The European Anti-Fraud Office OLAF has recommended the recovery of over EUR 38 million and the prevention of the further spending of EUR 92 million provided to Bulgaria for the modernization of the railway line between Kostenets and Septemvri.
OLAF’s investigation focused on the financial damage caused by the alleged irregularities, notably during the procurement procedure and project implementation. According to OLAF’s investigation, two of the successful tenderers either lacked the technical capacities to implement the project or had misrepresented their financial capacities. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office’s (EPPO) investigation is ongoing and focuses on possible criminal offences – such as misuse of EU funds and money laundering – and includes a second railway project that the EPPO estimates at an additional EUR 111 million – the railway line Orizovo-Mihailovo.
With 118 votes "in favor", the Bulgarian National Assembly elected GERB-SDS nominee Simeon Dyankov as Chairman of the Fiscal Council. The following members of the council were elected: Desislava Kalcheva - GERB-SDS, Atanas Atanasov - ITN, Bogomil Manov..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev called on the Bulgarian government to take a clear and proactive position on the case of the Bulgarian UN employee Marin Marinov who died in the Gaza Strip. "Our society expects it to show that it is concerned..
The prosecutor's office has served an indictment on Bozhidar Bozhanov, a member of parliament from "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria". He is accused of a crime in his capacity as Minister of Electronic Governance, related to a public..
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with rain and east-northeasterly winds , increasing in the Danube plain and the Upper Thracian lowlands. Minimum..
On the initiative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger is visiting Bulgaria to look for cooperation projects with the..
Starting from 9 am today, traffic on the Danube Bridge at the border with Romania will be suspended. This is required due to technological..
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