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BULGARIA: 5 co's Buy Tender Papers for Sliven Heating Utility Sell-off29.09.2006 Bulgaria | Business | CorporateFive companies have purchased the set of documents for participation in the 100% denationalisation of the district heating company in Sliven, the Bulgarian Privatisation Agency said Thursday. Mina Cherno More-Burgas, CEZ of the Czech Republic, Overgas Inc., Finance Engineering and Matrix Trade can field queries about the sell-off procedure before October 9. After that deadline, the sell-off agency will certify the candidates that fulfil the prequalification criteria, enabling them to buy the information memorandum of the company. ALBANIA: General Electric Says Ready to Negotiate Contract with Albanian Government29.09.2006 Albania | Business | CorporateU.S. General Electric said on Wednesday it has filed an arbitration suit against the government of Albania for breaching a EUR 74.71 mln (USD 95.2 mln) contract but is ready to withdraw its claim if an agreeable solution is found.Last December, the newly-formed Sali Berisha-led government rescinded the contract with General Electric for the modernization of the Tirana-Durres railway segment, known also as the electric train, claiming the project implementation price was exorbitant and that Albania's budget could not afford it. GREECE: ELTEX–J&P Avax–Terna JV signed a EUR 250 mln Railway Project29.09.2006 Business | Corporate | GreeceThe Hellenic Technodomiki–J&P Avax–Terna JV signed yesterday the railway project Kallidromo – Platanos, according to information from the companies. |



