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EBRD sees Greek bank impact on Balkans
Wed May 5, 2010 10:17am EDT
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia may suffer as a result of the crisis in Greece, due to high levels of Greek banking exposure in these countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday.
"There is a potential risk in countries in which Greek banks play a special role -- Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia," EBRD president Thomas Mirow told a news briefing.
"Up to now we haven't seen any major effect, Greek banking subsidiaries have behaved well."
Kosovo has not yet achieved membership of the EBRD, Mirow added. "Two-thirds of our shareholders need to approve membership, that is not yet the situation."
The EBRD, set up after the Cold War to help former communist countries in eastern Eurpe make the transition to market economies, invests in 29 countries, mainly in the private sector.
It forecasts growth in the region of 3.3 percent this year, against a 6.1 percent contraction in 2009.
(Reporting by Carolyn Cohn)
EBRD sees Greek bank impact on Balkans
Wed May 5, 2010 10:17am EDT
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia may suffer as a result of the crisis in Greece, due to high levels of Greek banking exposure in these countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday.
"There is a potential risk in countries in which Greek banks play a special role -- Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia," EBRD president Thomas Mirow told a news briefing.
"Up to now we haven't seen any major effect, Greek banking subsidiaries have behaved well."
Kosovo has not yet achieved membership of the EBRD, Mirow added. "Two-thirds of our shareholders need to approve membership, that is not yet the situation."
The EBRD, set up after the Cold War to help former communist countries in eastern Eurpe make the transition to market economies, invests in 29 countries, mainly in the private sector.
It forecasts growth in the region of 3.3 percent this year, against a 6.1 percent contraction in 2009.
(Reporting by Carolyn Cohn)