The European Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting 143 investigations in Bulgaria into suspected fraud against the EU budget worth nearly €500 million.
According to the institution's 2022 report, assets worth €6.5 million were seized and one charge was brought. 11 cases have been closed without consequences.
The largest number of investigations are for fraud with funds not related to public procurement. Public procurement investigations came next, followed by investigations into alleged corruption. The most frequently investigated offences relate to agriculture, regional development and other EU programmes.
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The Bulgarian Maritime Training Center, is seeking state assistance to accelerate the procedures for the sale of the ferries "Heroes of Sevastopol" and "Heroes of Odessa" and the ship "Atanas Dimitrov", manager of the center, Dencho..
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The balances in all bank accounts in Bulgarian levs will be automatically converted to euros from the date of the country's accession to the eurozone at..
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