PPF Group

A book of condolence and a portrait of Petr Kellner are on display at the PPF Group company's headquarter in Prague, Czech Republic, 29 March 2021. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK

"Our best estimate is that the report is likely to be completed and published this summer," a spokesperson for the NTSB told BIRN.

Petr Kellner. Photo: EPA-EFE/PPF GROUP

US Republican Senator Marco Rubio has asked the US Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General to launch "a full review of the national security implication of AT&T's upcoming sale of the Central European Media Group Enterprises, CME, to the Czech-owned conglomerate PPF Group".

CME is the owner of Slovenian TV stations Pop TV and Channel A, with an investment worth almost € 1.9 billion.
The deal is expected to take months to be implemented, as the takeover must be approved by CME shareholders, as well as by the European Commission and certain national regulatory authorities, writes Investitor.me.

From a total of 949 applications representing all 23 countries of emerging Europe, 120
companies and organisations, spread across 12 categories, have been officially nominated for the Emerging Europe Awards. In addition, 23 investment promotion
agencies and 75 cities have been included in two research projects: the Investment

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M & A) in Bulgaria doubled in the first half of last year compared to the same period in 2017 and the leading investor in our country are companies registered in South Africa. Also between January and June, Bulgaria is part of two of the top 10 of the largest transactions for the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, reports money.bg

Serbia's state-run Telekom Srbija has made an offer to acquire Telekom Albania as it looks to expand in the Balkans, the Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti reported on Monday, citing sources.

Telekom Albania has a 39 percent market share in Albania's telecommunications sector and is 99.79 percent owned by Greece's OTE.

Mr. Jason King has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telenor Bulgaria of PPF Group effective 1 September 2018. "I'm very pleased to welcome Jason King as CEO of Telenor Bulgaria and as part of my management team. Jason brings almost 20 years of leadership experience in global Telecom companies mainly based in CEE region.

The Bulgarian national commercial broadcaster Nova is to start selling advertising on the sports channels operated by A1 Bulgaria, formerly known as Mtel.

Capital reports that A1 Bulgaria has worked with Nova since last year, producing the telco's sports channels MAXSport 1, MAXSport 2 and EDGEsport.

Dutch-based cable and pay-TV operator United Group is to conduct meetings over the coming week with potential buyers, two sources familiar with the matter told BIRN, ahead of a reported auction in September.