Suspended Bulgarian deputy claims he is fighting for central bank ‘independence’
Eurozone candidate country’s deputy breaks silence on suspension, and his fight to get reinstated
A legal dispute at the Bulgarian National Bank is raising new questions about potential political interference at central banks in the European Union.
Andrey Gurov served as deputy governor overseeing the ‘issue department’ at the euro-candidate’s central bank between July 2023 and June 2024, at which point he was suspended without pay by the BNB’s governing council. Information about the suspension was limited. But Gurov has now broken his silence to argue his case in an interview with Central
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