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Shareholder in Bulgaria’s CCB appeals against licence loss

November 20, 2014November 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court said on November 20 that suspended the insolvency proceedings concerning the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), following an

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Bulgarian Economy Minister pledges reduction of red tape burden on business

November 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bozhidar Lukarski, Economy Minister in the Bulgarian cabinet that took office two weeks ago, says that the governnent in working

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Bulgarians set record in early bookings for cruises in early 2015 – industry

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The cruise ship industry in Bulgaria has reported a record number of early bookings for 2015, according to the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria central bank orders sale of CCB subsidiary assets, full payout of deposits

November 19, 2014November 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on November 19 that it authorised the administrators of Victoria Bank, a subsidiary of the

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Moodys upgrades Bank of Cyprus’ deposit ratings

November 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

Moodys Ratings agency on Monday upgraded Bank of Cyprus’ (BoC) long-term deposit ratings to Caa3 from Ca with stable outlook,

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-September was 1.1B euro

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of 2014 stood at 1.1 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Orbis to take over Accor’s operations in Central Europe

November 17, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s largest hotel operator Orbis Group has been cleared by its supervisory board to purchase the 46 existing and planned

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Dundee Precious Metals wins Bulgarian top corporate donor award

November 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Dundee Precious Metals has won the most generous donor award from the Bulgarian Donors Forum for donations of 2.28 per

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Bulgaria annual deflation slows down to 0.4% in October

November 12, 2014November 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.9 per cent in October, the highest monthly increase in two years, pushing

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