By Krassen Nikolov For 12 years, Romania and Bulgaria have been under the European Commission’s monitoring because of the high-level corruption and the attacks against the independence of the judiciary. The similarities between the two…
A new investigative report by Valia Ahchieva sheds light on an area widely perceived as being at the centre of massive fraud and corruption: road construction. Anyone who has raised the issue of the quality…
By Krassen Nikolov In Bulgaria, the European elections are seen as a test for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, at a time when his conservative GERB party are polling neck-and-neck with the socialists. The ruling coalition…
This is the second article from an investigative report by Valia Ahchieva. In the Bulgarian Parliament, an ad-hoc Committee of Inquiry is examining all data, facts and circumstances regarding the reports in Bulgarian and international…
A manipulated verification has masked the truth about the issuance of Bulgarian citizenship to foreigners with criminal dossiers, according to an investigative report by Valia Ahchieva, which she contributed exclusively for EUelectionsBulgaria.eu Two years ago,…
Despite being one of the most beautiful countries in the European Union, despite having talented and educated people, despite a favourable tax climate, Bulgaria is likely to stay as the poorest in the EU, and…
Eugenia Baneva is an illustrious Bulgarian business lady who was arrested in August last year at the airport in Nice at the request of the authorities in Sofia. Four months later, Baneva was transferred to…
The campaign for the European elections in Bulgaria entered a hot phase. Krassen Nikolov tells the story. Two weeks ago, Elena Yoncheva, a key figure of the opposition BSP, was charged by the prosecution for…
The Bulgarian national motto “Unitеd we stay strong” obviously does not apply for the Bulgarian nationalists. In the past few days the so-called “United Patriots”, the junior coalition partner of Boyko Borissov’s GERB, has been…
On Sunday (20 January) Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and his right hand Tsvetan Tsvetanov gathered 2,000 of the party leadership at a pre-election congress in Sofia. The gathering was in the same building where were…
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