Reshuffle in Bulgarian Political Cabinets: 9 New Deputy Ministers Appointed
Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has issued orders appointing nine new deputy ministers across six ministries
Politics | April 16, 2024, Tuesday // 15:02
OFFICIAL REPORTED $ 200 000 DEMANDING BRIBE
Politics | September 20, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
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During the rule of Peter Zhotev an employee from the Ministry of Economics demanded a bribe of $200,000 in order to let a privatization deal to be sealed, said Vice-PM Nikolay Vassilev for Standart. As the sum was not offered, the firm had been winding up for years already. I don`t know on how high a level is the post of this employee, at the moment I`m investigating this case. If the person is still in the ministry, he would be duly sanctioned, Vassilev said.
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