Financial abuse valued at a couple hundred million euro have been exposed at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The embezzlement is primarily tied to funds from different European Union programs awarded under the law for public procurement. The… Continue Reading…
DFZ • Investigations • Leading
27 септември 2020
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 Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) are all involved… Continue Reading…
10 юни 2020
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 935 per square meter, it is a very lucrative deal… Continue Reading…
Investigations • Leading • Short Stories
13 май 2020
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 popular football clubs in Bulgaria, according to a report by… Continue Reading…
10 януари 2020
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 revelation at a special press conference that huge quantities of… Continue Reading…
18 ноември 2019
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 the most numerous people to have illegally benefited from the… Continue Reading…
26 юли 2019
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 Borisov from the waste management company Titan, flew to Tripoli…. Continue Reading…
1 юли 2019
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 southern slopes of the Western Rhodope Mountain with a view… Continue Reading…
2 май 2019
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 bani (Mineral Baths) – Haskovo, a local party leader in… Continue Reading…
Comments • Leading
Government’s Promises for Non-stop Construction of Water Pipeline for Pernik Turn Exaggerated
10 февруари 2020
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 to be exaggerated. A Bivol reporter found that works on… Continue Reading…
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