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Croatian insurer Wiener Osiguranje VIG, part of Austria's Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), said on Friday its gross premiums paid reached 95.2 million euro ($109 million) in the first half of this year, up 10.5% compared to the same period of 2025.

Croatia's Provectus Capital Partners, a private equity investor focused on Southeast Europe, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in a diversified private healthcare group in Bulgaria from Bulgarian venture capitalist INVENIO Partners, INVENIO said on Friday.

The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of the Albanian banking system remained unchanged in May compared to April, at 3.77%, the central bank said on Friday.

The Croatian government, a majority shareholder in Hrvatska Postanska Banka (HPB), said it has proposed a dividend distribution for last year, challenging the bank management's earlier proposal to retain the entire 59.1 million euro ($67.6 million) net profit reported for 2025.

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).