A Public Council on Environment will be set up in Ruse as a result of the active participation of environmental activists and citizens because of the systematic problems with the cleanliness of the air in the city. The expert advisory body will provide assistance in the implementation of local environmental policies. It will contribute to increased interaction between institutions and
A day before the scheduled February 1 civil protest in defense of the iconic Varna “Mladost House” excavators entered the complex and began its demolition. This was reported to the police and the media by citizens living nearby. Apart from the demolition of the complex, they were also worried by the fact that it had started next to the parked
The District Prosecutor’s Office in Blagoevgrad launched a preliminary check for the occasion of media publications about the intention of the Municipality of Blagoevgrad to withdraw long-term debt in order to realize the investment intention “Scapto Therme Aqua Park Bachinovo”. The project is for rehabilitation and restoration of the green park area in the Bistritsa River Basin, repair of a
“We will not absorb funds for “Alexander I” Primary School if we do not put the contract for its construction out to engineering.” This was stated by the relevant Deputy Mayor for Construction Plamen Raichev A press release from the Municipality of Plovdiv explains how due to pressing deadlines the city government cannot succeed in making a public procurement for
The legal team of the regional administration is looking for a legal basis for the termination of the four existing contracts for cleaning the Maritsa River outside Plovdiv. This was stated by Governor Yordan Ivanov at a press conference. In his words, it is a supposedly gratuitous scheme, which, however, is on the verge of being bankrupt. An interdepartmental commission
Financial corrections on the implementation of three projects with EU funding amounting to nearly BGN 8.6 million have been imposed on Varna Municipality in the last two years. This is according to data released by the Varna Administrative Court with the press releases on the progress of several cases filed by the mayor of the city Ivan Portnih against the
The mayor of Sevlievo Ivan Ivanov (GERB) has been fined 1,500 BGN because he did not comply with the provisions of the e-Government Act. Arguing that “the deadlines stipulated in the law, as well as all other obligations, were created to be respected because this is how public order is guaranteed”, the court upheld his guilt after two different panels
After public pressure, the mayor of Smolyan Nikolay Melemov withdrew the report-note on the establishment of the Municipal Cultural Centre. At the very beginning of the Municipal Council meeting, which started today at 13.00, Melemov said, “Given the tension in this situation, I withdraw the second item” and explained that the idea was “to apply to the Ministry of Culture
Dentists came out in protest against the proposal of Mayor Nikolai Melemov to sell the building of the Dental Polyclinic in Smolyan. “For us, this is like a bolt from the blue, and at the same time colleagues are signing new lease contracts,” Dr. Mitko Cholakov, deputy chairman of the Regional College of Stomatologists in Bulgaria, told Otsvuok. Both he
On Monday, the Anti-Corruption Directorate of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sotir Tsatsarov launched an investigation in the municipality of Stara Zagora for violations of the Public Procurement Act (PPA). The case concerned two contracts of the municipal company Trolleybus and Bus Transport Ltd. One is for the delivery of 55 new diesel buses of high class for a total value