By Miroslav Ivanov Published on 13 August 2019 The economy is booming, businesses are flourishing, the resorts are full of tourists, unemployment is shrinking, roads and motorways are being built, plants are “springing up like mushrooms”. That is more or less the…
By Evelina Gecheva Published on 8 August 2019 Two years ago Bulgarian showman Slavi Trifonov, who is now going into politics, announced a casting for politicians. It is not yet clear whether the cadre has refreshed Bulgarian politics. It actually does not matter, because…
If a prime minister, an interior minister, a prosecutor general and a deputy prosecutor general in charge of organized crime gather together in an office, one can logically presume that the discussed topic is of special importance for the national security. It is true that…
“The dark times in Bulgarian justice are yet to come. The rule of law and the division of powers are highly compromised and key state institutions have been captured by private interests.” That statement was made by the chairman of the Supreme Court of Cassation…
“KONPI did a lot of work.” Prime minister Boyko Borisov’s words are from an interview for bTV in reply to the question whether he trusted the chairman of the Commission for Combating Corruption and the Withdrawal of Illegally Acquired Property (KPKONPI), Plamen Georgiev. In the…
by Evelyna Gecheva Bulgarians are not just unwilling to support political parties – they do not want parties at all The wide public connects the money for parties with unnecessary luxury for a parasitic class. That view has its reasons, because no…
Justice minister Danail Kirilov explained in an interview for Channel 3 some of his ideas for “large-scale amendments” to the Judiciary Act. Here is the most radical of them: Every regular prosecutor from the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office of Appeals will be able to…
Dobrolevo is a godforsaken small village in Europe’s poorest corner: the North-West Region of Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Borovan. Dobrolevo has the typical profile of a north-western Bulgarian village: aging population, no means of living, no prospects. One can get a…
“The dark times in Bulgarian justice are yet to come. Prosecutor general Sotir Tsatsarov is targeting the chair of the chief judicial inspector. That institution will turn into the next center of oligarchic interests, the way it happened with the prosecution. Lists of “enemies” and…
A seemingly standard and innocent initiative of president Rumen Radev caused evident annoyance to prosecutor general Sotir Tsatsarov. An experience player like him is hard to be thrown off balance. What got on Tsatsarov’s nerves At the end of last week Rumen Radev…
