October 25 (SeeNews) - NLB West-East Bank, the Bulgarian unit of Slovenia's largest bank by assets, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), posted a net profit of 2.57 million levs ($1.9 million/1.3 million euro) in the first nine months of 2007, 14.5% down from the same period of 2006, despite a rising loan portfolio.