Delyan Peevski
Scandal around BDB Evolving as New Details Emerge
The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), which by law has to support small businesses, has granted loans worth of BGN 946 only to eight private companies. Four of them may be indirectly related to Delyan Peevski, announced in his first television interview caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov.
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Caretaker Minister of Economy Will Initiate Inspection of State-owned Bulgarian Development Bank
A special commission will inspect Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) to see why it has financed eight persons, 4 of whom may be indirectly linked to famous businessman and former MP Delyan Peevski.
This was announced by the caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov in an interview with BTV.
Detailed Audit Pending at Bulgarian Development Bank
The Bulgarian Development Bank will be thoroughly audited. An ad hoc commission is expected to launch an urgent probe into the work of the financial institution.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Clashes With President Over Elections
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrives at the EU summit in Brussels, October 2, 2020. EPA-EFE/Olivier Matthys / POOL
Borissov criticized Radev's decision, saying it was hard to know how the pandemic would unfold by late March and implying that elections should be delayed.
Former Mayor of Sofia's Mladost District Disputes the MEPs of the MRF (DPS) in SAC
Desislava Ivancheva disputes the legality of the election of MEPs Atidje Alieva-Veli and Iskra Mihaylova from the list of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).
Bulgarian Mogul Peevski Quits European Parliament Seat
Bulgarian media mogul Delyan Peevski has announced he is renouncing the European Parliament seat he won on Sunday for the mainly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF.
Bulgarian Media Funding Law Sparks 'Witch-Hunt' Fears
A new law that will force the country's newspapers to declare their sources of income and details about their funders, sparking fears of a witch-hunt of foreign-funded media and pressure on individual donors to smaller outlets, has been attracting criticism in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's Biggest-Earning Politicians Revealed
Delyan Peevski of the Movement of Rights and Freedoms was the Bulgarian politician who enriched himself the most in 2017, according to the property and interests declarations published on Monday by the Commission for Illegal Assets Forfeiture, CIAF.
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Bulgaria's Record in Protecting Investigative Journalists 'Shameful', RSF
The international media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, RSF, in a new report published on Thursday, says investigative journalism still faces serious obstacles in Bulgaria.
The report comes just weeks after Bulgaria's parliament backed controversial amendments to print publishing legislation that obliges media outlets to reveal the sources of their income.
Bulgaria MPs Back Media Law Changes Pushed by Mogul
With 92 votes in favour, 12 against and 28 abstentions, lawmakers in Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday, on a first reading,voted in favour of amendments to the Law for the Compulsory Depositing of Print Media.
MPs now have four weeks to potentially amend the proposal, ahead of the second reading, after which the law would be officially amended.