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The regional governor of Blagoevgrad, Nikolay Shushkov, challenged in the Administrative Court – Blagoevgrad the decision of Blagoevgrad municipal councilors to take a long-term loan. The BTA news agency published the information, citing the Blagoevgrad regional administration. The decision to take a long-term loan through the “Fund for Sustainable Cities” was taken at an extraordinary session of the Municipal Council

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  On 22 June 2022, Boiko Stankushev, Lora Georgieva, and Sofia Zheleva from the ACF team met with local government representatives and citizens in Varna within the framework of the project “Transparency and Accountability of Local Government.” Nora Momcheva, Secretary of Varna Municipality, was the representative of the local administration with whom the ACF team met. The project and the

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On June 21, 2022, Boiko Stankushev, Lora Georgieva, and Sofia Zheleva from the ACF team met with citizens and local government representatives in Silistra. The meetings took place within the project “Transparency and Accountability of Local Government.” In the Municipality of Silistra, the ACF team met with Dr. Miroslav Velikov Todorov, Deputy Mayor for Finance and Economy, the Director for

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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