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Forbes has ranked Sibiu as one of Europe’s top 10 most beautiful small towns. A former European Capital of Culture, the town is known for its Germanic architecture in the old town, a legacy of the 12th-century Saxon settlers. (image: Pixabay)

Bulgaria’s 70 biggest machine and machinery equipment makers end 2022 with combined revenue of over 15 million BGN, (7.7 billion euro), 26.3% up from a year earlier, local newspaper Kapital said in its 2023 edition of K100 Biggest companies. The overall top 100 companies in the country report 27% profit increase to up to 8.0 […]

North Macedonia said the number of employees in its Technological Industrial Development Zones increased 10% to 17,769 by the end of October. Only this year new 350 million euro deals were signed, the government said on its website. (image: Pixabay)    

Pharmaceutical company Pharmathen has recently acquired Greek peptide material supplier CBL Patas, the daily newspaper Kathimerini reported. According to Business daily, the deal is worth 80 million euro. (Image: Pixabay)  

City of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s second largest city, has put in use 4km of bikeway, the city’s mayor announced. According to the 2013 census, Banja Luka’s population is 138,968. (Source: Banja Luka mayor’s Facebook page)  

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Bosnian retailer YimoR will soon open 20 million BAM (10.2 million euro) worth ice cream factory, business portal Biznisinfo.ba reported. The new factory will open 100 new jobs, the portal said. YimoR is currently employing 779. (Image: Pixabay)    

UK-based house appliances retailer Currys has sold its Greek counterpart Kotsovolos for 200 million euro, Greece’s daily newspaper Kathimerini reported. The buyer is Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), Greece’s largest electrical power company. Kotsovolos is currently operating 92 stores in Greece and Cyprus.  

Ljubljana Airport scheduled 18 flight destinations in the winter season until March 2024, as reported by the national news agency STA. The connections to and from the Slovenian capital include London, Pristina, Luxembourg and Skopje, STA reported. Ljubljana Airport passengers number increased 131.01% in 2022 to 968,811.

Montenegrin mobile operator Crnogorski Telekom reported a 23.2 million euro of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) in the first nine months of 2023, 4.6% more than in the same period a year earlier. Revenues rose 6% in the reported period manly due to improved results in retail services, while the net profit […]