{"id":60822,"date":"2020-07-27T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/?p=60822"},"modified":"2020-07-29T19:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:52:18","slug":"sofia-airport-fires-employee-for-commenting-resign-under-pms-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/sofia-airport-fires-employee-for-commenting-resign-under-pms-livestream.html","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Airport Fires Employee for Commenting \u2018Resign!\u2019 under PM\u2019s Livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sofia Airport has fired a \u201cdisloyal to the government\u201d employee for commenting on the resignation of Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov, which thousands of protestors in Bulgaria are demanding for three weeks in a row. The employee in question, Michael Hristov, told Bivol about his dismissal. Until recently, he was the Head of the Airport\u2019s Travel Agency department and had been fired under Art. 328 para. 2 of the Labor Code (selection of a team by a new manager).<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Hristov, the real reason for his dismissal is his comment “Resign!” that he has written under Borisov’s live stream on Facebook. In addition, the young man has repeatedly signaled unfair competition at the Airport from a company associated with Russian interests.<\/p>\n

Michael (pictured) wrote “Resign!” under a video address on Borisov\u2019s official Facebook page on Saturday, July 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

On Monday, July 13, Director of the Human Resources Directorate Aneta Lukova called him on the phone and invited him to her office.<\/p>\n

During the meeting she apologized, saying it was “extremely disturbing” for her to have to let him go under the mentioned Labor Code article. She explained to Hristov that Executive Director Vladimir Rapondzhiev<\/strong> had the right to change part of the management team at the Airport.<\/p>\n

Hristov’s direct supervisor is the Director of “Ground Service” Daniela Andreeva but she has not been notified. The young man never had a single written or verbal disciplinary sanction or reprimand, had never broken employment rules and had never even been late during his years of work at the Airport.<\/p>\n

Prior to his current position, Hristov worked at Sofia Airport as an advertising expert and a ground services contract expert. He held these positions because of his experience in the industry with large companies such as the Emirates and the Hilton hotel chain.<\/p>\n

Acquaintances from the Transport Ministry have hinted to Michael that some colleagues might have seen his social network posts calling for the resignation of the Bulgarian government or other critical materials and might have reported them. At least 20 of Michael\u2019s friends on Facebook are colleagues who work at the Airport or for the Transport Ministry but he has no idea who has told the Airport management about his social network activity. <\/p>\n

Fired for political views?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hristov claims that he has not once violated his job description requirement to not discredit his employer – the Airport and the Ministry. He has only shared media stories with information critical of the cabinet “Borisov”, including by Bivol, and has attended protests rallies of mothers with disabled children because he, himself, has a wife and a baby.<\/p>\n

Hristov is adamant that his political views are not an official violation of anything and vows to not give up on them, he told Bivol.
\nHe refuses to delete his posts and the “resign!” comment.<\/p>\n

Bivol approached the PR of Sofia Airport by phone but he refused to comment on the case and asked for written questions.<\/p>\n

The Transport Ministry sent a written position, stating that Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov had not ordered directly or indirectly any dismissal and was not aware of the termination of any employee of the Ministry, regardless of their capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications is approached with a complaint, supported by facts about illegally terminated labor relations of employees at Sofia Airport, an inspection will be appointed. If violations are found, the perpetrators will be sanctioned,\u201d<\/em> the statement reads.<\/p>\n

The Ministry confirmed in a phone call that heads of departments also fall under Article 328 para. 2 of the Labor Code.<\/p>\n

Company associated with Aeroflot steals passengers from Sofia Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Hristov said that during his employment at Sofia Airport (in 2010-2011 and 2015-2020) he had informed the management at least three times about potential damages inflicted by a suspicious company.<\/p>\n

The company in question is “Aerotour MM” Ltd. According to Hristov, its counter at Sofia Airport does not even display a brand name. It sells tickets but exhibits only one Aerotour sign that it puts up whenever it wants.<\/p>\n

Michael says that Aerotour sells tickets for international flights directly competing with his now-former Sofia Airport department. He has reported on several occasions this \u201cunfair competition practice\u201d but there has been no reaction.<\/p>\n

A check by Bivol in the Commercial Register showed that the head office of \u201cAerotour MM\u201d and \u201cAerotour Group\u201d is housed in the building of the Russian Cultural Information Center at 34 \u201cShipka Street\u201d in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The Center is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and is part of the state corporation “Rossostrudnichestvo” at Sergei Lavrov\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is managed by the cultural attach\u00e9 of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sofia.<\/p>\n

Two employees of \u201cRossostrudnichestvo\u201d at the Russian Cultural Center in Prague were recently expelled by the Czech authorities for breaches incompatible with diplomatic activities. They were suspected of working for the Russian special services and of assisting in the transportation of Novichok-type poisonous substances to eliminate the Mayor of Prague and the Mayor of the Prague district where the monument to the 1945 “liberator” of the Czechoslovak capital, Marshal Konev, was located before being removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAerotour MM\u201d has received government contracts for over BGN 16 million from the Transport Ministry, the Ministry of Finance and the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation between 2017 and 2020. The period coincides with the “promotion” of the former head of Airport Security and former National Security Services officer Vladimir Rapondzhiev to Executive Director of Sofia Airport.<\/p>\n

Gandhi Partners<\/strong>
\nThe owner of \u201cAerotour MM\u201d is Maria Blagoeva Angelova. She is a partner of the “legendary” entrepreneur Plamen \u201cGandhi\u201d Timev in the company \u201cV.R.B. Export-Import\u201d.<\/p>\n

According to an investigation by Bivol<\/a>, Timev and former Russian Ambassador in Sofia Anatoly Potapov are partners in a business importing vodka from Russia.<\/p>\n

Plamen \u201cGandhi\u201d Timev<\/strong> was described in a diplomatic cable<\/a> by former US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Pardew as one of the most influential members of VIS 2<\/a>. He was arrested in 2007 and charged with financial misconduct but was not convicted.<\/p>\n

Another interesting partner is Yordan Ivanov Yordanov, who is a co-owner of the company \u201cDruzya\u201d (Friends in Russian) located at a downtown Sofia address. The sole owner of the capital is \u201cGloria Foods\u201d, whose owner and manager is Kalin Stefanov Spassov, a partner in \u201cGloria Mar Restaurants\u201d.
\nSpassov is again a partner in \u201cGloria Foods\u201d with Yordan Yordanov. It is no secret that the building of the Russian Cultural Information Center in Sofia houses the popular Russian restaurant \u201cDruzya\u201d.<\/p>\n

Russian national Tatiana Nikolaevna Dvoryashina is the manager of several companies with Yordan Yordanov\u2019s participation such as \u201cBalkan Construction\u201d, \u201cGermaneya Rerma\u201d, \u201cSky Land Properties\u201d, \u201cEvent Net\u201d and \u201cSky Aqua\u201d. <\/p>\n

Fired RIA head and Russian “restaurateurs”<\/strong><\/p>\n

These restaurateurs with friendly relations with Moscow are likely enjoying a government cover-up.<\/p>\n

One of the partners of Yordanov and Dvoryashina in the company “Balkan Construction” is the scandalous former Chairman of the Board of the Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW), Svetoslav Glossov. He resigned on January 9, 2019, on the request of PM Borisov over a scandal involving toll road vehicle stickers. <\/p>\n

Glossov is clearly not just a former civil servant. According to the Commercial Register, he is owner or partner in at least eight construction companies, meaning he must be probed for a potential conflict of interest at the time he was RIA head. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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