Genta Hodo

Albania’s Rossmann-Lala, a unit of German drug store chain operator Dirk Rossmann, said its after-tax profit rose to 1.47 billion leks ($18.1 million/15.7 million euro) in 2025, from 1.3 billion leks a year earlier.

The Albanian unit of natural gas transportation operator Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) said its net profit decreased to 6.3 billion leks ($78.7 million/61.2 million euro) in 2025, from 6.6 billion leks in the previous year.

Electricity traded on the day-ahead market of the Kosovo-Albanian power exchange, the Alpex, increased to 226.3 GWh in July, from 172.7 GWh in the same month of last year, Alpex said on Wednesday.

North Macedonia's trade deficit widened to 108.1 billion denars ($2 billion/1.75 billion euro) in the first half of the year, from 100.5 billion denars in the same period of 2025, the country's statistical office said on Wednesday.

Albania's economic confidence indicator decreased by 1 point in July, to around 5.4 percentage points above the historic average, after inching down by 0.6 points in June, the central bank said.

Albania's infrastructure ministry is taking steps to terminate a concession deal for the construction and operation of a new airport in the Ionian city of Vlore as a legal dispute between partners in the contracted consortium is preventing them from meeting the construction deadlines, local media reported.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it is considering providing an unsecured loan of up to 25 million euro ($28.9 million) to Albanian conglomerate Balfin Group to support the expansion of its retail business across the Western Balkans and Moldova.

North Macedonia's average annual consumer price inflation abated to 2.3% in July, from 3.4% in June, the country's statistical office said on Friday.

The Energy Community Secretariat on Friday said it has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the municipalities of Elbasan in Albania and Bitola in North Macedonia to support their transition from fossil fuel-based industries to renewable energy hubs.

Albanian conglomerate Balfin Group and Greece-founded, United Arab Emirates-based hospitality company Nammos Hotels & Resorts will jointly develop a resort within Balfin's Green Coast project on the Albanian southern riviera, Balfin said on Friday.