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RBI lowers acceptance threshold in takeover bid for Addiko to over 55%
RBI lowers acceptance threshold in takeover bid for Addiko to over 55%

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) said it has lowered the minimum acceptance threshold in its takeover offer for Addiko Bank as it battles to take control of the Southeast Europe-focused lender with Slovenia's Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB).

addedJul 10, 2026
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Serbia is scaling back the reduction of excise duties on motor fuels further, the government said, as global oil prices have continued to slide amid progress in peace talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Defence

Croatia received on Friday 255 million euro ($292 million), its first payment under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence instrument, the European Commission said on Friday.

Chinese investments in SEE

Although foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the countries in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) rose to a total of 91.5 billion euro ($104 billion) in 2025 from 75.8 billion euro in the prior year, most of the countries in the region posted a decline in FDI, both in absolute numbers and as a share of GDP, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) said.

Serbia is scaling back the reduction of excise duties on motor fuels further, the government said, as global oil prices have continued to slide amid progress in peace talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Croatia received on Friday 255 million euro ($292 million), its first payment under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence instrument, the European Commission said on Friday.

Although foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the countries in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) rose to a total of 91.5 billion euro ($104 billion) in 2025 from 75.8 billion euro in the prior year, most of the countries in the region posted a decline in FDI, both in absolute numbers and as a share of GDP, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) said.

The combined revenues of the biggest companies in SEE edged down for a second year in a row in 2024, while profits declined in double digit percentages.
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