There is a large secret slush fund used by the Azerbaijani ruling elite to pay European politicians, for luxury purchases, money laundering and personal gains of people close to the …
The B-files
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BokovaInvestigationsLeadingThe Azerbaijani Laundromat
Irina Bokova's husband Kalin Mitrev received EUR 425,000 from a slush fund of the regime in Baku
Bulgarian Connection: Husband of UNESCO Director General Exposed in “Azerbaijani Laundromat”
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FIBANKInvestigationsLeading
Bulmarket's accounts are emptied
Bulmarket and FIB Hide Money Destined for Blast Victims
The accounts of BULMARKET RAIL CARGO, whose tanks exploded in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino, causing fatalities and material damage, have been completely emptied. The main creditor of the company …
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Haskovo gateInvestigationsLeading
Relative of Bulgarian MP Repairs Buildings with EU Funds in Breach of OPRD Contract
Companies linked to the ruling center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and the party largely representing the Muslim minority, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), have shared …
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Haskovo gateInvestigationsLeading
Bulgarian City Hall to Give “Empty Check” to Well-Connected Businessman
Municipal councilors in the city of Haskovo are to vote Wednesday on a report submitted by the Chair of the Municipal Council, Tanya Zaharieva. Its content is reduced to these …
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Belene NPPEnergyInvestigationsLeading
New documents reveal:
Belene NPP’s Addendum 12 – Huge Damage to Bulgaria
Bivol has repeatedly investigated and published stories about criminal actions or inaction related to the construction of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bulgaria’s Danube town of Belene. Many billions …
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FIBANKThe B-files
New court victory for Bivol
Court Orders Central Bank to Declassify Private Lender’s Supervision Reports
Having sentenced the presidential institution to declassify the first shorthand records on the banking crisis in 2014 and the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bivol scored a new court …
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InvestigationsLeadingYaneva gate
Notorious Lawyer Claims Receiving Proposal to Manipulate “Spying” Report Destined for Brussels
People close to former majority shareholder in the collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, had offered money and manipulation of an official report on Special Surveillance Devices (SSD) to …
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The accounts of the US Embassy in Sofia in FIBANK (also known as First Investment Bank, Fibank or FIB) are closed. The new service bank is DSK. This transpires from …
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Equipment for the project to build a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the Bulgarian town of Belene, for which the country’s National Electric Company (NEC) paid with a State loan …
