The prosecutor’s office is pressing charges against Deputy Minister of Environment Krasimir Zhivkov, who was detained yesterday, and against the brothers Plamen and Atanas Bobokov who are in the business of motor oil and battery and accumulator recycling.
They are being investigated for participation in a criminal organization dealing in the illegal import and processing of hazardous waste. Three more persons have been charged, among them the former head of the regional environmental inspectorate in the town of Pleven. According to the evidence gathered, Krasimir Zhivkov put pressure on his subordinates to undertake the unimpeded import of waste from Italy.
The Ivan Mihailov Cultural Club in Bitola has been removed from North Macedonia’s Central Registry, but the spirit of Ivan Mihailov lives on in the people, and a "legal battle" is underway in court to restore the name, the association’s chairman..
Today the 33rd Bulgarian Polar Expedition left the port of Varna for Antarctica. For the third year in a row, Bulgarian polar explorers will sail on the military research vessel "St Cyril and Methodius". This time, two cadets from Romania will be on..
From today until 9 November, the Central Military Club in Sofia will host the Sofia Information Integrity Forum 2024 . The event will bring together world-leading experts in various fields to discuss the latest technological advances and strategies in..
For the first time in recent election history, the end election result leaves a party running in the election outside the National Assembly with a..
The European Parliament has approved the nomination of Bulgarian Ekaterina Zaharieva as European Commissioner. She will be in charge of the 'Start-ups,..
A meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Austria in Budapest could lead to a change in Austria's stance on the two countries joining..
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