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Bulgaria is selling a EUR 1.994 B dual-tranche bond, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a lead manager.

The transaction comprises a EUR 1.144 B seven-year tranche and a EUR 850 M 12-year tranche, the newswire said.

European stock markets slumped on Feb. 8, giving up initial gains, as focus switched to the banking sector following recent poor earnings and persistent worries over China's economy, analysts said.

An attempt by the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) to raise EUR 650 M through a tender has failed and now the state-owned will move to direct talks with interested banks, Deputy Energy Minister Nikolay Nikolov said on Thursday.

The best Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov suffered a defeat to David Ferrer at the 1/8 final of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Thursday.

Dimitrov was defeated 7:6 (4), 1:6, 4:6 in a contested match which lasted two hours and twenty minutes.

The best Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov proceeded to the 1/8 finals of the BNP Paribas Masters, which is taking place in Paris between November 2 and 8.

Dimitrov defeated Marin Cilic from Croatia with 7:6 (3), 7:6 (2) in a match from the second round of the tournament, which was played on Wednesday.

Turkey's Fibabanka has joined the ranks of banks interested in buying HSBC's Turkish unit, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, a business that is also being considered by ING Group.

Bulgaria's top ranking male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will face Gael Monfils from France in an exhibition match, which is scheduled to take place at the Arena Armeec hall in Sofia on November 28.

The encounter will occur at the end of the season and will most likely be in a three-set format, daily Dnevnik informs.

Dutch lender ING Group has emerged as the leading bidder for HSBC?s Turkish business, a person familiar with the matter said on July 2.

Three people familiar with the matter said HSBC had narrowed down the field to one suitor, and one of the sources said that it was ING.

When I travelled to England to watch my beloved Be?ikta? against Liverpool, I drove as far north as Hadrian?s Wall, which was built by the Romans in the second century as a defensive fortification. Another eagle is again on a collision course with Picts nearly two millennia later.

The possibility of Britain leaving the European Union sometime in the future worries European bankers a great deal more than the prospect that Greece might be on its way out soon.