Новости за 17.04.2018

Czech Media Investment group, controlled by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, will pay €73mn for Lagardere group radio stations operating in Czechia, Poland, Slovakia and Romania.

Chinese electronics giant ZTE Corp on April 17 was forced to halt trading of its shares in Hong Kong and Shenzen after the US slapped it with ...

European Commission recommends start of accession negotiations for Albania and Macedonia, but French President Macron says Paris will oppose any enlargement until the EU reconfigures post-Brexit.

Autonomous Flight Technologies (AFT) drone Hirrus is a home grown state of the art unmanned drone that the company is hoping to sell to Nato members and for commercial use

Landmark polls, after which the post of PM will be abolished in favour of a near all-powerful executive president, could be held as soon as August.

Landmark polls, after which the post of PM will be abolished in favour of a near all-powerful executive president, could be held as soon as August.

Russia's industrial output in March expanded by 1% year-on-year, slowing down from 1.5% y/y seen in February and 2.9% y/y in January, according to the report by Rosstat statistics service.

How much will the new US sanctions imposed on April 6 cost Russia? There is the $16bn that the oligarchs named on the sanctions list have already lost from the fall in share prices in the first week- but there is a lot more than that.

The European Commission slammed Montenegro for its lack of progress in fight against organised crime in its progress report released on April 17, and ...

The Kremlin and Siemens' former partner, leading Russian businessman Alexey Mordashov, seem to be getting ready cut into the German firm's near monopoly on heavy engineering in Russia.

Armenian police have threatened to use force to break up the protests, as thousands rally against the expected election of former president Serzh Sargsyan as the country’s next prime minister.

Separatist republic benefits from Moldova’s free trade agreement with the EU, with sales to EU countries now outstripping those to Russia fourfold, helping push total exports up 45% y/y to $184mn in Q1.

Unemployment dropped to a post-crisis low of just 3.94% in February with the lowest rates in Bucharest and major western cities.

Bucharest Stock Exchange's BET index soared 12.4% during Q1 to its highest value in 11 years, pushed up by massive dividends paid by state-owned companies.