By Georgi Gotev Hackers have stolen millions of taxpayers’ financial data from the National Tax Agency (NAP) in an attack that aid may have compromised nearly every adult’s personal records. The breach of servers at…
EXCLUSIVE. The well-known Bulgarian investigative journalist Valia Ahchieva has forced the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) to obtain the belated recognition of Sofia Ilinden Municipality that this administration had issued without a legal basis documents for…
Bulgaria’s Judiciary Act sets out special requirements for those who hold magistrates’ positions - investigators, prosecutors and judges. They must have high moral qualities and be only Bulgarian citizens. On 22 April, the well-known investigative…
By Georgi Gotev A Bulgarian top court has accepted as proof Valia Ahchieva’s investigative report published yesterday (22 April) which raises serious doubts over the legality of the appointment of the head of Bulgaria’s largest…
By Georgi Gotev The investigative reports by Valia Ahchieva published by this website started producing results. On 1 April Ahchieva revealed the smoking gun behind the road accident that killed 20 people near Svoge: a…
Valya Ahchieva’s latest investigative report reveals how, in order to avoid a public procurement procedure, the Bulgarian institutions entrusted the construction of a bridge to a company known for collecting garbage. The result is visible…
Valia Ahchieva has found the smoking gun: a report by honest experts who went beyond their narrow assignment and identified the real reasons that led to the road accident that killed 20 people near Svoge….
A court arbitrarily interpreted a European directive, opening the door to new chaos, perhaps more serious than the ‘Olympic’ scandal, Valia Ahchieva’s new journalistic investigation reveals. [Important notice: The previous Valia Ahchieva’s investigative reports published…
By Valia Ahchieva On 10 August last year, the Commercial Register in Bulgaria went off, creating unprecedented chaos. Citizens, companies and the administration remained cut off from a vital database. The uncertainty fuelled fears of…
By Georgi Gotev The Bulgarian National Television (BNT) inadvertently disclosed the very simple mechanism allowing big players with guilty conscience to stop the publication of journalistic investigations affecting their interests. The supporting roles in killing…
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