Former caretaker Deputy Minister of Health Dimitar Petrov has been summoned by the Commission for Counteracting Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture, BNR reports.
He is being summoned in connection with claims in the media, including the Bulgarian National Radio, that one of the reasons for his being removed from office are the contracts for the supply of child-friendly Covid tests for schoolchildren. In Dimitar Petrov’s words this was a matter handled by caretaker Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov personally, and when Petrov started asking questions about the price of the tests commissioned, he was relieved of his post in mid-November. As reported earlier, the anti-commutation commission has launched a probe into the procedure for the purchase of rapid antigen tests for schoolchildren by the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health on its part stated it welcomes the probe, adding that the procedure was impeccable.
As expected, the European Commission's convergence report on Bulgaria, published today, confirms that the country is ready to adopt the euro on 1 January 2026, having fulfilled all the relevant criteria, including those related to inflation, BNR's..
The vote in the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on the annual report regarding North Macedonia's progress towards EU membership was deferred, BNR’s Brussels correspondent Angelina Piskova reports. The report was removed from the..
The Energy Minister, Zhecho Stankov, announced at the opening of the International Nuclear Conference in Varna that the contract for the construction of Units 7 and 8 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant will be signed by the end of 2026, BTA reported...
The legendary train “Orient Express”, will stop today at 12:45 p.m. at the Central Railway Station in Ruse, BTA reports. The..
'Legal changes have been drafted in response to the frequent road accidents involving trucks, ' said Grozdan Karadzhov, the Deputy Prime Minister and..
The fifth edition of the “Science for Business” forum, organized by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises..
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