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Bulgarian firms spend 3.4B leva a year on regulatory filings – think-tank

October 13, 2014October 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The cost of filing paperwork required by Bulgarian regulations stands at 3.4 billion leva (about 1.7 billion euro) each year,

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ECB to regulate 120 of Europe’s largest banks

October 10, 2014 VOANews

A member of the Executive Board of Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, says in less than a month, the European

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Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant signs deal to extend reactor life

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy, on the Danube River, said on October 9 that it signed a contract

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Insurance companies, investment, pension funds could lose 103M leva if Corpbank, Victoria go bankrupt – financial supervisor

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Insurance companies, investment and pension funds could lose at least 103 million leva if Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank and its

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Corpbank crisis will spur bad business loans in Bulgaria – report

October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency CCB affair

The proportion of non-performing business loans in Bulgaria, which in 2013 added up to 19 per cent, could rise above

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Bulgaria’s business climate gloomier in September, for fourth month running

September 29, 2014September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Business people in Bulgaria were gloomy in September 2014, as the overall business climate indicator measured by the National Statistical

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Sour year for Bulgaria’s 2014 grape crop

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

It is not, to crush the skins of the famous film, a Good Year for Bulgaria’s grape crop. If anything,

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Ukrainian banks among riskiest, says S&P rating

September 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Standard & Poor’s, a New York-based assessor of credit worthiness, thinks the Ukrainian banking sector is on shaky ground. According

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EBRD cuts Bulgaria growth forecast to 1.5%

September 18, 2014September 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on September 18 that it cuts its economic growth forecast for

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