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The Russian government intends to allocate 25 billion rubles to the Federal Fund for Promoting Housing and Utilities Reform in 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said at a government presidium meeting Thursday. The fund has earmarked 247.4 billion rubles for financing housing repairs and relocation of people living in dilapidated buildings, Kozak said. Returns from depositing spare funds...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Russian Federation / Prime-Tass

Russia’s grain harvest is projected to amount to 63 million tonnes this year, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Thursday at a meeting of the government presidium. In August, Skrynnik said Russia’s grain harvest was expected at 60 million tonnes in 2010 in the worst case scenario, while the optimistic forecast implied a grain harvest of 65 million–67 million tonnes. The grain harvest has...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Russian Federation / Prime-Tass

The Customs Union commission has decided to raise import duties on some dairy products starting October 8, according to a decision seen by PRIME-TASS Thursday. The import duty on condensed milk and cream with sugar or other sweeteners will be raised to 25% of the customs value from 20% currently, according to the commission’s decision. The import duty on milk whey will be set at 15% of the...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Russian Federation / Prime-Tass

Standard & Poor's said Romania's political turmoil won't reverse the changes made by the government under the terms of its International Monetary Fund-led bailout package or affect the country's credit rating, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. "We don't expect that political disagreements could impede the country's compliance with its structural reform and budgetary targets," Bloomberg quoted...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Poland, Romania / PNB

At the end of June 2010, the social security provider Socialna Poistovna reported receivables from health care facilities of EUR 23.282m, up EUR 2.242m from a month ago. The social security provider informed that these claims were toward seventeen hospitals; five of which are under the jurisdiction of the Health Ministry and twelve are transformed facilities. Debts of state-run health providers...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Poland / PNB

Slovenia's top grocer Mercator has come in 35th on the list of 500 largest companies from Central Europe compiled by auditing firm Deloitte. Mercator leapfrogged the largest Slovenian energy group Petrol, which was ranked 41st for a second year in a row. Mercator placed first among Slovenian companies with sales revenues of EUR 2.64bn. It is followed by Petrol (41st), car maker Revoz (105th),...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Czech Republic, Hrvatska (Croatia), Hungary, Poland, Slovenia / PNB

The benchmark SBI TOP index of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange edged down 0.03% to 809 points on Thursday in its third consecutive day of decline. For the second day in a row, the only SBI TOP share to gain in value was retailer Mercator, which jumped up 2.39% to EUR 136.08. The LJSEX index of all shares meanwhile lost 0.42% to finish at 3,223.50 points. Drug maker Krka (-0.79% to EUR 64.49)...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Poland, Slovenia / PNB

Bulgarian stock indices finished mixed on Thursday in higher trading volumes, bourse data indicated. The blue-chip SOFIX index, which tracks the 20 most liquid shares trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE), inched 0.02% higher to 392.24 points, after edging up 0.16% in the previous session. The broader BG40, which includes the 40 most traded shares, shed 1.0% to 111.27 points, following a...

09/09/2010 13:13 / Bulgaria, People's Republic of, Poland / PNB

The firm Modranska Potrubni has floated a subsidiary, Modrany Trade. Modrany Trade will represent all production subsidiaries of the firm and should bring more complex offer to the customers, as well as easier communication and more effective securing of subsequent processes for contractual arrangements. This stems from the information from Modranska Potrubni. () aw

09/09/2010 13:13 / Czech Republic, Poland / PNB

Компания IPNET запустила новую популярную услугу - цифровое интерактивное телевидение (IPTV), сообщает корреспондент УКРИНФОРМа со ссылкой на пресс-службу компании.Благодаря Интернет-телевидению от IPNET у абонентов компании появилась возможность просмотра более 140 телевизионных каналов в цифровом качестве.Генеральный директор компании IPNET Дмитрий Грищук в связи с запуском IPTV заявил: «Мы...

09/09/2010 13:10 / Ukraine / Укринформ