Press Digest: Bulgaria - Feb 21

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21/02/2020 07:23

SOFIA, Feb 21 (Reuters) -    These are some of the main
stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not
verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
        
    CAPITAL - Bulgaria's financial regulator has declined to
approve the public offering prospect of First Investment Bank
 5F4.BB . The lender planned to raise up to 200 million levs
($110 million) to prop up its capital following ECB's health
checks last year. A successful capital increase is one of the
conditions for Bulgaria's entry into the EU's Banking Union and
euro zone's "waiting room". 
    -- A Bulgarian citizen, 32-year-old Kaloyan Velkov, is one
of the victims of the shooting in a shisha bar in a German town
of Hanau, officials said. (Trud, Monitor, Duma 24 Chasa)
    -- Bulgarian prosecutors are checking the privatisation of
large state assets that started after the collapse of the
Communist rule in 1989. Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev said the
process had been criminal and unfair and his administration will
see if there would be grounds for probes against any wrongdoers.
(Trud, Monitor, 24 Chasa)                                       
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                
                                              

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