Today, the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice is expected to send to the UAE a request for extradition of businessman Vasil Bozhkov, who has been charged with leading a criminal group, extortion, attempted bribery of an official, incitement to criminal offenses, trading in influence, illegal appropriation of cultural and historical objects of value.
According to unconfirmed information, Bozhkov was released from the Abu Dhabi Detention Center on Sunday and is already in Dubai. Bulgarian Ambassador to Abu Dhabi has urgently asked authorities whether the information on the release of the businessman is correct, the Foreign Ministry has reported.
The Sofia Appellate Court left in custody Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, who is charged with corruption and participation in an organized crime group. The judgment is final. One of the three judges, Andrey Angelov, signed with a dissenting..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with the European Commission team responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of Justice. EC: RRP payment depends on..
''Only two bridges connect Bulgaria and Romania along our 475-kilometer shared river border – this is a transport shortfall and a new 'Iron Curtain' within the European Union'', said Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and..
Bulgaria, Greece and Romania have finalized a memorandum for joint cooperation on new transport projects, said European Commissioner for..
Suspicions of large-scale fraud with EU funds in a project to build a mussel farm in the Black Sea – southeast of Cape Emine in the..
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 2 and 7°C. In the valleys and high fields the temperature can drop to minus 2°C;..
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