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Bulgarian prosecutors seize Vassilev’s artworks from Corporate Commercial Bank

January 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian prosecutors have confiscated close to 300 paintings, including valuable works by some of the country’s most prominent artists, from

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Perspectives 

2014 in Bulgaria: Snapshots

December 31, 2014January 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, CCB affair, energy, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski, South Stream, Varna floods
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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court holds first hearing in CCB licence appeal

December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) held the first hearing on December 15 in the case appealing against the Bulgarian National

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Business 

S&P cuts Bulgaria’s credit rating below investment grade

December 13, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has cut Bulgaria’s credit rating to ‘BB+’ with a stable outlook, the second downgrade in six

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Victoria Bank reopens for business

December 12, 2014December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian lender Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) that was put under central bank administration in

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Business 

CCB deposit payouts process begins with minor issues

December 4, 2014December 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian banks paid out 25 000 deposits worth about 1.07 billion leva, or 547 million euro, on December 4, the first

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Business 

Bulgarian banks prepare to begin payouts of CCB deposits

December 3, 2014December 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

On the eve of the first day that nine banks will begin payouts of claims on deposits in the Corporate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court approves request to suspend central bank deputy governor

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court approved on December 3 the prosecutor’s office request to suspend Tsvetan Gounev, the deputy governor of the

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Business 

European Commission approves state aid measures for Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank

November 25, 2014November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The European Commission (EC) said on November 25 2014 that it had decided that liquidity measures granted by Bulgaria in

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