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Bulgaria 

False start in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank embezzlement trial

December 13, 2017December 15, 2017 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on December 13 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of

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Bulgaria 

Belgrade court declines to rule in Vassilev extradition case

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

A high court in Belgrade has decided it was outside its competence to rule on Bulgaria’s request to extradite Tsvetan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors file lawsuit over Corporate Commercial Bank collapse

July 20, 2017July 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on July 20 that it has concluded its investigation into the collapse of the Corporate Commercial

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Business 

IMF ‘commends’ Bulgaria’s steps to rebuild bank system credibility after CCB collapse, warns that risks remain

May 24, 2017May 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, IMF

Bulgaria’s financial system stabilised after the 2014 collapse of the country’s then-fourth-largest lender Corporate Commercial Bank, but risks remain, the

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Bulgaria 

Serbian appeals court overturns extradition of former CCB majority shareholder Vassilev to Bulgaria

April 5, 2017April 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The appeals court in Serbia’s capital city of Belgrade has ruled to overturn a lower court’s decision to extradite Tsvetan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict 18 in Corporate Commercial Bank investigation

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has finished its investigation into the events that led to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian banks pass asset quality review, central bank governor says

August 12, 2016August 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

All Bulgarian lenders met minimum regulatory requirements on capital adequacy ratios in the first sector-wide asset quality review concluded earlier

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Avionams aircraft repair plant back in state hands

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair, Nato, Poland, Russia

The Avionams aircraft repair plant in the southern Bulgarian town of Graf Ignatievo, privatised in 2008, is back in state

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors to press new charges against ex-CCB banker Vassilev

June 9, 2016June 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The investigation against former Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev found evidence of an organised crime group operating

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