Wed, 19 Oct 2011: Tallinn as horseshoe center…
Oct 19, 2011 Estonia
The state lacks direct access to world seas where cargo transport is more favorable. Estonia has the deepest ports in the Baltic Sea, and since Kazakhs are interested in selling an average of 100...Tags: Baltic Sea, Canada, Canadians, Cargo Transport, Central Europe, Coal, Direct Access, Fertilizers, Mediterranean, Metals, Moscow, Oil Company, Oil Products, Ports, Rail Connections, Rsquo, Tallinn, Western Europe
Wed, 3 Aug 2011: Defenses boosted…
Aug 3, 2011 Baltics
After the 2008 fall of Lehman Brothers, a subsequent flight from risky assets knocked a quarter or more off the value of currencies across the region versus the euro and drove debt yields to multi...Tags: Baltics, Banks, Black Sea, Budget Deficits, Central Europe, Contagion Effect, Credit Flows, Currencies, Hungary, Lehman Brothers, Poland, Rainy Day, Recession, Risky Assets, Romania, Sectors
Thu, 17 Dec 2009: British expansion fueled on caffeine…
Dec 17, 2009 Baltics
The prospective deal is estimated to be worth around 32 million pounds (35.2 million euros). The takeover would allow further business expansion for Whitbread, which is looking to increase the n...Tags: British Expansion, Bulgaria, Business Expansion, Cafes, Caffeine, Central Europe, Coffee Nation, Coffee Shop Chain, Coffeeheaven, Core Business Activity, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Ludmila, Poland, Quality Coffee, S Board, Takeover, Whitbread
Wed, 5 Aug 2009: Drastic cuts made in airport expansion forecast…
Aug 5, 2009 Baltics
This additional capital would allow airBaltic to "solidify its position as one of the leading airlines in central Europe," he says. Gerhards adds that the state carrier operated last year at a l...Tags: Airbaltic, Airline, Airlines Europe, Airport Expansion, Central Europe, Drastic Cuts, Expansion Capital, Expansion Plan, Fuel Prices, Fuel Supply, Leading Airlines, Prime Minister, Route Expansion, Route Plan, State Carrier, Supply Contracts, Valdis, Wed 5
Wed, 10 Jan 2007: PKN Orlen signs supply agreement…
Jan 10, 2007 Baltics
The agreement gives PKN Orlen, the largest fuel and gasoline retailer in Central Europe, the exclusive right to supply Mazeikiu Nafta, the largest corporation in the Baltics, with crude oil. Th...Tags: Agreement States, Baltics, Belarus, Bitter Dispute, Capital Group, Central Europe, Centralization, Crude Oil, Czech Republic, Druzhba Pipeline, Gasoline Retailer, Maritime Terminal, Oil Deliveries, Oil Purchases, Pkn Orlen, Poland, Polish Company, Refineries, Russia, Signs
Wed, 30 Aug 2006: Taking counsel: European companies popular in Europe, but not in Lithuan…
Aug 30, 2006 Lithuania
This follows a decision a few years ago to adopt the laws on the European Economic Interest Grouping and on European Companies. The procedure of establishing a European company is quite long. It...Tags: Business Environment, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Eeig, Europe Consulting, European Economic Interest, Formalities, Interest Grouping, Legal Person, Legal Persons, Lithuania, Open Europe, Subscribed Capital, Substantial Investment
Wed, 29 Mar 2006: Latvia at a crossroads of West and East in rich investors’ hunting…
Mar 29, 2006 Latvia
Indeed, Latvia is still waiting for the "big guys" to come. According to some estimates, West European and U.S. institutional investors have set the allocation targets for Central and Eastern Euro...Tags: Baltic State, Big Guys, Bulgaria, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Croatia, Crossroads, Estimates, Fi, Footstep, Hunting, Institutional Investors, Investment Advisors, Investor, Latvia, Rich Investors, Romania, Russian Market, Targets, Ukraine
Wed, 3 Aug 2005: EBRD bails out of Lietuvos Telekomas…
Aug 3, 2005 Baltics
"Since then the company has continued its transformation into a prominent telecom provider in Central Europe through modernization and development," he noted. EBRD originally acquired the stake in...Tags: Baltic, Capital Markets, Central Europe, Confidence, Institutional Investor, Investor Base, Liquidity, Lithuania, Lt, Modernization, Shares, Stake, Subscriber Base, Telecom Provider, Telekomas, Transformation
Wed, 20 Jul 2005: British company buys Coffee Nation…
Jul 20, 2005 Baltics
"The goal of our company is to open some 300-350 coffee bars in Central Europe," said Wortington, adding that the company plans to have 50 cafes by 2006. He added that although Latvia was a crucia...Tags: Brand Name, Business Register, Cafes, Central Europe, Coffee Bars, Coffee Nation, Coffee Shops, Coffeeheaven, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Last November, Percent Stake, Poland, Rush
Thu, 11 Sep 2003: Foreign direct investment in Eastern Europe at record high…
Sep 11, 2003 Baltics
But it said that the Central and Eastern European region,still coping with the economic legacy of decades of communist rule, couldsee investment inflows reach close to $30 billion in 2004 as inves...Tags: Bloc, Central And Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Communist Rule, Countries, Czech Republic, Decades, Economic Legacy, European Union, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Investment, Important Policy, Investment Growth, Investment Inflows, Investors, Policy Developments, Privatization, Slovakia, Stable Area, Waves
Thu, 19 Jun 2003: East European pension reforms…
Jun 19, 2003 Baltics
In some sectors favored by the state regimes, workers retired even younger.The first wave of pension reforms came in the mid-1990s. A second wave is now in preparation in countries like the Czech ...Tags: Cautious Approach, Central Europe, Czech Republic, Decade, First Wave, Hungary, Men And Women, Mid 1990s, Pension Reforms, Pensions, Regimes, Retirement Age, Second Wave, Sectors, Slovakia
Thu, 15 May 2003: Visa cards hit milestone…
May 15, 2003 Baltics
According to Visa's calculations, the number of transactions in Latvia at retail outlets in 2002 was the highest in the Baltic and Central European region at 46 percent of the total Visa transacti...Tags: Accepting Visa, Central Europe, Central European Countries, Latvia Visa, Milestone, Retail Outlets, Shaughnessy, Visa Cards, Visa Electron Cards, Visa Transactions
Thu, 8 May 2003: Austria booming thanks to EU enlargement…
May 8, 2003 Baltics
The country's unemployment rate is 4.3 percent.As a neighbor of Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Austria is trying to cash in on these smaller economies in transition, which are...Tags: Austria, Central Europe, Czech Market, Czech Republic, Economies In Transition, Erste Bank, Eu Countries, Finance, Hungarian Markets, Hungary, Investor, Neighbor Of Slovenia, Slovak, Slovakia, Smaller Economies, Statistics, Unemployment Rate
Thu, 13 Mar 2003: Stock exchanges search for strategic partners…
Mar 13, 2003 Baltics
There are six or seven attractive, well-traded shares," he said.Erste Bank analyst Henning Esskuchen said each of Central Europe's exchanges had at most a "handful of interesting deals" to offer, ...Tags: Budapest Stock Exchange, Central Europe, Czech Republic, Handful, Henning, Hungary, Petroleum Companies, Pkn, Poland, Stock Exchanges, Stock Search, Stocks, Strategic Partners, Takeovers, Targets, Unipetrol
Thu, 9 Sep 1999: Macroeconomic news makes markets nervous…
Sep 9, 1999 Baltics
Instead, it was more in line with the style employed by the British tabloids. The report was based on anonymous sources and pinned the reason for devaluation on the business interests of Latvian P...Tags: Andris Skele, Anonymous Sources, Bank Of New York, British Tabloids, Business Interests, Central Europe, Devaluation, Earnings, Latvia, Latvian Companies, Lucy Edwards, Macroeconomic News, Money Laundering, No Doubt, Prime Minister, Russian Banks, S Central, Scandal, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
Thu, 15 Jul 1999: Insurers find white knight investor…
Jul 15, 1999 Baltics
It has also undertaken to have the required 80 million kroons in an account in a respectable bank."These conditions are acceptable to us and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't trust the buyer...Tags: Central Europe, Estonian Kroons, Guarantees, Insurance, Insurance Companies, Investor, Largest Insurance, Nuevo Mundo, Premiums, Private Hands, Seguros, Venezuela, White Knight
Thu, 15 Jul 1999: Swedes, Estonians buckle up together…
Jul 15, 1999 Estonia
"Norma used to cooperate with one big unstable client, Russia. Autoliv enables the company to expand to the West and also to Central-Europe," said Sumberg.Last year Norma's sales reached 483 milli...Tags: Autoliv, Belt Business, Car Industry, Car Safety, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Estonian Company, Intention, Joint Ventures, Kroons, Norma, Relationships, Russian Car, S Sales, Safety Belts, Seat Belt, Swedes, Swedish Company, Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
Thu, 28 Jan 1999: Infrastructure companies should save markets?…
Jan 28, 1999 Baltics
Given the expected issue price and the company's expected 1999 earnings, Estonian Telekom could be one of best telecom investments in Central Europe.Investors in Riga are looking towards the appe...Tags: Appearance, Best Telecom, Central Europe, Contradictory Position, Earnings, Gaze, Golden Share, Infrastructure Companies, Investments, Investors, Lithuanian Shipping Company, Market Specialists, Otc Market, Privatization, Riga, Speculators, Surprise Move, Telekom, Vilnius