A second person has been arrested at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in connection with the ongoing corruption scandal, the prosecutor’s office told the BNR. According to information the BNR has been given, the man arrested is weightlifting Olympic champion and current coach of Bulgaria’s national team Ivan Ivanov. His son, who is an expert at the ministry, was arrested in the process of receiving a bribe yesterday.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation Arif Majed was supposed to pay a bribe of 62,000 Leva that would provide 1.2 million Leva (EUR 614,000) for organizing the European championship next year and for ensuring further payments to the federation will not be discontinued.
The United States is a key strategic partner and NATO ally, with whom we will continue to work together to achieve our common goals — energy security, defense capabilities and investments, Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev said..
The Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Borislav Gutsanov, is organising a round table on "Demography - trends, problems and solutions" at the National Assembly today. Data on current trends in the country will be presented, together with a study by..
Wednesday morning will be cold , with frost forming again in some plains and valleys. Lows will be between 1 and 4°C. In Sofia it will be around 2°C. During the day it will be sunny all over the country. There will be light to moderate winds from..
The United States is a key strategic partner and NATO ally, with whom we will continue to work together to achieve our common goals — energy security,..
Bulgarian Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov has held a working meeting with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. The two discussed strategic projects..
GERB Leader Boyko Borissov and President Rumen Radev got into a dispute in the media over the country's new F-16 fighter jets, the first of which is..
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