At the end of December last year, the Czech Ministry of Finance drafted a new policy regarding state-owned assets. It outlined which companies should remain in state hands and which should be privatized. The sellout of those...
The Ukrainian government has presented a strategy of economic development for the next five years, which assumes rapid GDP growth. However, if this plan is successfully implemented, then a significant part of state revenues will...
Despite lofty rhetoric, the Ukrainian authorities have failed to secure any significant progress in the privatization of the country’s largest state-owned companies during the past five years. The new government promises a...
Last year, Serbia became the world leader in the increase of the production of crude steel with a growth rate of 38.9 per cent, according to the World Steel Association data. Serbia produced 1.8 million tons of raw steel during...
In 2018, the Komercijalna banka (Commercial Bank) in Serbia achieved the best results in the past ten years, as it expects a profit of about RSD8.3 bn (over EUR70m). The bank has reversed the trend of declining market share.
INA and First Gas Company (PPD) signed an agreement with Croatian Center for Restructuring and Sales (CERP) to recapitalize Kutinska Petrokemija, a leading Croatian petrochemical company
According to the experts, the mass privatization of state-owned enterprises that has been launched in Ukraine, will not fulfill the hopes for a revival of the Ukrainian economy. Meanwhile, such a revival is badly needed.
The European Commission approved a Slovenian proposal for the sale of Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), which stipulates that by the end of this year the state will sell at least 50 per cent of the stake in the bank.
Serbia is trying to find a strategic investor for its mining company. So far the Serbian state was not able to successfully privatize the company.
Shipbuilding, because of the size and complexity, is a significant part of the Croatian industry, especially small and medium-sized enterprises which are directly related to shipbuilding as subcontractors.