Over the past weekend Colombian billionaire Alex Saab Moran, appointed by Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as his “special diplomatic envoy”, was extradited from Cabo Verde to the USA, where he…
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Maduro's treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria's Investbank
Maduro’s treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria’s Investbank
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An ultimatum from London:
Fibank: ”Take down the article about Dogan, Peevski, Borissov, tobacco smuggling and money for terrorism”
First Investment Bank has threatened to take Bivol to court if by 5 p.m. today (i.e. 23 April) we have not taken down our article “Dogan, Peevski, Borissov, Bulgartabac, smuggling…
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Dogan, Peevski, Borisov, Bulgartabak, smuggled tobacco and money for terrorism
Under guidance from political leader Ahmed Dogan and in Delyan Peevski’s ownership, Bulgartabak developed a complex financial, legal and logistical system for the manufacturing and distribution of cigarettes. The merchandise…
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Investigation by Bivol and Armando Info
Machine voting in Bulgaria: Non-transparent as in Chavist Venezuela
In January 2021 Democratic Bulgaria called for an independent audit of the voting machines to be used in this year’s parliamentary election, while Bivol published an investigation into the secrets…
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Dimitar Dimitrov, spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), believes the voting machines introduced this year at all polling stations with over 300 voters are completely useless. “When are you…
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OpenLux: Top Constitutional Court Judge’s Son in Posession of €0,6 mln. in Luxembourg
Lyubomir Konstantinov Penchev is the owner of a company in Luxembourg which is in possession of assets worth BGN 1.2 million. The joint-stock company with the name of Promobelle S.A.…
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Seven Bulgarian Construction Companies Involved in TurkStream 2 to Be Sued by Prosecutor’s Office, Forced to Return Funds
Seven Bulgarian construction companies, which brought their heavy equipment to the TurkStream 2 gas pipeline construction sites, are being investigated by the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office and have been ordered…
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Russian citizen Evgeny Chupov, about whom Bivol wrote at the end of December 2020, has finally been granted political asylum in Bulgaria. This emerged on January 5, 2021, when the…
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Ten-year anniversary Bivol turned ten in 2020. Over these ten years our media withstood very serious trials and trepidations because of its independent policy and courageous investigations. They reveal mainly…
