United States (US) Democratic Party lobbyist Anthony Podesta has signed lobbying deals worth more than USD 2 million with Bulgarian companies whose owners are linked to controversial Bulgarian lawmaker, former media mogul…
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Powerful US Lobbyist Aids Businesses Linked to Sanctioned Bulgarian Lawmaker, Has Joint Company with Notorious Attorney
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Lawsuit is described as typical SLAPP, aimed at silencing and destroying inconvenient media
Eurohold Bulgaria sues Bivol for the record sum of €0,5 mln.
”A large Bulgarian company is suing investigative website Bivol for the record-high amount of 1 million BGN.” That is what attorney Alexander Kashumov announced at an event organized by the…
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Maduro’s treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria’s Investbank
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
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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Hidden power networks:
Peevski exerts influence through lawyers pouring millions into reallocating company
Aviora Consult, the legal firm servicing Delyan Peevski’s businesses and hiring high-level lobbyists to defend him against Magnitsky Act measures in the USA, has received over 19 million BGN from…
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Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles
Running in Circles
Five years ago, Bivol exposed the operations in Bulgaria of Circle, a surveillance company that eavesdrops on calls, texts and phone locations. The firm has registered in Bulgaria as a…
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Part Two
Son-in-Law of Bulgarian Small Town Mayor Absorbs EU Subsidies after Being Sanctioned for Abuses
Georgi Nukov, who is the live-in boyfriend of the daughter of Kosta Karanashev, Mayor of Bulgaria’s town of Kotel, keeps submitting winning bids for European Union (EU) projects and absorbing…
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Part I
Small Town ‘Gerbonomics” – Relatives, Nepotism and Syphoning of EU Funds
An interesting business network intertwining family and party connections has been woven in Bulgaria’s historical town of Kotel. Relatives of Mayor Kosta Karanashev and municipal officials of the ruling party…
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Bulgarian Coast around Dogan Seraglio Illegally Buried under Concrete and then Built-up
An on-location inspection by Bivol found that concrete had been poured on the coastline on the northern side of Cape Chukalyata in Rosenets Park near the Black Sea city of…
