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Former Bulgaria midfielder Lechkov gets suspended jail term (Reuters) [Sep 20, 2011] Former Bulgaria midfielder Yordan Lechkov has been handed a suspended three-year prison sentence for abuse of power as mayor of the southern town of Sliven, a Bulgarian court said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Bulgaria midfielder Lechkov gets suspended jail term [Sep 20, 2011] Former Bulgaria midfielder Yordan Lechkov has been handed a suspended three-year prison sentence for abuse of power as mayor of the southern town of Sliven, a Bulgarian court said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Asks Labor Confederation Leader to Remain at Post [Feb 08, 2011] The leader of Bulgaria's National Labor Confederation "Podkrepa" has stated that there were no reforms during the ruling of the previous government, but only grand scandals for abuse of power. The statement by the Podkrepa leader, Konstantin Trenchev, was made Tuesday at the 8th Congress of the confederation. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov, who attended the Congress, said that there was nothing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's ex-tax chief sentenced for corruption [Jan 25, 2011] A Bulgarian court has sentenced the country's former tax chief to four years in prison for corruption. Sofia City Court on Tuesday convicted Maria Murgina on four separate accounts of abuse of power and filing untrue statements. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria indicts ex-minister on corruption [Nov 12, 2010] Prosecutors in Bulgaria have indicted a former labor minister for alleged embezzlement and abuse of power during her tenure in the previous government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Court Rules on Mayor Lechkov Fate [May 04, 2010] The court of appeals in the coastal city of Burgas will convene on Tuesday to rule on the decision of a lower court to kick out of office Bulgaria international and Sliven mayor Yordan Lechkov over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dethroned Bulgaria Football Legend, Mayor Lechkov Strikes Back [Apr 26, 2010] Bulgaria international and mayor of the city of Sliven Yordan Lechkov has slammed as undemocratic the local court ruling to kick him out of office over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Court Convenes over Mayor Lechkov Fate [Apr 21, 2010] The district court in the city of Sliven will convene to hear the demand of local prosecutors that Bulgaria international and mayor Yordan Lechkov be kicked out of office over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Court Removes Head of Bulgaria Health Insurance Fund [Apr 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Head of the National Health Insurance Fund Zheni Nacheva is faced with abuse of power charges. Photo by monitor.bg [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Football Legend Lechkov Stays Defiant [Apr 19, 2010] Bulgaria international and mayor of the city of Sliven Yordan Lechkov has made it clear he has no intention to resign over alleged abuse of power. Asked to comment the seven allegations raised against him, Lechkov only said this should be done by the prosecutors. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Want Lechkov Out of Office [Apr 16, 2010] Prosecutors in the town of Sliven have demanded that Bulgaria international Yordan Lechkov and mayor of the city be kicked out of office over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right-Wing Implicates President in 'Octopus' Mafia Ties [Apr 02, 2010] The former head of Bulgaria s National Investigative Office and right-wing party member, Atanas Atanasov, says the President has committed abuse of power when vouching for alleged ringleader, Aleksei Petrov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's ex-farm fund chief jailed for EU aid deals (Eu Business) [Mar 18, 2010] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria's former farm fund chief Asen Drumev was sentenced on Thursday to four years in jail for abuse of power and the signing of EU aid deals that defrauded the budget, the Sofia city court said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Subpoena Blunder Postpones Notorious Bulgaria Road Fund Case (Novinite.com) [Mar 17, 2010] Former Director of Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Fund, Veselin Georgiev (l), who is charged with abuse of power and conflict of interests, sits in the courtroom Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Social Minister Appeals Bail Amount (Novinite.com) [Feb 24, 2010] Bulgaria?s former Labor Minister, Emiliya Maslarova, who is charged with abuse of power and embezzlement, is appealing her bail amount. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria charges ex-labor minister with embezzling (INO News) [Feb 23, 2010] (AP:SOFIA, Bulgaria) A Bulgarian legislator has been charged with embezzlement and abuse of power during her time as labor minister in 2005-09. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Charges Former Social Minister with Abuse of Power (Novinite.com) [Feb 23, 2010] Emiliya Maslarova, Bulgaria's former Labor Minister and currently Socialist member of parliament, was charged with abuse of power and embezzlement on Tuesday, four months after she voluntarily gave up her immunity from prosecution. [via YahooNews] More >>