Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Linked2Balkan news, the 18th of January 2011 edition

The 7th Southeast European Renewable Energy Exhibition (13-15 April 2011)

SunEnergy Europe, exhibitor at the 7th Southeast European Renewable Energy Exhibition (13-15 April 2011), announced the opening of Meldorf municipal solar park in Schleswig-Holstein.
European Federation representing the European waste management industry will support for the first time the Eco Forum in April 2011. Its members are national waste management associations covering 20 Member States. They have an approximate 60% share in the household waste market and handle more than 75% of industrial and commercial waste in Europe.

New Adria CEO announces plans to revive the carrier

Over the weekend, Tadej Tufek fell from grace after years at Adria’s helm. Following revelations that the airline is in deep financial trouble Tufek resigned. Promptly, a new management team was announced by the Slovenian Government and Adria’s Management Board.

Eesti Pank joins the central bank gold agreement

In the interest of clarifying its intentions with respect to its gold holdings, Eesti Pank agrees with and becomes a party to the joint statement of 7 August 2009 that has been signed by the European Central Bank, Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, Banka Slovenije…

Euro zone starts talks on long-term crisis plan

Eurozone finance ministers discussed on Monday (17 January) having more money in their rescue fund and cheaper emergency loans as part of a package of measures to end the sovereign debt crisis. But they made no firm decisions. The chairman of eurozone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said the ministers discussed many possible options under the package, but favoured none at this stage.

44 new projects on course to receive € 67 million under the Intelligent Energy

Negotiations have begun for the 44 projects that were shortlisted to receive a share of the nearly € 67 million available under the 2010 call for project proposals of the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme.

5 Greek Banks’ L-T Ratings Cut to BB+ From BBB- by Fitch

Five Greek banks’ long-term issuer default ratings were cut to BB+ from BBB- and short-term ratings to B from F3 by Fitch Ratings.
The Bank is considering providing a loan to finance a project with the City of Sofia comprising of several discrete components covering essential areas of the City’s urban transport system. The integrated nature of the project will result in a coherent and comprehensive urban transport improvement programme.

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