Kamen Kostov

Competition Fails to Select Director of Bulgaria's National Theatre

The competition for the appointment of a new director of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia failed to select one of the two participating candidates.

The website of the culture ministry informed that none of the two candidates for the position, namely Kamen Kostov and Filip Trifonov, had managed to garner the required minimum number of points.

Sofia Sity Court Holds Trial Against ex-IntMin Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A closed-doors trial against former Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov was held Thursday and is due to continue on September 29.

In the third and last case against Tsvetanov, the defendant is charged with allowing illegal surveillance while he was in office.

Sofia City Court has adjourned the trial a number of times for different reasons.