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Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania Debt Outlooks Are Cut by Fitch [Dec 13, 2011] Fitch Ratings revised down its credit outlooks for Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic to stable from positive as Europe?s economic-growth prospects deteriorate amid a sovereign debt crisis. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Suspends Contract with Fitch Ratings [Jun 16, 2010] Bulgarias Council of Ministers gives Wednesday the go ahead to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, to annul the contract with Fitch Ratings Ltd. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Suspends Contract with Fitch Ratings [Jun 16, 2010] Bulgarias Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, said in March Fitch Ratings manipulate public opinion. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Fitch Cuts Greece's Rating to Bulgaria's Grade [Apr 12, 2010] Fitch Ratings, one of the three biggest credit rating firms, has slashed its assessment of Greeces creditworthiness by two notches to the lowest investment grade BBB-, a downgrade that brings the country on a par with Bulgaria , Peru, Morocco and Namibia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fitch Affirms Bulgaria's Unicredit Bulbank Support Rating [Apr 07, 2010] Fitch Ratings has affirmed Unicredit Bulbank's (UCB) Support Rating at '2', the agency announced. UCB's Support Rating is constrained by Bulgaria 's country ceiling 'BBB+'. Therefore, any upside/downside in the Support Rating would be linked to a change in the country ceiling. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Officially Snubs Fitch (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgaria's finance ministry has slammed as ?manipulation of the public opinion? Fitch Ratings agency forecast of lowering the country's credit rating to junk. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fitch Doomsayers Blackmail Bulgaria - Analysts (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] The gloomy forecasts for Bulgaria that Fitch Ratings has made over the last few days are in response to the state decision to suspend its contract with the agency, local analysts claim. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on Foreign Debt, Fitch Says (Update1) (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Junk Grade on External Debt Concerns, Fitch Says (Bloomberg) [Mar 05, 2010] March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member with the smallest budget deficit, may still see its credit rating lowered to junk as an external debt burden bigger than total output threatens financial stability, Fitch Ratings said. [via YahooNews] More >>