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CCB affair leaves Bulgarian central bank with egg on face

July 17, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Aside from the shareholders and large depositors in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), the other big loser in the ongoing

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Business 

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 

Bulgaria to join EU banking union in wake of CCB collapse

July 14, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s political parties agreed on July 14 to launch proceedings to join the EU’s single supervisory mechanism of the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors change charges against Corporate Commercial Bank accused

July 13, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Prosecutor’s office has amended the charges against four Corporate Commercial Bank officials arrested in connection with alleged siphoning

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Bulgaria 

Four arrested, Bulgaria’s political storm continues over Corporate Commercial Bank

July 13, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

In all, four people have by now been arrested in connection with the alleged draining of close to 206 million

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Business 

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls July 14 consultations on ‘financial situation’

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

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has scheduled consultations with parliamentary-represented parties and cabinet ministers on July 14 to discuss “the financial

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Bulgaria 

CCB majority shareholder Vassilev decries ‘massed campaign’ against him

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

The majority shareholder of Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, said in a statement on July 11 that he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank scandal: Political reactions

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

Following the announcement of central Bulgarian National Bank’s decision to withdraw the licence of Corporate Commercial Bank while authorities began

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