The new data on the Rural Development Program (RDP), released and published by the Bulgarian State Fund Agriculture (SFA), abounds with duplicates, omissions and hidden projects for nearly BGN 200 …
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CommentsEnergyLeadingSouth Stream
Sanctioned Russian National and ‘Cosa Nostra’ Company to Build ‘Turkstream’ in Bulgaria
The sanctioned by the United States Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya Kompaniya (OAO “TMK”), a manufacturer and supplier of steel pipes, owned by billionaire (No.29 on Forbes Russia with USD 2.2 billion) Dmitry …
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Prosecutor General Sotir Tzatsarov emerges as a protagonist in the “ApartmentGate” series. At the end of 2018, he and his wife have acquired a villa in the vacation village St. …
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Delyan Peevski, the richest and quite controversial Bulgarian lawmaker, spends most of his working time in Dubai, according to flight data for the last three years to which Bivol has …
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Over BGN 45 million have been siphoned from Lukoil only over deals with land for gas stations through companies related to GP Group, according to large-scale research by Bivol into …
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Company Suspected of Ties with Cosa Nostra Wants to Build TurkStream 2 in Bulgaria
A consortium led by a construction company associated with the legendary Italian Mafia Cosa Nostra has submitted a bid for the Bulgarian section of the TurkStream 2 gas pipeline, Bivol …
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Bulgarian Bank’s Accounts to Be Frozen Again over EUR 22 M Fraud in Romania
A private law enforcement agent (PLEA) is once again requesting a freeze on the accounts of the Bulgarian First Investment Bank (FIB or Fibank) once the lender lost its case …
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GPGateInvestigationsLeading
Bulgarian Municipality Sells Valuable Land for Pocket Change to Notorious GP Group
In the last days of last year, the municipality of Bozhurishte, near the capital Sofia, which is run by the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), has sold …
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InvestigationsLeadingPeevski
Panama Papers: Trusted Lawyer of Controversial MP Owns Key Offshores, Ghost of Bulgarian KGB
Alexander Paraskevov Angelov is the ultimate beneficiary of the offshore “Viafot” Ltd., registered in the British Virgin Islands, according to the “Panama Papers” to which journalists of Bivol received access …



