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Veselin Penev, who resigned as Sofia District Governor earlier in September. Photo: BGNES
Sofia District Governor Veselin Penev has refuted claims that Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov had tried to pressure him into resigning.
Penev's resignation follows revelations from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) that earlier this summer he sold state property in the center of Sofia at a price of BGN 90 per sq m.
Penev has told bTV he had acted out of "moral grounds" and does not rule out that he might be reappointed once an ongoing probe into the affair has ended.
He has denied being a "fuse" in the run-up to the presidential election campaign.
His appointment as Sofia District Governor was proposed by the Reformist Bloc, the junior partner in Bulgaria's minority coalition government.
The so-called Tsarski Konyushni ("King's stables") were formerly used by the royal family. They later became a protected heritage site but their status was abolished.
The news website Dnevnik.bg quotes Rosen Malinov, a former Sofia District Governor, as saying the building was worth EUR 5.6 M five years earlier.
The price tag of the deal done by Penev was BGN 0.659 M, or roughtly EUR 0.337 M.
Tsarski Konyushni was sold tp Evrotransbild, a company that had already owned 16% of the building.
Residents and visitors in Sofia will be able to park without payment in the city’s “blue” and “green” zones during the upcoming Easter holidays
A 40-meter-high Ferris wheel has been installed in central Sofia, becoming a new attraction for residents and visitors seeking panoramic views of the capital.
Health authorities have reported a total of 66 confirmed measles cases in Bulgaria, with the first infection now recorded in Sofia, according to data published on the Ministry of Health’s epidemic monitoring platform.
A total of 147 years have passed since Sofia was officially designated as the capital of Bulgaria
Restaurant and café prices in Bulgaria have increased sharply over the past decade, rising by close to 110%, according to analysis by the Institute for Market Economics
The Ombudswoman institution has voiced strong opposition to the proposed increase in heating prices in Sofia, which is expected to approach nearly 30 percent
GERB leader Boyko Borissov reacted to the fall of the Zhelyazkov government during a live broadcast on his official Facebook page, following the mass protests across the country.
The government is making a second clumsy attempt to introduce the state budget.
People with disabilities in Bulgaria face the most severe difficulties in the entire European Union, alongside Greece
The current patient fee for a medical consultation has lost its purpose and no longer serves its intended functions, according to Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) chairman Dr.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
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