Bulgaria is an absolutely reliable ally in NATO. I am proud that we are together in this union, US Ambassador Herro Mustafa, whose mandate in Sofia is coming to an end, told bTV. "There have been many political surprises in Bulgaria in recent..
Corruption in Bulgaria has distorted the way institutions function and the way they are controlled, and this is to the detriment of the Bulgarian people, US Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa said, addressing the Rule of Law and the Business..
Justice in Bulgaria is ineffective and the media is dependent - these are some of the conclusions in the report of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which is the Council of Europe anti-corruption body. The impunity of..
The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Boyko Rashkov, has refused to receive a summons for questioning, reported the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office. On December 2, an attempt was made to serve a summons on Rashkov, but he did not accept it. The..
The government of the Netherlands has decided to block Bulgaria's admission to the Schengen area, the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation announced . According to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte , the decision is not political, but based on facts, and..
Nearly 40 police officers, including three in leadership positions, were covering up the actions of Georgi Semerdzhiev, accused of causing an accident on Cherni Vrah Boulevard in Sofia, in which two young women died. According to caretaker..
"On behalf of our coalition government, I am handing the power over to you! Contrary to implications, there is no reason to expect an apocalypse in Bulgaria", former Premier Kiril Petkov said at a special ceremony at which he handed the power to the..
The real picture of corruption at the highest levels of power remains blurred and the pending criminal proceedings do not reflect the true state of high-level public sector corruption, according to the report of the Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF) for..
The European Commission is expecting from Bulgaria definitive convictions in high-level corruption cases. This is one of the recommendations to the country contained in this year’s annual EU rule of law report. The EU is recommending that..
At the end of the two-day conference in the city of Lugano, Switzerland, leaders from 40 countries signed on the Lugano Declaration laying out a set of principles for rebuilding Ukraine. The document provides for regular monitoring of the..
