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Readers voted on Bivol\u2019s fan page on Facebook<\/a> to select the site\u2019s investigative report of the year. Our investigation related to BSPLeaks \u2013 the talking points<\/a> and the internet trolls<\/a> \u2013 was ranked first. This topic is in progress and we will continue to follow it in 2014.<\/p>\n Second is the \u201cBuddha<\/a>\u201d file, which exposed with irrefutable documents the criminal past of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who resigned in the aftermath.<\/p>\n The third place is shared by the investigation in the real estate \u201csting\u201d masterminded by Irena Krasteva and her son Delyan Peevski<\/a> and the grant from the European Parliament to Monica Yosifova<\/a>, wife of the President of the Party of European Socialists, PES, Sergey Stanishev. In 2014, we will continue to monitor closely this latter issue.<\/p>\n In 2013, Bivol\u2019 had over 1 million unique visitors, who read more than 7 million pages (luckily they are counted by Google and not by the Interior Ministry\u00a0 In 2013, Bivol became partner of the International Consortium for Investigative Journalism OCCRP and has been frequently quoted in international media:\u00a0Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0L\u2019Express<\/a>,\u00a0\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0413\u0430\u0437\u0435\u0442\u0430<\/a>,\u00a0ARD<\/a>,\u00a0Arte TV<\/a>,\u00a0Ars Technica<\/a>,\u00a0Atlatszo<\/a>\u00a0and others<\/p>\n Bivol received the award of Foundation \u201cBiodiversity\u201d<\/a> for investigations related to the protection of Bulgarian nature (Dunes Gate<\/a>).<\/p>\n Asen Yordanov was nominated for the awards of Reporters Without Borders and Google Netizens. At the peak of the antigovernment occupation of Sofia University, the \u201cEarly Risers\u201d students invited Atanas Tchobanov and Asen Yordanov to deliver a lecture on Bulgarian mafia. The manager of Bivol, Alberta Alkalay, received the Audience Award for \u201cHuman of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2013, Bivol continued its media partnership with Wikileaks in the projects PlusD and SpyFiles 3. Wikileaks supported us in the most difficult moments of 2013 when we were probed by Bulgarian authorities over the \u201cBuddha\u201d file. Julian Assange praised our work, described in detail in the book by journalist Andy Greenberg from Forbes, which was translated and published in Bulgarian as well.<\/p>\n In 2013, Bivol also continued with court battles and sentenced the Customs Agency to provide the report of its inspection in the factory of Misho the Beer<\/a>. A new trial is pending in 2014 because the Customs refused to reveal the name of the person who obstructed the inspection.<\/p>\n Bivol even earned the censorship of the Council of Europe because of its uncompromising attitude towards Bulgarian politicians\u2019 abuses, regardless of their party affiliation. We will follow this topic with particular pleasure in 2014 as we already anticipate the year to be abundant in discoveries and key for the refraction of the symbiosis between government and mafia.<\/p>\n In the new year, Bivol will continue to delve deeper into the muddy Bulgarian public environment and to bring to light the dirty laundry of people in power. Because this is our cause as journalists and this is the path to true public catharsis, not the supplanted, cynical, Peevski one. Moreover, we have proved that we can sustain plenty of mud and nothing can discourage and scare us.<\/p>\n Cheers to you, dear readers, for the New 2014 and our inevitable victory!<\/strong><\/p>\n The presentation of Asen Yordanov for the Netizen and Reporters Without Borders awards.<\/p>\n![\";-)\"](\"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif\"){kind=icon}
\u00a0The number of fans of our site on Facebook surpassed 50 000. Donations to the site, which are our main financial source, exceeded 25 000 levs.<\/p>\n