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Day: December 3, 2014

Business 

Bulgarian banks prepare to begin payouts of CCB deposits

December 3, 2014December 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

On the eve of the first day that nine banks will begin payouts of claims on deposits in the Corporate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court approves request to suspend central bank deputy governor

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court approved on December 3 the prosecutor’s office request to suspend Tsvetan Gounev, the deputy governor of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria proposes law to bar sexual offenders against children from holding some public offices, jobs

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved proposed changes to the Penal Code that will enable courts to bar those convicted of sexual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament fails to pass declaration on South Stream cancellation

December 3, 2014December 7, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgaria’s lawmakers failed to adopt a declaration of support for the South Stream gas pipeline, with familiar dividing lines re-emerging

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria still lags behind EU average life expectancy

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy in Bulgaria at birth in 2012 was 74.4 years, below the European Union average, according to the Health

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Business 

Retail trade in Bulgaria in October 2014 was 3% up year-on-year – Eurostat

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

The volume of retail trade in Bulgaria in October 2014 was three per cent higher than in October 2013, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria improves slightly in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index

December 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians see a slight improvement against corruption in the public sector in the past year, going by Transparency International’s annual

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Europe 

World Bank forecasts zero per cent economic growth for Russia in 2015

December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, World Bank

The World Bank has revised its growth projections for Russia from 0.5 per cent up to 0.7 per cent in

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Europe 

Russia predicts 2015 recession

December 3, 2014 VOANews Russia

Russia is predicting it will slide into a recession next year. Moscow’s economic development ministry said Tuesday it is forecasting

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