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Bulgaria central bank strips Corporate Commercial Bank’s licence

November 6, 2014November 9, 2014 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on November 6 that it stripped the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) of its licence and

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Business 

Audit finds CCB holding mainly impaired assets – central bank

October 22, 2014October 25, 2014 Alex Bivol CCB affair

The audits carried out at the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) found that the bank’s books are full of impaired assets,

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s CCB saga and the central bank’s crisis of legitimacy

September 24, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Amid the continued uncertainty surrounding the fate of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender before it was put under

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Bulgaria 

Corporate Commercial Bank: Two months on, key questions remain

September 11, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Two months after the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) made its bombastic announcement about the alleged embezzlement at the Corporate Commercial

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Business 

Bulgarian government debt soared under Oresharski cabinet

September 2, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol macroeconomic indicators, Plamen Oresharski

The impact of the 14-month Plamen Oresharski administration on Bulgaria’s government debt can now be quantified at a net 2.5

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Business 

Bulgaria demands prosecutor inquest after South Stream equity hike

August 19, 2014August 24, 2014 Alex Bivol energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Economy Ministry said on August 19 that it will ask the country’s prosecutor’s office to investigate the equity hike

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Business 

Bulgaria Budget deficit widens to 995.6M leva in June

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 Alex Bivol macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consolidated Budget deficit for the first half of 2014 was 995.6 million leva, or about 509 million euro, compared

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Perspectives 

Pavane for a dead government: the Oresharski obituary

July 25, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol Plamen Oresharski

For a government that lasted barely 14 months in office, the Oresharski administration has lived a full life, as if, aware

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Perspectives 

CCB affair leaves Bulgarian central bank with egg on face

July 17, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Aside from the shareholders and large depositors in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), the other big loser in the ongoing

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