The list of creditors of the bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank is of front-page interest to the Bulgarian press today.

The victims of the CCB bankruptcy are many including Bulgarians and foreigners, companies, banks and public institutions. For the time being the biggest creditor is the Bulgarian Deposit Insurance Fund which has already payed off all insured deposits, Sega explains.

Through the CCB syndics the state is trying to reclaim large enterprises bought by Tsvetan Vasilev with loans from the bankrupt bank, 24 Hours writes. By disputing cessions in court part of the money could be reclaimed spent on paying back deposits. If the court of justice acknowledges the claims the deals will be invalidated and the state will be able to sell these enterprises and reclaim part of the money spent on paying back CCB deposits.

The CCB bankruptcy opens a new hole in the sector of energy. State, municipal and private companies have lost the total of 248 million leva (about 124 million euro). The bank’s largest creditor is the Sofia Toplofikacia, the central heating utility, Standard writes. It had a deposit worth 90 million leva (about 45 million euro) in the bank. Other big losers include Bulgartransgaz, the National Electric Company, the Bulgarian Energy Holding, Bulgargaz, Kozloduy N-plant and others.

The problems of the National Health Insurance Fund have also claimed extensive coverage in today’s press.

In violation of the National Framework Agreement the Health Insurance Fund has switched 4.5 million leva (more than 2.2 million euro) from diagnostic activities in hospitals, a move expected to cause a major imbalance in prehospital care, writes Duma quoting the Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Association Dr Ventsislav Grozev.

The debts of the Fund for medical treatment of Bulgarian nationals abroad are nearing 100 million leva (50 million euro). The fund has failed to pay to hospitals, most of them in Germany but also in Belgium and Israel, Monitor writes. Bulgarian nationals are free to receive treatment abroad once the Health Fund has found that Bulgarian hospitals cannot provide for adequate treatment at home.

Bulgarians who fail to pay health insurance will face problems at the beginning of next year, Zemya explains quoting Health Minister Petre Moskov. He has vowed there will be a division between insured and non-insured patients. He added that this year 13% more Bulgarians have paid their health insurance contributions.

English Daniela Konstantinova