Press Mood of the Day
Aug 24, 2011
Selected titles from leading Central and Eastern European newspapers. Captures the mood of today’s local press in countries and areas covered by CEEMarketWatch. To get access to the full online news database of CEEMarketWatch, sign-up for a free trial here
Central And Eastern Europe contents
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Serbia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Russia 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 06:20 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
Gazprom as an exception [Gas tariffs may rise by 12% in 2012] (Vedomosti)
Budget deficit comes back home [2011-2014 budget to be revised in Sept] (Kommersant)
Transport ministry supports Aeroflot and Transaero (Kommersant)
Pension funds awarded 2008 [Pension funds' crisis losses to be deducted from clients accounts] (Kommersant)
Express recovery [Express court trials for bad borrowers] (Kommersant)
Putin finds way to fight radicals [through abolishing corruption] (Kommersant)
Tripling of mortgages [Mortgage lending to rise sharply by 2020] (Vedomosti)
Putin’s programme [Putin wants to make primaries compulsory for all parties] (Vedomosti)
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Bulgaria 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 06:28 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
Crisis and bureaucracy keep state reserves half-full (Dnevnik)
There might be 20 candidates for president (Dnevnik)
Bad loans increase, businesses use more bank financing (Dnevnik)
Bad loans set new sad record – BGN 8.5bn [as of end-July] (Sega)
Needed reforms in [state-owned railway operator] BDZ to be elaborated in three months time (Sega)
People start saving again (24 chasa)
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Romania 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 05:24 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
Romania has highest wheat harvest growth among Black Sea countries after Russia (Ziarul Financiar)
Cabinet counts on foreign investments in infrastructure, energy and health (Ziarul Financiar)
State’s gain from Rosia Montana project is competitive in current form (Adevarul)
NBR gold reserve – reason for Rosia Montana project approval (Adevarul)
Carrefour loses first place in retail for Kaufland (Financiarul)
OTP Bank ends first half with RON 23mn profit (Financiarul)
PDL wants to merge local with parliamentary elections (Gandul)
Basescu bets on opposition USL failure (Curentul)
Basescu: Rosia Montana project must start, gold reserve to reach 200 tons (Curentul)
Police makes thorough controls of labour market (Curierul National)
Siveco hires 380 people since beginning of year (Curierul National)
PDL senior Oltean says PSD sets grounds for breaking up with PNL (Cotidianul)
Cabinet wants to change Fiscal Code again (Cotidianul)
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Croatia 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 06:33 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
Prime minister and Merkel talk about investment in energy and infrastructure (Vjesnik)
Inflation "eats" wage growth (Vjesnik)
[Deputy PM] Uzelac: It will be spoken harshly about relations between Croats and Serbs before elections (Vecernji List)
[HNS leader] Cacic: Government is incapable. Every spoken lie costs dearly to Croatia (Vecernji List)
Security AB considers new acquisitions in Croatia (Poslovni Dnevnik)
Planned investment in watering HRK 1.58bn, but instead HRK 292mn [invested] (Poslovni Dnevnik)
Without forex clause: HPB offers clients mortgages in kuna! (Jutarnji List)
Josipovic against [ambassadors'] list of candidates: Former chief of cabinet Zuzul and two HDZ members are contentious (Jutarnji List)
Germans to invest in wind power plant near Sibenik (Slobodna Dalmacija)
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Serbia 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 06:24 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
Talks with IMF could be postponed (Blic)
Oil prices drop, but not [domestic] fuel prices (Blic)
More strict criteria for retirement? (Danas)
Announced borrowing on European market of EUR 750mn (Danas)
Price of crude oil and dollar falls, but not fuel prices in Serbia (Politika)
New pensions system task for new government (Politika)
Merkel: In EU without [regional] conflicts (Vecernje Novosti)
[Deputy PM] Krkobabic and IMF: Pension system should not be changed (Vecernje Novosti)
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Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Press Mood of the Day 
Aug 24, 2011 05:30 GMT. CEEMARKETWATCH.
[Banja Luka - Doboj] highway [to be completed] by mid-2014 (Nezavisne Novine)
Manager positions cuts planned in RS Railways (Nezavisne Novine)
[High Representative]Inzko in Japan : Poverty and crime affected BiH (Dnevni Avaz)
EC to give negative assessment of BiH progress (Dnevni Avaz)
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