{"id":26336,"date":"2015-03-23T07:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T07:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/?p=26336"},"modified":"2015-03-24T05:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T05:28:00","slug":"in-memoriam-investigative-journalist-mladen-dotchev-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/in-memoriam-investigative-journalist-mladen-dotchev-passed-away.html","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Investigative Journalist Mladen Dotchev Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our author Mladen Dotchev has left us. He was a talented and 100% incorruptible Bulgarian journalist. Not everyone knew him, because he wrote mostly for the British press, but also for Bulgarian sites Bivol and Offnews.<\/p>\n<p>He is the author and organizer of really extreme criminal investigations that had great resonance in Britain. He also wrote sharp polemic essays. Let\u2019s remember some of his English texts:<\/p>\n<p>The Times:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/news\/world\/europe\/article2599728.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Visa hopefuls plan to travel as tourists \u2013 then find a job<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daily Mirror:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novinite.com\/articles\/90029\/Battling+Bulgarian+Brothers+Taso+and+Asen+Hadjiev%27s+Forty-Year+Feud+Rages+On#sthash.snUmHP70.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\">Battling Bulgarian Brothers Taso and Asen Hadjiev\u2019s Forty-Year Feud Rages On<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mladen had hot information about some of the most emblematic mafia murders and cases related to the backstage rule and the dark political corruption. In any case, his untimely death is a terrible sign for Bulgaria. Bivol will fully investigate whether his death was an accident or there were other reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our author Mladen Dotchev has left us. 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