Bulgaria's Customs Agency Director Targeted in Anti-Corruption Operation
Earlier today, the director of Bulgaria's Customs Agency, Petya Bankova, has found herself at the center of an anti-corruption operation
At least thirty politicians and administration officials involved in corruption affairs should be sent to prison, under a new anti-corruption strategy cited by Bulgarian media outlets.
A special unit due to be set up Friday and aimed at fighting corruption will dedicate its effort to this end, according to 24 Chasa daily.
The unit will comprise at least 200 prosecutors, investigators, inspectors and other employees and will likely be modeled after existing institutions in Romania, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, according to the report.
On Friday the government is due to give the thumbs up on a move to set the new structure.
In the past months Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has vowed that Bulgaria will put in effort to follow the example of Romania, which has achieved remarkable progress, compared to Bulgaria, in sentencing and jailing prominent politicians involved in corruption scandals.
Kuneva and other officials have repeatedly warned that Bulgaria risks being decoupled from Romania in the EU Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) used to monitor both EU member states.
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Bulgaria's Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev admitted the possibility that an explosive device might have been planted on board the crashed plane in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was traveling
The European Commission has announced that it is preparing criminal proceedings against Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, and Portugal for incorrect application of the rules on the exchange of data on criminal records and the establishment of the relevant
The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.
58% of Bulgarians do not support the introduction of the euro as the official currency in the country. This shows a study prepared by Trend agency specifically for the financial forum NEXT DIFI 2021, organized by b2b Media for the fifth year. The data dur
Too late Bulgaria began to explain its own position towards North Macedonia, as it should have been clear to our European partners some time ago.
An SPD-led government in Germany has significant potential to sharpen international attention to the problems of corruption in Bulgaria.
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