Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered an investigation into all guest houses on the territory of Bulgaria, financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and whether they are used as such.
The launch of the investigation comes days after probes were initiated, over media publications, into alleged misuse of guest houses by former Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev and by the family of Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Elena Yoncheva.
A probe has also been ordered into the use of cars acquired under EU funding.
More than 50% growth in revenues from hotel stays was reported in Varna in May this year, compared to the same month last year. According to the North-East Regional Statistical Bureau, revenues reached 10 million euro, of which 2.5 million euro..
Vice President Iliana Iotova voiced her hopes today that a government would be formed with a third mandate. She was in the coastal town of Sozopol to take part in a solemn ceremony at the monument to the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, commemorating..
A deliberate fire broke out in the village of Dimitrievo in the Stara Zagora region . Six fire brigade teams are fighting the fire, the mayor of Chirpan municipality Ivaylo Kracholov and the Stara Zagora regional governor Metodi Markov are on the spot,..
The situation with the wildfires in the country remains critical. The fire near Stara Zagora has been contained. Firefighting teams are also monitoring..
Bulgarian students have won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Kazakhstan. The..
Thursday will be sunny and very hot. After midday, clouds will develop in northern and western parts of the country, with winds, heavy rain and..
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