Petko Mitevski, former chief cashier of Alpha Bank, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling more than 21 million leva (over EUR 10.7 million) from the bank, which is the largest bank robbery in Bulgaria’s recent history, the BNR’s reporter Silvia Velikova informed. According to the prosecution, Mitevski embezzled the money between 2008 and 2010. He used forged documents and was facilitated by lax controls and a lack of cameras.
The case against Mitevski ended 12 years after the start of the investigation. In 2016, Alpha Bank was acquired by "Postbank", "Mediapool" reported.
The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office is prosecuting a Tunisian citizen and two Syrians. The three helped minor foreign citizens to reside and cross illegally in Bulgaria, in the period from August 16 to 18 in Sofia. The three violators of the..
For a week already, firefighters, soldiers, forest officials, teams of the Rila National Park and volunteers have been fighting the fiery element under Cherni vrah peak, in Rila Mountain, at 2,300 meters above sea level. Extinguishing by hand does not..
The 32 nd edition of the exhibition "Agriculture and Everything About It" will be held between August 28 and 31. It is organized by the Dobrich Fair. Companies offering seeds, fertilizers and agricultural machinery have registered to participate..
The European Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has seized property as part of an investigation into a project worth 2.6 million euros (5.2 million leva),..
The queue of trucks in the area of the Danube Bridge border crossing near Ruse is two kilometers long . The remaining heavy load trucks wait mainly in..
The Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski stated that there will be personnel changes in the Joint Multidisciplinary..
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