ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- Slovakia: Slovak government selects four bidders for the privatisation of the country's largest insurance company, SP - SLOVENSKA POISTOVNA (13.2 billion Slovak crowns received in insurance payments in 2000), with a 48% market share in Slovakia. The companies are Germany's ALLIANZ, Italy's LA FONDERIA, the pan-European EUREKO company and one other bidder whose identity has not yet been revealed. The government is selling off 67% of SP and will be selecting the successful company by the end...