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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian central bank’s banking supervision chief director resigns

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The chief director of banking supervision at central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has resigned with effect from October 1 2015,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s insolvent bank CCB lists creditors

August 18, 2015August 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bankruptcy receivers at Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), which was declared insolvent by a court ruling earlier this year, published

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank ‘functioned as a financial pyramid’ – parliamentary committee

July 8, 2015July 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

From its establishment, Corporate Commercial Bank – formerly Bulgaria’s fourth-largest and now bankrupt – had functioned as a financial pyramid,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court declares CCB bankrupt as of June 20 2014

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia Appellate Court ruled on July 3 to declare Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) insolvent as of the day that it asked

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Perspectives 

One year on, CCB saga in Bulgaria far from over

June 19, 2015 Alex Bivol CCB affair

A year after the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) asked to be put under the central bank’s administration on June 20

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state gas firm sues central bank, CCB to recover deposits

June 11, 2015June 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has filed lawsuits with two courts and has also lodged a complaint with the

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Bulgaria 

Bill lifting banking secrecy rules filed in Bulgarian Parliament

June 4, 2015June 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances that led to the bankruptcy of Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender has filed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves bill to implement EU bank recovery directive

June 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s government approved on June 3 a bill implementing the provisions of EU’s the bank recovery and resolution directive, a

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Europe 

EC asks Bulgaria to implement bank recovery directive

May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, European Commission

The European Commission said on May 28 that it has asked 11 EU member states, Bulgaria among them, to fully

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