February 19 (SeeNews) - Bulgarian commercial bank MKB Unionbank, 60%-owned Germany's Bayerische Landesbank through its Hungarian subsidiary MKB Bank, sees its pre-tax profit rising some 50% to 21 million-22 million levs ($13.5 milion- $14.1 million/10.7 million euro - 11.2 million euro) this year despite the repercussions of the global financial and economic crisis in the country, the bank’s CEO has said.