Venelina Popova

550 Roma houses demolished in 15 years in Stara Zagora – the law has been implemented, the people have been forgotten (video)

In the third year of his fourth term as mayor of Stara Zagora, Zhivko Todorov, a former member of GERB’s Executive Commission, demolished the last 20 illegal houses...

The local government in Stara Zagora will make dozens more Roma families with young children homeless without caring for their future

On Monday, 27 July, Stara Zagora was due to carry out the forced demolition of illegal Roma houses in the Lozenets neighbourhood – the last such homes in...

The Regional Ministry is delaying payments for completely unnecessary repairs to two city parks in Stara Zagora

Projects to renovate two parks in the central part of Stara Zagora – “5 October” and “Alexander Stamboliyski” – should have been completed long ago, as both were...

Like Pontius Pilate: The Mayor of Stara Zagora Washed His Hands of the “Brothers’ Mound” Monument

Stara Zagora council rejects mayor’s plan to redesign communist memorial At an extraordinary meeting called by Stara Zagora mayor Zhivko Todorov, municipal councillors rejected the administration’s proposal to carry...

The car of a witness against the former mayor of Gurkovo and his son in a vote-buying case was set on fire

A Mercedes Brabus convertible owned by Stoycho Stoykov, known as “Yogata”, was set on fire at around 10pm on 1 May. The car was parked alongside other vehicles...

Borisov’s cadres across the country are abandoning ship: Stara Zagora mayor quits GERB leadership

History offers many examples of vassals or vassal states breaking their oaths of loyalty and changing masters after the central power has weakened or under external pressure. Something...

“Za Istinata” journalist wins case against Stara Zagora mayor over refusal to provide public information

The Administrative Court in Stara Zagora has overturned as unlawful the decision by mayor Zhivko Todorov to refuse to provide information requested under Bulgaria’s Access to Public Information...

The Court of Auditors found violations amounting to hundreds of thousands of leva in the Historical Museum in Stara Zagora

The leading report of the Court of Auditors on the consolidated financial statement of the municipality of Stara Zagora for 2024 indicates that liabilities under concluded loan agreements...

Demolishing illegal houses does not solve the problems with Roma ghettos, but creates new ones

On August 25, summer is coming to an end, but the day is hot. It is even hotter for the hundreds of Roma families in the Lozenez neighborhood...

Councilors in Stara Zagora opened the way for Tsvetelina Borislavova to build photovoltaic panels on fertile land

Tsvetelina Borislavova, a major shareholder and chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian-American Credit Bank, intends to purchase over 50 decares of pasture land publicly owned...