The renowned Russian business newspaper Kommersant has published in its weekly political supplement Vlast (Power), 35/2016, an article about the nomination of Irina Bokova for the post of Secretary General …

The liquidity and operational risks, the ability to generate profits and the capital adequacy of FIB are discussed in the last part of the classified report of Bulgarian National Bank …

“To prepare a realistic plan for additional capital support in order to ensure the sustainability of the equity of the Bank.” This is one of the recommendations in the classified …

There are two supervisory reports on First Investment Bank, from 2012 and 2015. BNB admits this fact in a response to questions sent by Bivol. The reports have been prepared …

The State is an accomplice in the draining of capital. Half of all loans granted by First Investment Bank (FIB) are non-performing or total loss. “There is no bank in …

Wealthy Bulgarian businessman Borislav Dionisiev and controversial lobbyist Anthony Bailey live in apartments in London, property of the Bulgarian state. They pay rents that are several times lower than the …

Controversial Bulgarian lawmaker and businessman Delyan Peevski and his “media baseball bats” are cited in an extensive report of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as an important example of how oligarchs …

Late Tuesday night, Wikileaks published nearly 300,000 emails from 762 mailboxes of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Bivol found in them candid comments about Ahmed Dogan, the Lifetime …

Bivol received a formal response from the Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) of the European Commission stating that SRSS is looking into the petition for inclusion of the case “Yaneva …

On July 14, 2016, a huge scandal erupted in the SJC over publications of Bivol revealing that the Head of SJC Ethics Committee Yassen Todorov had attended a dinner in …