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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Part I
Small Town ‘Gerbonomics” – Relatives, Nepotism and Syphoning of EU Funds
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The villa of Bulgarian government’s PR Sevdelina Arnaudova in the village of Bistritsa near the capital Sofia has a built-up area of 577 square meters for ER 540,000. At EUR…
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Young Fan of Bulgaria’s Ruling Party Wants to Own Unwanted Shares of FC Levski
A young Bulgarian man, Ventsislav Manchovski, 20, from the northwestern village of Gorna Kremena has requested ownership of the shares of FC Levski Sofia, one of the oldest and most…
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Government’s Promises for Non-stop Construction of Water Pipeline for Pernik Turn Exaggerated
The government’s promises that construction works for the water pipeline to the western Bulgarian city of Pernik from the village of Malo Buchino would be carried out 24/7 turned out…
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The sequel of the drama with water shortages in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik involved a protest rally demanding the resignation of the Regional Governor Irena Sokolova and her…
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Important figures from the ruling party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and the party largely representing the Bulgarian Muslim minority, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), who are…
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Bulgarian MEP Asks EUR 4.5 Million from Libya for Release of Hijacked Tanker ‘BADR’
At the beginning of August 2018, Bulgarian MEP Emil Radev (ruling party Citizens of European Development of Bulgaria, GERB/European People’s Party, EPP), together with arms dealer Nikolai Gigov and Dimitar…
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Evidence of Cadaster forgery and illegal construction on a municipal road emerge from a check of “Leshtenski Ray” (Leshten Paradise) guesthouses in the village of Leshten, scenically situated on the…
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The daughter-in-law of the Mayor of the town of Dolna Banya from the ruling party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), the two children of the Mayor of Mineralni…