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Russia’s VTB not interested in Bulgarian bank CCB – report

June 24, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Russia’s Vneshtorgbank (VTB) banking group is not interested in participating in the recapitalisation of Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), news

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Five-star Kempinski Hotel in Sofia sold – reports

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The five-star Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia has been sold for a price estimated at between 45 million euro and

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Bulgaria central bank puts second lender under special supervision

June 22, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Two days after putting the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) under special supervision, the Bulgarian National Bank said on June 22

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Bulgaria central bank puts CCB under special supervision

June 20, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on June 20 that it put the country’s fourth-largest lender, the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB)

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Chinese Android phone shipped with spyware

June 19, 2014 Matthew Hilburn of VOANews

That cheap smartphone you may have purchased may come preloaded with an unwelcome app – one that can turn your

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-April was 218.5M euro

June 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of 2014 stood at 218.5 million euro, the equivalent of

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EU inflation down to 0.6% in May 2014 – Eurostat

June 16, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Euro zone annual inflation was 0.5 per cent in May, down from 0.7 per cent a month earlier, and the

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S&P cuts Bulgaria’s rating over political environment, weak growth

June 14, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut Bulgaria’s sovereign debt rating to BBB-, saying that it expected the structural institutional

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Bulgaria annual deflation rises to 2.0% in May

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank again in May, by 0.5 per cent, pushing the annual deflation figure at the end

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