There were sharp exchanges in Bulgaria’s National Assembly on June 29 as parliamentary groups reacted to the announcement on Tuesday by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov that 70 Russian diplomats were being expelled from Bulgaria for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status. Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Hristo Ivanov expressed support for the expulsion, Read more…
“It was an honor for me to lead a government that was taken down by Peevski, Borissov, Trifonov and Mitrofanova (Russia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria)”, said the now-former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after the successful no-confidence vote that passed today with the votes of 123 MPs. “This vote is just a small step in a very long road. What they (the opposition) didn’t understand was that in such a way Read more…
Large-scale operation of the General Directorate of the Bulgarian Police is being conducted on 120 cases of misuse of EU funds. Searches are carried out at various addresses. Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, former Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, former head of the budget committee Menda Stoyanova and former head of the Read more…
“My advisor and I are making a list of Bulgarians abroad who have the appropriate education to join the Interior Ministry, the new Anti-Corruption Commission, the special services,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced on BTV. “Geshev’s chance to clear the system is zero,” the prime minister added, justifying why Read more…
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on February 7 that he was “delighted” to accept an invitation from the Prosecutor-General’s office to provide information about those at the top of corruption and crime – and said that he has some questions of his own. Petkov was speaking at a Read more…
“Everyone understands that there used to be people with untouchability status. It’s over.” This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in an interview with bTV. His comment was on the revoked access to classified information and the resignation of Sotir Tsatsarov as head of the Commission for Combating Corruption Read more…
The access to classified information of the chairman of Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property(CCCCIAP) Sotir Tsatsarov was taken away. This was confirmed to BNT by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov. Today State agency for National Security (SANS) informed me that they have revoked the permission for Read more…
Zero tolerance for corruption will be the motto of our government. We will also form a parliamentary commission, said the nominee for Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, after returning the mandate of the president fulfilled, according to BGNES Bulgarian Politics: “We Continue the Change” took the Mandate to form a Government Read more…
We see how the prosecutor’s office headed by Ivan Geshev does not allow the start of any trial against the former government, Boyko Rashkov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, told BNR. He stressed that there is no pre-trial proceedings on the reports of violations revealed by the caretaker Read more…
Romania is the country where the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) concluded the most numerous number of investigations on EU fund embezzlement last year. More than 10% of the total100 files refers to frauds with EU money in our country, according to the 2019 OLAF report. Last year, OLAF investigated how EU funds had been spent in 42 countries, concluding 100 files Read more…