The project “Transparency and accountability of local authorities, strong communities” was presented on December 18, 2020, at 11 am on the Anti-Corruption Fund’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The project is funded by the Active Citizens Fund under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. Daniela Peneva, project manager, and Lora Georgieva and Atanas Slavov, senior project experts, talk to
On 30th of November 2020 from 14:00h. to 19:00h. an online meeting with the participation of the Anti-corruption Fund’s experts and local coordinators from 11 settlements took place. Presentation of the project – context, making goal, partnership and monitoring, expected results; Presentation of local accountability and integrity standard ; Presentation of a Manual for the implementation of the Standard, practical
This article was published by the website “Pro Veritas” (“Za Istinata”) Nearly BGN 87,000 were spent within two years from the budget of Blagoevgrad for trips abroad of the former mayor of the city Atanas Kambitov and people from the “inner circle” in his administration and this amount does not include per diem that were paid to them. The purpose
Nearly BGN 223,000 have been received in 2016 and 2017 by employees from the administration of former Blagoevgrad Mayor Atanas Kambitov. The money came from civil contracts with the municipal company “Blagoevgrad Invest 2016”. An inquiry conducted by the media with the current Blagoevgrad mayor Rumen Tomov has shown that in 2016 and 2017 the Deputy Mayor Hristina Shopova (with
Southwest State Enterprise – Blagoevgrad is registered in the Commercial Register on 8 July 2011. The enterprise manages the state’s forests in seven administrative areas – Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Sofia City, Sofia District, Kyustendil, Pernik and Lovech. In its structure there are 41 territorial divisions, 36 of which are state forest holdings and 5 are state hunting holdings. The area of
The largest artificial lake in Varna Area, which is also the sixth largest in Bulgaria, is at its lowest levels since 2002 – probably as a result of being drained in the interests of a private hydroelectric power station. This is evident from an analysis of the water levels and graphs following the use of the lake’s waters during the