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Bulgaria high court challenges constitutionality of bank insolvency law amendments

May 30, 2018June 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court will rule on whether amendments to Bulgaria’s bank insolvency law, passed by Parliament earlier this year, breach

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Bulgaria 

CCB trial in Bulgaria continues with indictment reading, new row

May 10, 2018February 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The landmark trial on the collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) in Bulgaria resumed on May 10, as prosecutors

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CCB trial opens with reading of indictment running to thousands of pages

May 9, 2018May 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The landmark trial on the collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) in Bulgaria, in which defence attorneys had already

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court denies defence motion to dismiss CCB embezzlement lawsuit

March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court ruled on March 27 to dismiss a motion by the defence asking to dismiss the lawsuit

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on amendments to bank insolvency law

March 7, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian MPs voted on March 7 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court holds CCB embezzlement trial first hearing at fourth attempt

February 27, 2018February 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was finally able to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of the Corporate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to bank insolvency law

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on February 21 a bill amending the Bank Insolvency Act, arguing that some of the

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Bulgaria 

Third false start in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank embezzlement trial

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on February 14 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of

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Bulgaria 

Another false start in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank embezzlement trial

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on January 23 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of

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