Bulgarian prosecutors to press new charges against ex-CCB banker Vassilev
The investigation against former Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev found evidence of an organised crime group operating
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Day: June 9, 2016
Hyatt Regency hotel to open in Sofia in 2018
The first Hyatt-branded hotel in Bulgaria will open in the country’s capital city of Sofia in 2018, following an agreement
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Bulgarian MPs approve 600M euro government guarantees for EBRD, World Bank loans
Bulgarian Parliament ratified on June 9 two separate bills to extend government guarantees on loan agreements signed by the state
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Bulgarian PM slams cops over Sunny Beach gangster shooting
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has sharply criticised police over their handling of the aftermath of a fatal shoot-out involving
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Bulgaria reports drop in exports in January – April 2016
Bulgaria’s exports in January to April 2016 were three per cent lower than in the same period of 2015, the
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Serbian court rules to extradite Bulgarian ex-banker – report
A court in Serbian capital Belgrade has ruled to extradite Tsvetan Vassilev, former majority shareholder in insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank
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MP quits Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front group
Bulgarian MP Polina Karastoyanova has resigned from the nationalist Patriotic Front parliamentary group after being ousted by the group from
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Athens confident euro working group will green-light funds disbursement
Euro zone deputy finance ministers – the so-called Euro Working Group – will convene in Helsinki on June 9 to
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Concern grows in Brussels that Brexit could prove contagious
Approval of the European Union has fallen sharply across the continent, according to new research, raising fears in Brussels of
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