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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has probably done his country the best service he can by stepping down. His move hugely facilitates new negotiations with the lenders about a third […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) said on July 6 that it was maintaining emergency liquidity assistance for Greek banks at the June 26 level. “ELA ...
Greece was no closer Monday to reaching a new bailout deal with its international creditors, but Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is set to offer n ...
Turkish financial markets are among the worst hit in the face of its Greek neighbor’s troubles and the Turkish lira has hit record lows. The imp ...
The place of Greece is and remains in Europe, but the “no” vote on July 5 has widened the gap between Greece and other euro zone countries, European Commission vice […]
“Europe is facing a difficult moment, but it is not in difficulty itself,” French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Monday after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a financial […]
The successor to Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned as Greece’s finance minister on July 6, should be a business person, Bulgarian economist Krassen Stanchev said. Stanchev, speaking to Bulgarian National Radio, […]
International wildlife charity Born Free said on July 6 that it had launched a fundraising appeal to try to secure the relocation of two circus lions from Bulgaria to the […]
Bulgaria’s Competition Protection Commission (CPC) has imposed four fines totalling 200 000 leva (about 102 260 euro) on two companies offering Uber taxi and car-sharing services, commission spokesperson Mario Gavrilov […]
Yanis Varoufakis announced his resignation as Greece’s finance minister on July 6, saying that some Eurogroup participants “and assorted ‘partners'” wanted him out of meetings and so he was quitting […]
