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The unintended consequences of the CPC's decisions on CEZ and Nova Television

Guest author: Martin Nikolaev From fines for patent leather bags to a political bludgeon Until a month ago, the Competition Protection Commission was known as just one of the many useless state institutions, mainly dealing with fining online stores and women's boutiques for uncompetitively pampering Bulgarian girls with a bonus leather bag...

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The nationalization of CEZ harms all taxpayers and consumers

the nationalization of CEZ

After a week of media drama, accusations, speculation, doubts, threats and scandals, the saga "Ginka Varbakova and the sale of CEZ" seems to have found its very unpleasant ending. The government officially announced that it will try to acquire a "controlling stake" in CEZ Bulgaria. In other words, the government wants to become the de facto controlling owner ...

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