Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee
Bulgaria Parliament Committee to Hear C-Bank Head Candidates Next Week
A hearing of the four nominees to take over as the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) is due next week, Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee has announced.
The development comes just hours after the incumbent Ivan Iskrov, whose term was to expire in October, stepped down.
MPs Turn Down Proposal to Open Politicians' KTB Credit Files
Bulgarian lawmakers have rejected a motion that would have revoked the secrecy protecting credit files of politicians at Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB).
The bill was proposed by Yordan Tsonev, an MP from the liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) who was also the Chair of the outgoing Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee.
BNB Demands 10-Year Sentence for Spreading False Bank Information
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) proposes amendments to the Penal Code envisaging imprisonment for those disseminating misleading information about banks.
The institution has tabled its proposal containing suggested legal changes to Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee headed by liberal lawmaker Yordan Tsonev (DPS), the bank said in a message to the media.