Head of Bulgaria’s anti-drug trafficking unit was arrested for accepting bribes He has been detained along with two other high-ranking drug officers Took bribes from local and international drug rings in exchange for protection Bulgarian police have arrested the head of the anti-drug trafficking unit and two other officers for Read more…
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on June 22 that he has vetoed part of the bill of amendments to the Interior Ministry Act, specifically the provisions that would task a new ministry department with protection of senior state officials. Radev argued that the provisions he vetoed would “duplicate the protection Read more…
The President’s secretary on legal affairs and anti-corruption Plamen Uzunov is investigated for trading in influence. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, on December 28, 2018, he sent a court decision, which had not yet been signed by the judges of the Supreme Administrative Court to the businessman Plamen Bobokov, recently charged Read more…
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter began its northbound international strait transit en route to the Black Sea on June 17, to conduct maritime security operations and enhance regional maritime stability, combined readiness, and naval capability with US Nato allies and partners in the region, the US Navy said. Read more…
The Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property filed a complaint with the Minister of Education and Science Krassimir Valchev, the Commission announced. The proceedings for conflict of interest were initiated on the basis of media publications of 12 and 14 June 2020. They contain allegations concerning Read more…
Bulgaria is one step closer to the idea of becoming a European training center in the area of disasters, accidents and catastrophes. Parliament supported the construction of such a center, as well as a school for paramedics, with amendments at first reading to the Bulgarian Red Cross Act. They provide Read more…
Bulgarian prosecutors call Vasil Bozhkov the nation’s most dangerous man. Now the fugitive gambling tycoon is planning to return home to exonerate himself by toppling the government. Once ranked among eastern Europe’s richest people, the 63-year-old has been in a self-imposed exile in Dubai since January. He’s awaiting a decision Read more…
The Bulgarian Navy began on June 8 its annual four-day exercise, Black Sea 2020, the Ministry of Defence said. Held in Bulgarian territorial waters, the exercise involves more than 20 warships and support vessels, Bulgarian Air Force fighter jets and Navy helicopters, the statement said. “The aim is to improve Read more…
Bulgaria is among the 10 countries, out of all 47 members of the Council of Europe, to have implemented all anti-corruption recommendations, according to the latest report of the organization. The report takes into account the procedure introduced for combating breaches of ethical rules by MPs and for preventing conflict Read more…
So, there was an upside to Lock-Down! – Chief Instructor The road death toll in Bulgaria from January 1 to May 31 2020 was 42 lower than in the first five months of 2019, according to preliminary figures posted by the Interior Ministry. This is the third consecutive month that Read more…