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Bulgaria to make CCB investigation report available to MPs, not public

February 23, 2016February 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on February 23 that it would make the report by AlixPartners Services UK LLP, the company

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Bulgaria 

Brakes on Bulgarian MP’s car tampered with

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are investigating after Reformist Bloc MP Martin Dimitrov said that the brakes in his

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Bulgaria 

Publication of CCB depositors list prompts probes by Bulgaria revenue agency, top judiciary body

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency and the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have both announced that they would investigate the list of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria seeks Council of Europe help in former CCB owner extradition case

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 9 that it was seeking a hearing in the European Committee on Crime Problems

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament presented with rival proposals on dealing with the communist past

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer CCB affair, Dossier Commission

MPs from Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition and largest party GERB have tabled in Parliament proposals to outlaw communist-era symbols,

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Bulgaria 

Former CCB owner’s assets worth 603.7M leva impounded in Bulgaria, Switzerland

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Courts in Bulgaria and Switzerland have impounded assets worth 603.7 million leva held by Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Audit Office check gives insight into lax bank supervision

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s National Audit Office (NAO) has finalised a report detailing the extent of the bad practices in the Bulgarian National

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Business 

Omani fund seeks arbitration against Bulgaria over CCB collapse

October 27, 2015October 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman has lodged an arbitration claim against the Bulgarian government with

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Business 

Bulgaria’s c-bank adopts plan to reform its banking supervision

October 6, 2015October 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The governing board of central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has adopted a plan to reform and develop its banking supervision,

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