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.
On Wednesday , the lowest temperatures in the country will be between 9 and 13°C; in Sofia about 9°C. During the day there will be scattered clouds with showers. Mostly in the southern regions of Bulgaria there are conditions for..
Two trains collided at Sofia Central Railway Station at around 16.40, the press centre of the Interior Ministry told BNR. The collision occurred between a train bound for Plovdiv and another train performing slow manoeuvres in the station area...
Machines for voting abroad in the national and European Parliament elections on June 9 are currently being installed. In a few days, they will be provided to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for transportation to Bulgaria’s..
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 10 and 12°C , 10°C in Sofia. In the afternoon it will be cloudy with short showers and..
For the first time, Bulgaria has less than 3 million working citizens out of a total population of less than 6.5 million , according to the National..
''The main goal of NATO is not to wage war but to prevent war. We are strong because we are united'', NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said..
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