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Day: November 19, 2014

Business 

Bulgaria central bank orders sale of CCB subsidiary assets, full payout of deposits

November 19, 2014November 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on November 19 that it authorised the administrators of Victoria Bank, a subsidiary of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects bills proposing abolition of flat tax rate

November 19, 2014November 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs rejected at first reading on November 19 two separate bills proposing to scrap the flat tax rate and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Borissov demands steps to stop racketeering by traffic police

November 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told a cabinet meeting he wants urgent reforms to stop traffic police racketeering motorists

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Leisure 

Open-air exhibition of photos of Sofia street dogs and cats by Dutch expatriate

November 19, 2014November 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Animal protection organisation Four Paws has opened an exhibition of photos of Sofia’s stray dogs and cats by Dutch photographer Marcel

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new deposits guarantee fund chief

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved the appointment of Radoslav Milenkov as chairperson of the managing board of the state bank deposit guarantee

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov sends ministers to Brussels to plead for financial support

November 19, 2014November 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is sending five to six cabinet ministers to Brussels to plead for the speeding up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM, nationalist leader to hold talks in row over ‘Turkish’ deputy minister

November 19, 2014November 20, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and nationalist party leader Valeri Simeonov are to hold talks on the evening of November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic cop filmed taking bribe becomes national anti-hero

November 19, 2014November 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Footage viewed tens of thousands of times online of a Bulgarian traffic policeman accepting a cash bribe has propelled him

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World 

Turkey sees surge in xenophobia

November 19, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey, a NATO member and European Union applicant, is witnessing a surge in xenophobia, according to new research by Washington-based

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