North Macedonia's government expects that the first half of the Kicevo-Ohrid motorway, which is valued at 600 million euro ($664 million), will open for traffic by May 2025, prime minister Hristijan Mickoski said.

Romania's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded an estimated value of $5.2 billion (4.7 billion euro) in the first nine months of 2024, soaring 22% on the year on the back of robust activity in the power and utilities sector, global consultancy EY said on Friday.

Romania's central bank said on Friday it decided to keep its monetary policy rate unchanged at 6.5%, following a 25 basis-point (bp) cut in August.