Prosecutor fired from team investigating Bourgas terrorist attack for giving extensive media interview
A prosecutor who gave a Bulgarian-language daily an extensive interview disclosing details of the investigation into the July 2012 suicide bombing terrorist attack on a group of Israel tourists at Bourgas Airport has been fired from the investigating team. The interview given by Stanelia Karadzhova to daily 24 Chassa, published on January 3 2012, outraged Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Karadzhova …
Bulgaria axes two senior officials over seaside development scandal
The head of Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency and the director of the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water Affairs in Bourgas …
Bulgaria to open referendum voting precincts in 36 countries
Bulgaria will open 45 voting precincts in 36 countries, allowing Bulgarians abroad to cast their ballots in the referendum on …
Slovak president pardons prisoners
A total of 753 prisoners have been released from jail after Slovak president Ivan Gašparovič granted the presidential amnesties to mark …
Poland’s flagship airline PLL LOT to cut labour force by a third
Poland’s flagship airline carrier PLL LOT may have posted an even 200 million zloty loss in 2012 and will downsize …
Thousands of Sofia motorists fined for speeding through pedestrian crossings
More than 6500 motorists in Sofia are to be fined after being caught by traffic cameras speeding through pedestrian crossings, …
