privatisation

2012-03-21Kosovo is taking a hard look at its privatisation process in light of recurring complaints.

2012-01-16Montenegrin state prosecutors are in the hot seat in the wake of corruption scandal involving privatisation of the state telecom.

2011-12-05Over half of privatised enterprises were closed down and two thirds of their employees laid off are only some of the negative effects of the privatisation in Serbia in the last decade.

2011-12-01Optimistic efforts to raise revenues through privatisation -- in an effort to help Greece's economy -- are falling short.

2011-10-21The country's economic stability receives another blow as anticipated revenues fail to materialize.

2011-09-21Kosovo hopes to accelerate the process with an overhaul of the regulations.

2011-08-24The Serbian government has called a new tender for the sale of national flag carrier JAT Airways, but some economists are not optimistic about the outcome.

2011-07-05A government-announced plan to sell public property meets strong opposition and questions about transparency.

2011-06-16Indictments against senior company officials may interrupt the PTK privatisation process and trigger a financial crisis.

2011-05-15ZAGREB, Croatia -- Parliament adopted a law Friday (May 13th) that removes time limitations for crimes involving illegal profiting from war and priva...

2011-03-31The ongoing sale of the telecom provider has exposed the government to a chorus of criticism.

2011-03-17BELGRADE, Serbia -- The opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has collected 100,000 signatures from citizens demanding that the sale of Telekom...

2011-02-08PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The Privatisation Agency of Kosovo (PAK) urged Serbia and Montenegro on Monday (February 7th) not to attempt to sell Kosovo's emp...

2010-12-19ATHENS, Greece -- The government unveiled on Saturday (December 18th) an ambitious privatisation programme designed to pump 7 billion euros into the...

2010-11-05Croatia tries again to sell Kraljevica shipyard. Also in business news: an IMF committee was in Bosnia and Herzegovina and officials say the growth of Turkey's economy is sustainable.

2010-05-21As failed privatisations raise the spectre of bankruptcy for state-owned firms, some controversial investors have offered to step in and help.

2009-08-27TIRANA, Albania -- The government announced on Wednesday (August 26th) that money originally allocated for privatisation purposes will be used instea...

2009-08-05SKOPJE, Macedonia -- EU representative to Skopje, Erwan Fouere, said on Tuesday (August 4th) that it is too early to assess Macedonia's chances of ge...

2009-06-18BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Croatian officials finally agreed with the European Commission (EC) on privatising all six shipyards in the country, Economy Min...

2009-06-11Tito's luxury yacht heads for an overhaul after being sold to a city in Croatia.