Bosnia & Herzegovina news

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).

A project for modernising the port of Brcko on the Sava river – a landmark investment that will strengthen trade, connectivity and economic opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina - has been successful completed, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said.

Montenegrin company OptimusProject has submitted the best bid in a tender for a technical design for a 2.5-km motorway section linking a planned bridge at the Scepan Polje border crossing with Bosnia and Herzegovina over the Tara river with the nearby Paklice location, the transport administration said.

Average non-performing loan (NPL) ratio in 17 countries in Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe (CESEE) fell to a historic low of 1.86% at the end of 2025, but the volume of bad loans rose for the first time in recent years, signalling diverging credit risk trends, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Tuesday.

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