WARSAW, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Friday.
OTP
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans
investments into Hungarian banks, focusing on the country's
biggest player, OTP <OTPB.BU>, which does not have a foreign
parent, the EBRD's chairman was quoted as saying on Friday.
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KREDYT BANK
Polish mid-sized lender Kredyt Bank <BKRE.WA> sees its last
year's fourth-quarter net profit at no less than 60 million
zlotys ($18 million), the bank said, citing preliminary data.
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WARSAW BOURSE
The Warsaw bourse targets 60 million zlotys in net profit
this year compared to 90-95 million in 2008, Parkiet reported.
Its chief said it "would be hard" to draw in more than 30 IPOs
this year.
POLISH ADVERTISING
Between September and January Polish banks cut their
advertising spending by 18 percent, switching from promoting
loans to their deposit and loan offers, Gazeta Prawna reported.
FONDUL PROPRIETATEA
Eight major groups filed bids on Thursday to administer
assets worth 4 billion euros of Romanian investment fund Fondul
Proprietatea, which the government set up to compensate
Romanians whose properties were seized under communism.
TARNOW
Polish chemical maker Azoty Tarnow <ATTP.WA> agreed with its
employees to cut its 2,300 strong workforce by 11 percent.
PGNIG
Deliveries of Russian gas to Poland were fully resumed on
Thursday, Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG <PGNI.WA> said in a
statement. Deliveries via Ukraine rose to 7 million cubic
meters per day and were lower than contracted, but the shortfall
was made up by imports through Belarus. []
PKN
Lithuania on Thursday postponed a decision on selling its
remaining stake in the country's refiner to Polish oil group PKN
Orlen <PKNA.WA> until February, the economy ministry was quoted
as saying. []
CZECH AIRPORT
The Czech government may postpone the sale of the Prague
Airport because the financial crisis has stripped potential
bidders of funds, a Czech government official said on Thursday.
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BCR
Retail lending at Romania's biggest bank BCR, owned by
Austria's Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <ERST.BX>, fell 60 percent in the
last quarter of 2008 compared to the prior three months, a
senior bank official said. []
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