CCB deposit payouts process begins with minor issues
Bulgarian banks paid out 25 000 deposits worth about 1.07 billion leva, or 547 million euro, on December 4, the first
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Month: December 2014
EU will support Bulgaria in South Stream dispute – EC President Juncker
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on December 4 that the EU will stand with Bulgaria on the issue of
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Bulgarian culture ministry officials, public broadcasters’ chiefs boycott Binev committee
Officials from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture said on December 4 that they would not attend a meeting of the parliamentary
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Russia’s Putin defends annexation of Crimea
Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended his country’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and accused the West of using the
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South Stream cancellation causes flurry of reactions in South-Eastern Europe
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement, in Ankara on December 1, that Moscow would scrap it plans to build the South
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Minority parties’ support for Bulgarian coalition cabinet in question
Bulgarian socialist breakaway minority party ABC could withdraw its support from Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition cabinet if a
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Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint closed because of flooding
The Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey was closed on the morning of December 4 because
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Bulgarian banks prepare to begin payouts of CCB deposits
On the eve of the first day that nine banks will begin payouts of claims on deposits in the Corporate
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Bulgarian court approves request to suspend central bank deputy governor
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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