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Bulgaria's New Deputy Justice Minister Refutes Libel Trial Accusations [Dec 29, 2011] After several days of silence, Denitsa Petkova, who was appointed Deputy Justice Minister last week, issued a written statement in her defense, claiming that she had strictly followed the current law. Pavlova's appointment stirred a scandal with her involvement in a verdict declaring two journalists guilty of libel over which Bulgaria had been sanctioned by the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Notorious Alma Tour Fly Files for Bankruptcy [Oct 07, 2011] Alma Tour Fly, a company within the group of scandal-hit Bulgarian tour operator Alma Tour, filed for bankruptcy on October 06, the Sofia City Court said Friday. Problems with Alma Tour surfaced in early September, when close to 1,000 international tourists, most of them Russians, were stranded at Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Burgas and Varna. Their flights were cancelled by national air ... [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?s EconMin Receives 2 Strikes over Belene NPP Scandal [Apr 06, 2011] Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, has received a final warning from the country's PM, Boyko Borisov over pledging he will fire the head of the National Electrical Company (NEK). Borisov revealed he had a conference call late on Tuesday with Traikov and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, and their opinions on the scandal with an annex to an agreement with Russia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Dismisses Belene Nuclear Plant Scandal as 'Political Talk' [Apr 06, 2011] The newly signed document between Bulgaria and Russia for the construction of the Belene nuclear plant, which caused a scandal among Bulgarian ministers, is no threat to the country's national security, according to PM Boyko Borisov. He commented on the signed annex 12 with the Russian "Atomstroyexport" regarding the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Danube town of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Chief Prosecutor: Security Agency Head Resignation Act of Integrity [Feb 17, 2011] Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev defined the resignation of the national security agency head, Tsvetlin Yovchev, as an "act of old-fashioned integrity". On Thursday, Velchev said that the State Agency for National Security (DANS) director is a worthy man and that based on his reasons, his resignation has nothing to do with the eavesdropping scandal involving top officials. On Wednesday ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM Vows to Punish, Dismiss over 'Tapegate' [Feb 08, 2011] Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov has vowed to punish one of the two authority bodies on use of special surveillance devices, guilty for the so-called "Tanovgate" scandal, which leaked discrediting conversations between senior government officials. "One of the two authority bodies has made a mistake, so there should be punished and dismissed employees. When the investigation on the case is over, I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria - in the Trap of the Wiretap [Feb 03, 2011] A "Tapegate" scandal, revolving around leaked discrediting conversations of senior government officials, is raging in Bulgaria, making all January headlines, and giving clear indications what is to come in this yet-so-young election year. The "Tapegate" Story Line The scandal was triggered by three tapes of discrediting conversations between the Director of the Customs Agency, Vanyo Tanov, and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Judicial Council Topples Senior Judge over Property Scandal [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council has voted to remove Veselin Pengezov from the position of chair of the Sofia Appellate Court because of the revelations made in the summer of 2010 which tangled Pengezov's family in a property scandal. The Supreme Judicial Court (VSS) voted 15 to 4, with 3 abstaining, to remove Pengezov from the head position of the Sofia Appellate Court; the discredited ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Cop Echoes PM Comments in Tape Scandal [Jan 06, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, rejected the latest scandal as gossip, saying he has good relations with his colleagues, including the Finance Minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Foreign Minister: Envoys Scandal Is Huge Embarrassment for Bulgaria [Dec 20, 2010] According to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, the envoys scandal is a huge embarrassment to Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Asks MPs to Take Stand on Envoys Scandal [Dec 19, 2010] Bulgaria's Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, extended a request to the Parliament to issue an official political assessment of the diplomatic scandal shaking Bulgaria and its allies since December 14. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Shies Away from Sending Combat Battalion to Afghanistan [Oct 15, 2010] The announcements that Angelov made in July 2010 that Bulgaria will be starting to train a combat battalion for Afghanistan subsequently led to a scandal that nearly lost him his job as Prime Minister Borisov was infuriated by such statements when the Cabinet, not to mention the Parliament, never made any such decisions. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling Party Member Out of Key Posts [Sep 01, 2010] The executive body of Bulgaria's ruling party GERB has accepted the resignation of Genoveva Aleksieva as deputy chair of two parliamentary committees after she was tangled in scandal over alleged conflicts of interest. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Coastal Town Ex Mayor Charged over Real Estate Scandal [Jul 21, 2010] Bulgarias prosecutors have officially raised charges against the former mayor of the Black Sea town of Primorsko in the wake of a real estate scandal, involving senior judges, which has recently shattered the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria GERB Minister Tangled in Road Construction Scandal [Apr 20, 2010] The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from Bulgaria's GERB cabinet, Rosen Plevneliev, had been tangled in a road construction scandal. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Probe Notorious Land Swap Deals [Apr 08, 2010] Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has delivered a report on the notorious land swaps scandal to Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Accepts Health Minister Resignation (Novinite.com) [Mar 31, 2010] Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has accepted the resignation of Health Minister Bozhidar Nanev after he was charged over the ?Tamiflu? scandal on Tuesday. Borisov said Wednesday that he had accepted Nanev?s resignation but added that he has not yet been dismissed from his post. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Blames President for Impeachment Scandal (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has blamed President Georgi Parvanov for starting the impeachment scandal while the country is in the middle of a financial crisis. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Scandal Shakes Bulgaria Supreme Judiciary (Novinite.com) [Mar 16, 2010] After the so-called Krasio the Black scandal shaking Bulgaria's judicial system, another Bulgarian Supreme Magistrate has been exposed Tuesday for alleged ties with crime bosses. [via YahooNews] More >>