2023 was another year in which high-level corruption in Bulgaria remained under the radar, as the criminal proceedings conducted did not reflect the true state of corruption in the public sector, according to one of the findings of the Anti-Corruption..
Bulgaria is significantly behind in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), says the report on the country prepared by Brussels for 2024, reports BNT. Bulgaria's RRP amounts to 5.689 billion euro in grants. So far, Bulgaria has..
"The governance programme will continue to be implemented over the next nine months. We are only halfway through," said Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, reporting on the work of the outgoing government. Denkov said that he and Deputy Prime Minister..
Bulgaria has been identified as a free country in this year's Freedom in the World report , published on 29th February by the American NGO Freedom House. The country scored 78 out of 100 points . It scored 46 out of 60 for civil liberties and 32..
“We are aware of Lukoil Neftochim’s corruption scheme for evading the EU and US sanctions against Russia,” commented Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov in Sofia. The oil refinery in Burgas violated EU and US embargo on Russian oil, CSD say..
The Ministry of e-Government published and sent to the Central Election Commission its report on the evaluation of the voting machines, in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code of Bulgaria. Voting machine scandal as election..
The National Audit Office published the audit report for the bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank, which was made in 2022. Credit files of the bankrupt bank providing information on who took loans and in what amount, how they were obtained and secured,..
“Bulgaria is seen by some investors as an attractive low-cost investment destination, with government incentives for new investment. The country offers some of the least expensive labor in the European Union (EU) and low and flat corporate and..
To attain its goals in the European countries, Russia has continued to use a vast array of hybrid tools. This is one of the principal conclusions in the 2022 annual report by the State Intelligence Agency (SIA). The report emphasizes that out of..
The military activities in Ukraine have the potential of spreading outside the territory of the country , reads a report by the State Agency for National Security (SANS), posted on the website of the Council of Ministers. The use of mass destruction..
