Ivan Atanasov

How to drain your budget with empty baby cribs

Tens of thousands of leva from the state budget were allegedly siphoned off for years through the fictitious enrolment of non-existent children at Zornitsa Kindergarten in Simeonovgrad. The...

Municipal civil servants in Simeonovgrad also receive salaries under civil contracts

Simeonovgrad Municipality paid nearly BGN 833,000 under civil contracts over the past four years. Most of the money went to employees who already had employment contracts with the...

Ivaylovgrad residents divided over the mine in Rozino

Heated debate over Rozino gold mine pits economic hopes against environmental concerns A heated public debate, marked by clashes of arguments and strong emotions, took place over the environmental...

Nature versus gold: Rozino and Gugutka find themselves on the front line of a debate over the future of the Rhodopes

The small Ivaylovgrad villages of Rozino and Gugutka have suddenly found themselves at the centre of an economic conflict over plans by Tintyava Exploration AD to develop gold...

Fictitious addresses and political statements: tensions grow over new refugee centre in Svilengrad

A decision by the government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov of GERB to provide state-owned properties in Svilengrad and Sredets for the needs of Bulgaria’s State Agency for...

How Svilengrad became a fictitious stopover for hundreds of refugees

Hundreds of migrants from the Middle East were allegedly registered at addresses in Svilengrad and nearby villages without actually living there, allowing them to obtain legal access to...

Ivaylovgrad dam overflows as the state loses out and energy worth half a million euros “spills” into the Arda river

The Ivaylovgrad Dam is overflowing, and nearly one-third of the electricity it can produce is not flowing into the power grid but is instead "leaking" into the Arda...

Mayors of municipalities with 5,000 inhabitants flew to Jakarta, a city with a population of 32 million, for a “working visit” (updated)

Mayors of municipalities in southern Bulgaria with populations between 5,000 and 10,000 traveled to the Indonesian capital Jakarta in early December for a working visit. This information was...

Simeonovgrad paid BGN 1.3 million for a project that was halted, changed, and ended with unanswered questions

An advance payment of BGN 1.3 million before consecutive elections, seven annexes, and an extension of the contract term. This is revealed in the file on the implementation...

The Food Safety Directorate in Haskovo legalized a dairy farm in a non-existent building on a parking lot

The Regional Food Safety Directorate (RFSB) in Haskovo has legalized a barn with 300 cattle in a non-existent building, whose coordinates indicate a parking lot. This is evident...