Bulgarian MPs to hear central bank nominees on July 14
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on July 10 to hold an extraordinary sitting on July 14 to hear the four nominees for
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Bulgarian MPs amend competition law, impose tighter rules on retail chains
Bulgaria’s Parliament has passed at second reading amendments to the Competition Act, specifically the parts that govern the relationship between
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Bulgarians to hold protest against police brutality
A protest is to be held in Sofia on July 10, prompted by the recent release of two videos depicting
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Bulgaria concerned by Greek crisis impact on jobs, gas interconnector
It is certain that the situation in Greece will affect Bulgaria’s economy but there was no sense in being dramatic
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Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank ‘functioned as a financial pyramid’ – parliamentary committee
From its establishment, Corporate Commercial Bank – formerly Bulgaria’s fourth-largest and now bankrupt – had functioned as a financial pyramid,
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Bulgarian police arrest chain store executive on European warrant from Italy
Bulgarian police arrested a senior Technomarket executive in Sofia in an operation co-ordinated by prosecutors and on the basis of
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Bulgaria’s politicians hold mixed views on impact from Greek crisis
Bulgaria will not be hard hit by the crisis in Greece because Bulgaria is not a euro zone member –
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Borissov tells Tusk: Stability of EU, euro zone, of paramount importance to Bulgaria
For Bulgaria the stability of the EU and the euro zone is a matter of paramount importance, Bulgarian Prime Minister
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Bulgarian economists on Greece: Collective suicide, exit from euro zone
The successor to Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned as Greece’s finance minister on July 6, should be a business person, Bulgarian
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