Bulgaria’s Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov requested from the National Assembly to remove the immunity from prosecution of 6 MPs- Elena Yoncheva and Georgi Mihaylov (BSP), Boris Karchev (GERB) and Veselin Mareshki, Plamen Hristov and Krustina Taskova (Volya), in order to initiate legal proceedings against them. Elena Yoncheva will be investigated for money laundering. Georgi Mihailov will be investigated for deliberate mismanagement and conclusion of disadvantageous contracts. Boris Karchev will be investigated for tax evasion and Mareshki, Hristov and Taskova will be investigated for extortion- the three MPs reportendly made owners of pharmacies purchase medicines at higher prices.
If Bulgaria manages to implement the prepared project for Sts. Cyricus and Julitta Island , it could become part of the UNESCO cultural and historical heritage. This was announced by Vice President Iliana Iotova at a meeting in..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov described the vote of no confidence in the government over its foreign policy, debates on which are currently being held in the National Assembly, as an attempt to sow discord between the parties in..
“When we deal with diplomacy, we must deal with facts and the official truth,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev said during the debates in the National Assembly on the vote of no confidence in the government due to failure..
The sea waves have pushed the oil ashore, which was released by a ship in the waters near Varna on the morning of March 31. The pollution was localized..
Partial state of emergency on the territory of the municipality of Varna is in effect until April 6 due to a fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, which has..
Only 5% of prisoners in Bulgaria find work after serving their sentence . According to the Varna-based Altruist Association, quoted by BNT, 75% return to..
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