Obonjan Riviera" project. The signing marked the beginning of the realization of one of the most important tourism projects in the Sibenik region.
Argos:Orco Property Group's unit to invest 100 mln eur in Croatian tourism project
Orco Property Group said its Croatian subsidiary signed an agreement with local officials marking the beginning of its 100 million euros 'Obonjan Riviera' project.
Argos:New Television Database for EU to Launch at MIPTV
On April 9, the European Commission (DG Communication) and the European Audiovisual Observatory will launch at MIPTV the public version of MAVISE, a free database set up to provide basic data on all the television channels accessible in the European Union and the two candidate countries of Croatia and Turkey.
Argos:Power meters
Bulgarian firm Carat Electronics won a contract to produce power meters for Czech power utility CEZ, which owns the electricity distribution in western Bulgaria.
Argos:Germany To Invest In Kosovo Energy
Germany will invest around €10.5 million in the Kosovo energy sector, Berlin's embassy in Kosovo says.
Argos:Lukoil to buy Roksped’s stations for EUR 26.5m
By the end of the week, Russian oil company Lukoil will take over six petrol stations in Montenegro, which were in the ownership of Podgorica-based Roksped. The contract with Roksped, worth EUR 26.5m, was signed by company Lukoil Montenegro, which was founded in Podgorica in October 2006.
Argos:Poutine signe une loi sur le partenariat de Moscou avec Sofia et Bucarest
Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a signé la loi portant ratification du protocole à l'Accord de partenariat et de coopération entre la Russie et les pays membres de l'Union européenne, rapporte le service de presse du Kremlin.
Argos:Goldbach Media reprend des annonceurs Online en Croatie et en Slovénie
Goldbach (AWP) - Goldbach Media AG a acquis une participation majoritaire de 70% dans A.D.Projekti d.o.o. Par cette société agissant en tant que holding, Goldbach possèdera en grande partie AdOn Internet Medijski Servisi en Croatie et I Media d.o.o. en Slovénie, actifs dans la commercialisation en ligne et dans le marketing de moteurs de recherche.
Argos:Goldbach Media expands into Southeastern Europe
The Goldbach Media Group acquires 70% of the A. D. Projekti d.o.o. in Croatia, a holding with a 50% stake in AdOn Internet Medijski Servisi in Zagreb, Croatia, and 100% of I Media d.o.o. in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Both companies operate profitably with 2.7 Mio.
Argos:Nouveau Nordik Express pour 2009
Le Groupe Desgagnés confiera à un chantier naval de la Croatie dans les Balkans la construction de son nouveau navire de desserte de la Basse-Côte-Nord qui devrait être livré en 2009.
