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OneCoin: Reports of money laundering ‘untrue and misleading’

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Media reports about a crime group using OneCoin are “untrue and misleading to the public,” the OneCoin company said in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM snubs motion of no confidence debate in Parliament

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s absence from the National Assembly on January 23, when the House held a special sitting to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former intelligence chief handed second sentence on embezzlement charges

January 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s general office said on January 23 that it won a second trial against the former head of the

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Bulgaria 

Another false start in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank embezzlement trial

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on January 23 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM and Turkish ambassador: Dialogue between EU and Ankara must be normalised

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Turkey

The dialogue between European Union member states and Turkey must be normalised in the context of understanding and prudent decisions,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Greece step up exchange of information to combat tax evasion

January 22, 2018January 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The head of the revenue agencies of Bulgaria and Greece have held talks on continuing and deepening co-operation on exchanging

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and Babiš: Dublin Regulation does not work effectively and should be amended

January 22, 2018January 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Czech Republic, Refugees

The prime ministers of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic agree that the Dublin Regulation – the EU law that determines

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2017 was 883.7M euro

January 19, 2018January 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2017 stood at 883.7 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian special prosecutors join in anti-money laundering operation against OneCoin

January 19, 2018January 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office said on January 19 that it was involved in an international operation to neutralise a large-scale

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