Atanas

The Seventh Annual Ball of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) raised a record BGN 36,000 to support the prevention of breast cancer and child abandonment.

Half of the raised funds will benefit a breast cancer screening project, implemented by Sofia Municipality in cooperation with four Sofia hospitals that will cover women working in education in Bulgaria's capital

Atanas Atanasov, Chair of the internal security and public order parliamentary committee, claimed that the authorities were engaged in large-scale wiretapping during the anti-government protests in 2014.

Atanas Atanasov, MP from Bulgaria's right-wing formation the Reformist Bloc, has vowed security sector reform.

...

I would like to tell the Bulgarians that in 10 days the country will have a centre-right government, Atanas Atanasov, an elected MP from the Reformist Bloc (RB), said during the Nova TV morning talk show.

Rear Admiral Georgi Motev took over from Lieutenant General Atanas Samandov as Commander of Bulgaria's Joint Forces Command, the Defenсe Ministry reported.

President Rosen Plevneliev decreed that Samandov be discharged from military service and join the reserve. Motev will hold the post on an interim basis.

Lozana Vasileva has been appointed executive director of State Fund Agriculture (SFA), replacing Atanas Dobrev, BGNES reported on Friday.

Ms Vasileva has been with SFA for a long time, including head of SFA’s regional directorate in Pazardzhik region, the media outlet said.

The floods in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Mizia have claimed the life of an elderly man.

The man was found dead in his house by his son, an Interior Ministry official who had been dispatched to the flood-stricken area, according to reports of Chief Commissar Nikolay Nikolov, head of the Fire Brigade and Civil Protection Directorate, as cited by bTV.

Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Jolevski is to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria.

After the official welcoming ceremony in front of Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Sofia, Jolevski will have a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Angel Naydenov, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Television.

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister is to alert the prosecuting authority about activities of the former chief executive of the State Fund Agriculture (SFA) and his deputy.

Grekov, as cited by investor.bg, made clear Monday that he would submit to the prosecutor's office a request and a report from a probe concerning projects reviewed by the former CEO and Deputy CEO of the SFA.

European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard is to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria on Monday.

She will meet with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and Deputy Environment Minister Atanas Kostadinov, according to reports of mediapool.bg.