Czech Republic

Czech state-owned utilities major CEZ has finalised a EUR102mn (US$131.82mn) agreement with the government of Albania for the acquisition of a 76% stake in state-owned electricity... 2009-03-13

The Czech food processor Agrofert has acquired a 54% share in Milkagro, a company that controls dairy firm Olma Olomouc. Agrofert produces a number of meat products and by investing... 2009-01-30

September 29 marked the deadline to submit bids for Albania's power distributor DSO. In June the government selected Italy's ENEL, the Czech Republic's CEZ and Austria's EVN and Energie... 2008-10-01

A sweetened US$2.6bn bid by pharmaceutical multinational Sanofi-Aventis has seen it successfully acquire Czech generics firm Zentiva, three months after its original offer was rejected... 2008-09-24

So far this year, 25 airlines have collapsed and airline M&A has totalled US$13.3bn, according to Dealogic. Both numbers look set to increase with the US$3.1bn potential merger... 2008-08-07

Sweden's Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed to purchase Nova TV Bulgaria for EUR620mn (US$966mn). The all cash deal will expand MTG's reach into Europe. It already has a stake in... 2008-07-30

Slovenia's largest international financial group, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), announced the sale of 898,204 shares on April 17. The sale will be conducted in three tranches and... 2008-04-25