Societe Generale Expressbank

SOFIA (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) is in final talks to sell its Bulgarian unit to Hungary's OTP Bank OTPB.BU and is likely to announce the deal this month, two sources familiar with the process said.

The French Societe Generale Banking Group is withdrawing from all countries in Central and Eastern Europe and is also selling its business in Bulgaria - Societe Generale Expressbank, Capital reported.

International One Dance Week festival will bring to the audience two events on Thursday and Friday at Boris Hristov House of Culture in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, organizers say.

The ninth edition of the International festival of contemporary dance and performance One Dance Week starts on October 09, organizers have said.

PIT BOX EOOD will build a logistical center in the southern village of Madzherito, Stara Zagora Municipality, under a EUR 1.9 M project financed under the EU's JESSICA initiative.

Societe Generale Expressbank and the ?Regional Urban Development Fund" AD have granted an 8-year investment loan of over EUR 14 M to Plovdiv-based bread and bakery products manufacturer Simid Agro EOOD under the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA) initiative.

Commercial Bank Victoria EAD is opening on Friday, December 12, following nearly half a year of conservatorship.

All sums, and not only those of up to BGN 196 000 (as the case was with Corporate Commercial Bank) will be available for withdrawal.