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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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Bulgaria’s first websites with Cyrillic web suffix expected in six months

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

The first domain names using the Cyrillic-script web address suffix “.бг” could make an appearance in about six months, but

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Bulgaria set to increase cigarette excise duties in 2016

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved the timeline for increasing excise duties on cigarettes to meet minimum EU thresholds, with the first hike

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Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries drop 8% year-on-year, statistics institute says

November 10, 2014November 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to non-European Union countries in January to September 2014 were eight per cent less than in January-September 2013,

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