- Bulgaria: Five candidates have officially expressed their interest in DSK BANK (net profits 24.9 million levs during the first half of 2002), the last Bulgarian bank controlled by the State. The candidates are: French EULIA, Hungarian OTP, Austrian ERSTE BANK and two Greek banks. The Bulgarian government, which put a minimum of 80% of the capital of DSK BANK up for sale last December, hopes to make around EUR 200 million from this operation to be concluded in April.