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Bulgaria central bank extends CCB administration period

July 15, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s central bank said on July 15 that it extended the special supervision period for the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB)

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Bulgaria annual deflation at 1.9% in June

July 15, 2014July 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank again in June, by 0.4 per cent, but the annual deflation figure at the end

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 302.6M euro

July 15, 2014July 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2014 stood at 302.6 million euro, the equivalent of

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Growth in EU’s Eastern European countries to double in 2014 – World Bank

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in the EU member states from the former communist bloc is expected to nearly double from 1.4 per

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Bulgaria’s CCB to go into liquidation – timeline

July 11, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) announced on July 11 that it would repeal the banking licence of the country’s fourth-largest

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Credit Agricole bailout could cost taxpayers up to 2B leva – Bulgarian Finance Minister

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The recapitalisation of Credit Agricole Bulgaria could cost Bulgarian taxpayers up to two billion leva (about one billion euro) and

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Bulgaria to repeal CCB’s licence, nationalise subsidiary – central bank

July 11, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s central bank said on July 11 that it will repeal the banking licence of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB)

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Bulgarian exports to non-EU countries fell by close to 15% y/y in January-May 2014

July 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian exports to third countries, meaning those that are not members of the European Union, fell by 14.8 per cent

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Revetas Capital buys City Center Sofia, plans more acquisitions – reports

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Real estate investment fund Revetas Capital Advisors, which has acquired the Sofia City Center shopping mall in the Bulgarian capital

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