Fri, Feb 10 2012
A man, identified as Totyo Totev, aka Boretsa (the wrestler, which in Bulgaria is also a slang word for a criminal), was found dead in the town of Kazanluk, in central Bulgaria on the morning of July 29.
The body was found next to a black Mercedes, parked in front of Totev's house. He was shot twice, in the head and the chest, Focus news agency said.
Totev was suspected of participating in drug trafficking and prostitution schemes, Dnevnik daily said. Officially, he sold cherries and raised horses.
According to Bgnes, the victim was a close acquaintance of Zlatomir Ivanov, known as Zlatko Baretata. Ivanov's name caused a fuss last week when early in the morning on July 23, a number of vehicles and people rushed to the headquarters of the State Agency for National Security (SANS). It turned out that SANS had called Ivanov "for a conversation".
As yet there have been no arrests in connection with the murder.
The discovery was made after some of the land in a complex near Bourgas was washed away by rough seas.
No trains could cross the Danube Bridge and passengers from international trains were being taken to the city of Rousse by road transport.
Hazardous weather warnings across the country on February 9, new record-low temperatures, and three people reported frozen to death in Pernik.
Opposition parties and environmental protection NGOs argued that this and other provisions were the result of lobbyist pressure from ski resort operators.
Ferry-boat service between the Bulgarian and Romanian banks of the river may continue if the ferry captains decide that the weather conditions allow the safe passage of the boats.