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Bulgaria Surprisingly Revives Ethnic Turks Leader Graft Case [Jan 03, 2012] Bulgaria's parliamentary commission on corruption has brought back on the agenda the graft allegations against Ahmed Dogan, leader of the opposition ethnic Turkish party, a year after he was fully acquitted. The commission has approached the prosecutor's office, asking for information on how the investigation is going. The probe was not suspended even though in February last year the Supreme ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Special Anti-Mafia Court Kicks Off [Jan 03, 2012] January 3, 2012, is the first working day of Bulgaria's brand-new "anti-mafia" court and the respective prosecutor's office. The controversial institution has been initiated by the ruling center-right part GERB and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov against the protests of the Socialists and centrist formations, who slammed it as a dictatorship device that is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Appoints New Deputy Justice Minister [Dec 19, 2011] Appellate Prosecutor Plamen Dimitrov has been appointed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as the country's new Deputy Justice Minister. Dimitrov is set to replace Hristo Angelov who resigned a couple of weeks ago explaining that newly appointed Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva is entitled to choosing her own team upon taking over. Angelov also stated that he had personal reasons to quit ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Probe Tour Operator, Air Carrier over Stranded Tourists [Sep 12, 2011] Bulgaria's Sofia Prosecutor's Office will probe the Bulgarian Alma Tour tour operator and the Bulgaria Air airline carrier concerning the nearly 700 Russian and Finish tourists stranded in the country's southern Black Sea city of Burgas. Even though the conflict between the two companies is purely intercorporate, it can still be probed into, Margarita Nemska, spokesperson of the Sofia Prosecutor ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reboots Probe into Libyan Torturers of Its 'HIV Trial' Medics [Aug 23, 2011] Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has renewed the probe against the torturers of the six Bulgarian medics who were held in captivity for eight years in Libya during Muammar Gaddafi's regime. The Prosecutor's Office started gathering new evidence on the case already in May, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency has informed. The investigation had been stopped due to lack of collaboration on behalf of Libya ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Supreme Court Upholds Gay Rights, Rules against Homophobia [Jul 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by the head of the Municipal Council in the city of Pazardzhik over a gay rights case, confirming it was a case of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The gay rights scandal in the southern city of Pazardzhik erupted in the spring and summer of 2010 when Stefan Yanev, a local prosecutor, defended a municipal ordinance of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Former PM Stanishev May Escape Court [Mar 18, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, is likely to steer clear of the court room despite charges over the leak of a classified report on organized crime. "The prosecutor's office will make one more and last attempt to find the confidential documents, which triggered the investigation against Sergey Stanishev. This is the reason why the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Cop Accuses Prosecutors of Excessive Eavesdropping [Feb 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has accused the Prosecutor's Office in increasing significantly the number of requests for eavesdropping. "There is a significant increase of requests by the Prosecutor's Office for using special surveillance devices," Tsvetanov said Monday as a comment on the data that eavesdropping in Bulgaria has increased three times in the last three years. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Prosecution Denies Having Had Access to Discrediting Tapes [Jan 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has denied having had any of the recently published phone conversations between high-rank officials, tapped through special surveillance devices. ?The Prosecutor's Office of Bulgaria states that none of the phone conversation that are circulating in the society have not been presented to the supervising prosecutor or any other employee of the Prosecutor's Office ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Largest Thermal Power Plant Investigated [Dec 06, 2010] The second biggest energy company in Bulgaria, the Maritsa East 2 Thermal Power Plant, is under investigation for law violations, according to Plovdiv's Regional Prosecutor's Office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sets Up Special Force to Investigate Land Swaps [Sep 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister has moved to establish a special commission for the investigation of the notorious land swap deals after the European Commission requested action from the Sofia Prosecutor's Office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'Impudent' Charges Officially Pressed in Court [Sep 08, 2010] Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has pressed official charges against nine individuals arrested during the special police operation codenamed "The Impudent." [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Culture Minister Demands Archaeology Items from Canada [Aug 05, 2010] Bulgaria's Culture Minister has asked the Prosecutor's Office to take all necessary actions for the receiving of the Bulgarian antiques, seized by Canadian customs officers in a smuggling attempt. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brother of Bulgaria Man U Striker Berbatov Probed for Card Fraud [May 05, 2010] The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad is probing Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, for credit card draining. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brother of Bulgaria Man U Striker Berbatov Probed for Card Fraud [May 05, 2010] Brothers Asen (in the white shirt) and Dimitar Berbatovi. Photo by Standart News The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad is probing Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, for credit card draining. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Leader in Hot Water over Anti-Semite Talk [May 05, 2010] Bulgaria's Prosecutor Office must probe the leader of the far-right, nationalist Ataka party, Volen Siderov, over his statements involving the Israeli Embassy in Sofia, right-wing leader, Ivan Kostov, declared. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Search House of Brother of Man U Striker Berbatov [Apr 27, 2010] The house of Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, has been searched by the police last week. The information was reported by Bulgaria's Standart News agency, citing the Regional Prosecutor's office in the southern city of Blagoevgrad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Prosecutors Probe Bulgaria Mayor for Property Fraud [Apr 20, 2010] The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv has begun a probe of the city's Mayor, Slavcho Atanasov, over an alleged property fraud. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutor Denies Ethnic Turkish Leader Probe [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgaria's senior prosecutor has denied reports of an investigation against the ethnic Turkish DPS party leader, Ahmed Dogan. Somebody has made something up and now I have to explain why, Boris Velchev commented on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish Leader Probed for Money Laundering [Apr 14, 2010] Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office is probing the ethnic Turkish DPS party leader, Ahmed Dogan, over his BGN 1,5 M commission as a consultant on 4 Bulgarian hydroelectricity projects for the previous Three-Way coalition cabinet. [via YahooNews] More >>