Bivol has now been welcomed into the world’s largest family of investigative reporters and journalism nonprofits – the Global Investigative Jourmalism Network (GIJN). Joining GIJN is a great and unequivocal…
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Bivol on the world map of investigative media
Bivol is now part of the Global Investigative Journalism Network
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Bivol and Capital distinguished as contributors to German documentary on Ruja Ignatova
Investigative reporting outlet Bivol and the weekly newspaper Capital were the only Bulgarian media invited to work on the production of a new documentary about cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova. Die Kryptoqueen…
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International investigation by OCCRP with Bivol on the team
Three Bulgarian companies importing phosphates from Bashar Assad; sanctioned Putin oligarch Andrey Melnichenko among the clients
Three Bulgarian companies have been importing phosphates from the Syrian Arab Republic, whose president Bashar Assad and his ministry of oil have been under US sanctions since 2011 and under…
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OCCRP Investigation
A ‘Bloody’ Trade: Inside the Murky Supply Chain of Syrian Phosphates into Europe
Imports of Syrian phosphates into Europe have boomed over the past several years. The importers include Serbia and Ukraine, as well EU members Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, and Poland. Security firms…
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Powerful US Lobbyist Aids Businesses Linked to Sanctioned Bulgarian Lawmaker, Has Joint Company with Notorious Attorney
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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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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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…
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The European Commission (EC) has called for inspections and investigations of a number of projects of the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy under the European Union’s (EU) Operational Program “Innovations and…