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Bulgarian prosecutors seek to indict former finance minister

January 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 3 that it was attempting to contact former finance minister Simeon Dyankov in order

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Dyankov: Borissov’s GERB will return to power in Bulgaria’s next elections

February 20, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Simeon Dyankov, whose axing as finance minister and deputy prime minister on February 18 was amid the moments of high

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Bulgarian PM: Dyankov fired over e-government, economic growth failures

February 19, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Boiko Borissov, Simeon Dyankov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov praised former finance minister Simeon Dyankov for keeping sound fiscal discipline and keeping Bulgaria’s government

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Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov sacked

February 18, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Simeon Dyankov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will ask Parliament to release Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov from his duties and confirm EU

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Bulgaria in no hurry to join euro zone, Finance Minister Dyankov says

February 15, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Bulgaria will wait “probably a number of additional years, until the dust settles” before seeking to join the euro, Finance

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Bulgaria will give 3.5M leva to Valley of Thracian Kings tourism and archaeology project, Finance Minister says

January 30, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Bulgaria’s Cabinet will contribute three and a half million leva (about 1.75 million euro) towards a tourism and archaeological project

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Bulgaria mulls further capital gains taxes

October 17, 2012June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Amid the relentless barrage of criticism being levelled at Bulgaria’s Cabinet for its plans to introduce a tax on deposit

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Fighting words: Bulgaria talks tough on Russian energy projects

September 13, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, Russia, Simeon Dyankov, South Stream

Vladimir Putin raised quite a few eyebrows when his last foreign visit as president of Russia in 2008 was to

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