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As the country approaches its sixth parliamentary elections in three years, two perennial and pervasive issues remain: corruption and the malign influence of Russia.
A solid sequence of public facts connects the people involved in the deal to sell the Bulgarian assets of Czech State-owned electric power utility, CEZ, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. A joint investigation by Lidove noviny and Bivol reveals key links in the chain leading from Prague to the Sofia suburb of Bankya, where Borisov’s…
Investigator Boyko Atanassov had been advised and urged by a colleague from the Prosecutor’s Office to take unpaid leave for at least six months, until the “lion changes its den”, as the caller has said. This is what he told Bivol. Atanassov explained that this advice had been "explained" with a concern "to not have…
At the beginning of August 2018, Bulgarian MEP Emil Radev (ruling party Citizens of European Development of Bulgaria, GERB/European People’s Party, EPP), together with arms dealer Nikolai Gigov and Dimitar Borisov from the waste management company Titan, flew to Tripoli. They had a proposal to the State-owned Libyan company General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC)…