Former Minister of Energy Rumen Ovcharov, who is now part of the leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, called his inclusion in the Magnitsky list “a battle aimed at ousting Russian energy supplies from Europe”. "The battle against me is not..
Following the Bulgarian government's refusal to pay for Russian natural gas in rubles, Moscow's decision to suspend supplies was expected. Yet, this has put cabinet of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in an extremely difficult position with an unclear..
Two former ministers of energy – Rumen Ovcharov and Petar Dimitrov – have been charged over the project for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria at Belene, BNR’s Horizont channel learnt from the Specialized Criminal..
The specialized criminal court has passed a 2-year suspended sentence, with a 3-year probationary period, on former energy minister Rumen Ovcharov in connection with the Bobov Dol Mines case, the specialized prosecution has announced. He was..
Bulgaria is already in political crisis and now it is the President’s turn, 24 Chassa daily quotes President Rossen Plevneliev on Friday. Meanwhile, outgoing Premier Boyko Borissov contended that there was no political crisis in the country...
Bulgaria’s outgoing Premier Boyko Borissov handed in the resignation of his cabinet , because in his view a new majority, which would hamper the work of the government, was formed at the Bulgarian National Assembly, Sega daily writes on Thursday...
