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ECHR: Bulgarian insolvent bank CCB was denied right to fair trial

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), which collapsed and had its

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Bulgaria 

Serbian appeals court denies extradition of failed bank CCB’s former owner Vassilev to Bulgaria

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Serbia

The appeals court in Serbia’s capital city of Belgrade has ruled to confirm a high court decision denying the extradition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria can proceed with confiscation case against CCB’s Vassilev – ECJ

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, judiciary

A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on March 19 said that Bulgaria can proceed with the civil case to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wins arbitration case filed by Omani fund over CCB insolvency

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria won the arbitration case filed by the State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman at the International

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Bulgaria 

Key prosecution witness takes stand in CCB trial in Bulgaria

March 26, 2019March 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The landmark trial on the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) in Bulgaria held the first hearing on the substance

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Bulgaria 

CCB trial in Bulgaria moves past indictment reading stage

February 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The landmark trial on the collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) in Bulgaria is expected to move forward and

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Bulgaria 

Luxembourg-based company ordered to pay back loan to Bulgaria’s defunct CCB

December 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court has ordered Luxembourg-based V2 Investment to pay back a 125 million euro loan from now-defunct Corporate Commercial

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Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog approves sale of Victoria Bank

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has approved the sale of Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank

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Bulgaria 

Factfile: Bulgaria Corporate Commercial Bank insolvency four years on

June 21, 2018June 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Four years after the official insolvency date of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender by assets at the

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