Sofia City Prosecutor's Office

The State Agency for Refugees' former chief secretary has been indicted on charges of willful neglect, the prosecuting authority says.

The investigation has been carried out by the Anti-corruption unit with the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office.

Zlatko Aleksandrov has been placed under a recognizance order.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office says it has filed an indictment against outgoing Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev with the court.

Allegedly, two acts constituting "the same crime" inflicted substantial harm on the Bulgarian Armed Forces, according to the prosecution's press office.

The District Court of Plovdiv is to rule on Monday on a request to remove Mayor Ivan Totev from office.

Totev, who is serving his second term, was indicted last week, with the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office alleging a violation he abused his office and brought BGN 1 M in damages to the municipal authorities.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has slapped the mayor of Plovdiv with an indictment on charges of abuse of office that allegedly inflicted BGN 1 M in damage on municipal coffers.

Former Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has contacted the prosecution after reports he is facing an indictment over the sale of state-owned assets in an energy company in 2011, authorities say.

Djankov is to appear in the investigative unit of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office later on Wednesday, the Chief Prosecutor's Spokesperson Rumyana Arnaudova has told NOVA TV broadcaster.

The indictment of Traycho Traykov, a former Economy and Energy Minister, is on abeyance that brought BGN 20.8 M in damages from the state, the prosecuting authorities say.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has launched pretrial proceedings into alleged abuse of office on behalf of Foreign Ministry staff, following accusations of corruption from the socialist opposition.

A Dutch national has been placed in detention after attempting to murder a women in the center of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, prosecutors say.

The competition watchdog of Bulgaria has given the green light for a Dubai-registered offshore company to acquire consumer electronics retailer Technomarket.

TGI Middle East FZE is also the entity which several months ago bought a stake in Bulgarian tobacco holding Bulgartabac, purchasing shares from controversial MP Delyan Peevski and Italian businessman Edoardo Miroglio.

''I do not think there is anyone in GERB who is more prepared than me'', said outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, reported BGNES.

 ''As I have always said, when there are doubts about something, we should check and this is the role of the prosecutor," said Borisov.