Infringements have been ascertained in one third of the more than 1,500 public procurement procedures, amounting to 1.2 billion Leva, which have undergone review, according to the Institute for Market Economics which cites the 2020 annual report of the Public Financial Inspection Agency.
In half of the contracts the violations are significant – inappropriately conducted procedures, conditions set down by the contracting entity which give an advantage or unjustifiably restrict bidders’ participation, price and deadline changes by way of annexes to public procurement contracts, non-awarding of public contracts where all legal grounds are at hand. The experts say that last year saw a drop in the number of tainted contracts.
The new school year will begin on September 16 at the "Yordan Yovkov" Secondary School in the city of Kardzhali with a special dress code. Motifs of Bulgarian embroidery will be mandatory for the clothing of all teachers and students in the school..
Customs officials have seized a record 120 kg of gold at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkey. Gold bars, coins and jewellery were seized. The driver, a Bulgarian national, was arrested and charged. Another man with Bulgarian and..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the Defence Ministry said. The accident occurred during preparations for tomorrow's demonstrations to..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the..
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal of the coalition around Ahmed Dogan - "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - DPS"..
President Rumen Radev was co-pilot in an F-16 fighter piloted by an Italian pilot. The demonstration flight from the Graf Ignatyevo airbase lasted 40..
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