The partnership with the European Anti-Fraud Office is of great significance for Bulgaria, Premier Boyko Borissov said at a meeting with the Director General of OLAF Ville Itälä. Ville Itälä is on his first official visit of to Bulgaria. The Director..
The number of the current 6 planning regions in Bulgaria will not be reduced. The planning regions are the main territorial units which will be used during the absorption of the EU funds during the next programming period 2021-2027. Following..
Bulgaria’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Office and the State Agency for National Security raided offices in Sofia, Plovdiv, Sliven, Karnobat and Burgas over frauds with EU financing. The competent authorities raided the office of businessman Minuy Staykov..
Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. The resignation has been accepted. Manolev is resigning after the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office launched a probe into alleged..
Bulgaria’s Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation is investigating this country’s Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev for misuse of EU funds. According to media publications, Manolev built a private luxurious villa with financing provided..
The European Parliament voted in favor of an increase in the EU funds for Bulgaria. The MEPs approved new financial rules for the 2021-2027 period . Thus, Bulgaria is expected to receive nearly EUR 9 billion in the next programming period, or EUR 1.5..
The European Commission has advised Bulgaria to redirect the remaining EU funds for education and administrative reforms to its poorest regions. The report was prepared under the guidance of EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu and..
The President of the European People’s Party Joseph Daul believes that the information in the Bulgarian social media has been manipulated by Russia and Saudi Arabia. He refuted the statements of the Bulgarian Socialist Party that the EU is to suspend..
The c ohesion policy procedures must be simplified, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu commented during the 7 th European Evaluation Conference entitled The Result Orientation: Cohesion Policy at Work, held in Bulgaria's..
A report of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presented on Monday in Sofia forecasts that Bulgaria’s economy would slow down in 2016. The scientists expect that the growth of the gross domestic product of that country would be 1% lower as compared to..
