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Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank ‘functioned as a financial pyramid’ – parliamentary committee

July 8, 2015July 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

From its establishment, Corporate Commercial Bank – formerly Bulgaria’s fourth-largest and now bankrupt – had functioned as a financial pyramid,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police arrest chain store executive on European warrant from Italy

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police arrested a senior Technomarket executive in Sofia in an operation co-ordinated by prosecutors and on the basis of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s politicians hold mixed views on impact from Greek crisis

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria will not be hard hit by the crisis in Greece because Bulgaria is not a euro zone member –

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Bulgaria 

Borissov tells Tusk: Stability of EU, euro zone, of paramount importance to Bulgaria

July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

For Bulgaria the stability of the EU and the euro zone is a matter of paramount importance, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian economists on Greece: Collective suicide, exit from euro zone

July 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The successor to Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned as Greece’s finance minister on July 6, should be a business person, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Born Free in fundraising appeal to relocate Bulgaria’s last two circus lions to South Africa

July 6, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

International wildlife charity Born Free said on July 6 that it had launched a fundraising appeal to try to secure

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea Varna and Bourgas report drop in summer tourists

July 5, 2015July 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

At the height of the summer tourism season at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, hoteliers in Varna say tourist numbers are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police seize 15M leva fake branded goods at Black Sea resorts

July 5, 2015July 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Bulgarian police have seized merchanise and products worth about 15 million leva (about 7.65 million euro) illegally bearing famous-name trademarks

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President on Greece: Crises are not resolved by just pouring out money

July 3, 2015July 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Crises are not resolved by just pouring out money, but by responsible actions by politicians who undertake reforms to ensure

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