Israel's Strauss Group (STRS.TA: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire from Italy's Doncafe its operations in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia for 7.5 million euros ($11.60 million).

The Vienna Office of Investment Promotion Agency of Kosovo (IPAK Vienna) and the Economic Initiative for Kosova (ECIKS), in cooperation with Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) and Energieversorgung Niederösterreich (EVN), are organising a conference on Investment Opportunities in the Sector of Mining and Energy in Kosovo. The conference, sponsored by UNIQA International, will take place on 28 May 2008 in Vienna.

A Kosovo concern has begun the construction of a 400 million euro mixed-use skyscraper in Prishtina, Kosovo’s capital. The project will be completed in two phases with a total completion time of six years.