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Avast to enter London bourse in bid to raise up to $1bn Jaroslav Hroch in Prague
Avast, which owns the popular consumer antivirus company AVG, will apply to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange in the hope of raising $200mn (CZK4.1bn) in primary proceeds from an IPO, the Czech-founded company announced on April 12.
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St Petersburg's start-up scene flourishes on high talent and low costs
Contents
Avast to enter London bourse
in bid to raise up to $1bn 1 Avast to enter London bourse in bid to raise up to $1bn 2 St Petersburg's start-up scene
flourishes on high talent and low costs 3 Romania entrepreneur aims to put home-grown UAV defence technology industry on the map 6
FinTech
Russia's mobile major MTS increases stake in Ozon to 16.7% 9
Blockchain
Romanian startups at the heart
of blockchain energy trading rally 10
Central Europe
Russian-Lithuanian startup Gosu.ai
raises $1.9mn from Russian and
French investors 13
Eurasia
Iran hit by cyber attack that left US
flag on screens 14 Iranian government set to block hugely popular Telegram messaging app 15 Iran's black market phone disconnection drive pushes up legal mobile imports 15
Eastern Europe
Internet catches up with TV on Russian
ad market 17 Sales of connected appliances jump
in Russia 17 Russia's HeadHunter Group seeks
to raise $250mn with NASDAQ IPO 18 Russia ranks second in the world
for digital piracy 18 Russian messaging service Telegram raised another $850mn with ICO 19
Southeast Europe
Russia's HeadHunter Group seeks
to raise $250mn with NASDAQ IPO 20
The Regions This Month 21
Filip Brokes in St Petersburg
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Sarec is a former comic and journalist who has been mayor of Kamnik since 2010. The obscure candidate made it to the second round of the
2017 presidential elections, with incumbent Borut Pahor — known as “Barbie” because of his former career as a model — only narrowly defeating him on November 12. Since than his popularity has been advancing, indicating that Slovenians want
a new face on their political scene even though he still doesn’t have clear a political plan or principles.
Claiming he doesn't want an alliance with Jansa indicates Sarec could be aiming to become prime minister himself rather than propping up an SDS- led government. However, according to Videtic, this would hardly be achievable as he would need at least four more partners for a coalition in the fragmented parliament. In addition, such a coali- tion would be a hodgepodge of diverse political positions and thus unlikely to be approved by the Slovenian public.
“What is logical, President Borut Pahor will offer a mandate to form a new government to Jansa as he won a majority. If he fails to do it, next in line is Sarec. But, Sarec also needs Jansa and it is hard to imagine Jansa giving Sarec the PM post,” Vid- etic said. “But, it is still not a mission impossible, as in politics everything is possible.”