“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…
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 attempt on Emilian Gebrev’s life was most probably the doing of an officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU), who was connected with the use of Novichok against Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. That discovery of the investigative…
“An overarching priority of the Privatization Agency in 2010 will be completing the privatization of the state’s equity in Bulgartabac Holding.” The year is 2009 and GERB leader Boyko Borisov has just taken power for the first time. The year will remain in history with…
The state, in the person of prime minister Boyko Borisov and economy minister Emil Karanikolov, may have declared the end of privatization but Bulgaria’s largest municipality is about to sell its most significant asset that is subject to privatization. That concerns the sale of Sofia…
