The average net monthly salary in Bosnia and Herzegovina increased by a nominal 3.2% year-on-year in November, reaching BAM 928 (EUR 475), the country’s Agency for Statistics (BHAS) said in a statement.

Subscription of Hungarian Government Securities Plusz bonds for retail investors has reached almost HUF 3.377 trillion, weekly data released by the Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) on Monday show, according to a report by Hungarian news agency MTI.

Croatia’s consumer price inflation doubled in December to hit its highest level in 14 months in December, figures from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (Crostat) show.

National Bank of Hungary (MNB) governor György Matolcsy called for a reform of the eurozone and a rethinking of the Maastricht criteria at the central bankʼs annual Lámfalussy Lectures on Monday, state news wire MTI reports.

Kapolyi Law Firm announced the appointment of Katinka Tölgyes as head of its competition law practice, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Italian banking group UniCredit have agreed to double the InnovFin SME guarantee aimed at improving access to finance for innovative small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), EIF said.

Property developer Futureal Group has reached an agreement with Erste Real Estate Fund regarding the sale of the second phase of its Advance Tower office development, located on Budapestʼs Váci Corridor, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

A nationwide realtor network of lawyers, called ÜgyvédHázak, is entering the domestic real estate market as a new player with 23 offices and seven locations, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.

Taxi company Bolt will use a EUR 50 mln venture capital loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to start new services in Budapest and Debrecen, as well as other markets where it is present, Bolt told state news wire MTI.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development achieved a historic record in Serbia in 2019 with EUR 516 million of new financial commitments, lifting the EBRD’s results to a new level, especially in the private sector and the green economy, the bank says.

The Blue Planet Climate Protection Foundation and Design Terminal announced the launch of a new international idea competition called "Aquathon: Find a solution to save water!", organizers tell the Budapest Business Journal.

The crime rate increased in the Czech Republic by 3.5% to 199,221 cases in 2019 after a steady decline in the five preceding years, according to the annual police statistics released on January 16, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reports.

Some dietary habits and health indicators have deteriorated, but drug use has stagnated or improved among Hungarian teenagers, reports Magyar Hírlap, citing an international survey conducted in Hungary.

A more than 10-kilometer section of the M1 motorway near the capital will be closed for about two hours in the morning on Sunday, January 19, as the surrounding area is cleared of game, Komárom-Esztergom County police said, state news wire MTI reports.

According to London financial analysts, growth in the Hungarian economy may have reached 5% last year. In 2020, this is expected to slow down by one and a half percentage points, writes azuzlet.hu. 

Some 16 Hungarian exhibitors are showing at this yearʼs Internationale Grune Woche farm and food fair in Berlin, where the Hungarian stand was opened by Minister of Agriculture István Nagy on Friday, Hungarian news agency MTI reports.

Average net monthly earnings in Slovenia increased by a real 9.9% month-on-month in November, after rising by 1.5% in October, the Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) said on January 15, citing provisional figures.

The Government of Hungary increased its share in the paid-in capital of International Investment Bank (IIB) contributing an amount of EUR 10 million on January 15, according to a press release by the bank.

The number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants stood at 177 in Hungary in 2017, well above the EU average, according to a release of data by statistical agency Eurostat.

Poland’s consumer price inflation rose in December as estimated, final data from the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) showed on January 15.