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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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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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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Bulgarian Cabinet approves bill aimed at curtailing theft of companies
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved at its June 8 meeting a bill of amendments to the Commercial Act meant to deter theft
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Plevneliev: ‘EU integration only weapon we have to achieve peace and security’
The cure to the EU’s ills is more solidarity, more rule of law, more synergies and more integration, Bulgarian President
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Bulgaria backs European fingerprint database of convicted non-EU nationals
Bulgaria supports the setting up of a centralised database of the fingerprints of non-EU nationals who have criminal convictions, the
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