Three Bulgarian citizens accused of spying for Russia in the UK have been found guilty, BGNES reports.
Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39 were part of a spy group and received instructions from Austrian national Jan Marsalek to carry out surveillance of a US military base as well as certain individuals on behalf of Russia in the period from 2020 until 2023. Two other members of the group – Orlin Roussev and Biser Dzhambazov – admitted to being part of the group before the start of the trial. The sixth defendant, also Bulgarian, Ivan Stoyanov, has also pleaded guilty, BNR’s correspondent in London Vesselin Paunov reports.
‘This is not the time for early elections,’ said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at a GERB party conference. According to BTA, he was opposed to holding elections during the country’s planned adoption of the euro in 2026. GERB chairman Boyko..
The Sofia Appellate Court left in custody Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, who is charged with corruption and participation in an organized crime group. The judgment is final. One of the three judges, Andrey Angelov, signed with a dissenting..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with the European Commission team responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of Justice. EC: RRP payment depends on..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures will range from 8 to 13°C , around 9°C in Sofia. It will be mostly cloudy with rain in many areas. There will be..
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