Sat, Nov 21 2009
Plamen Galev
Photo: Assen Tonev
Doganisation and Galevisation entered Bulgaria’s political lexicon in the run-up to the July 5 2009 parliamentary elections.
The court's deputy chairperson Georgi Kolev replaces Svetlin Mihailov who said he felt a victim of political games.
After the example of the "Galevi brothers" who were set free on bail to stand for Parliament, the Order, Lawfulness, Justice party is seeking a change in the law
Plamen Galev and Angel Hristov, commonly referred as the "Galevi brothers", were set free from Sofia central prison on 50 000 leva bail each on June 16. They were released after both were registered as candidates for Parliament ahead of the July 5 elections.
After six months under arrest, the two controversial businessmen were freed to campaign.
A commentary in one of Bulgaria’s newspapers recently referred to the two highly controversial, to say the least, businessmen from the small town of Doupnitsa as the Brothers Grimm. To clarify for those hot off the plane, these two businessmen are often referred to in the media as the Galevi brothers, although they are unrelated.
Plamen Galev, facing charges of intimidation, decides to 'answer the call' of his compatriots and stand in Bulgaria’s July 5 2009 parliamentary elections.
Dоupnitsa mayor is charged of collaborating with high ranking employees in the town council to steal money from European development programmes.
Controversial businessman Plamen Galev, who was arrested for having allegedly intimidated a journalist, will remain under arrest, Sofia City Court decided on December 12, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. The court hearing was conducted behind closed doors since police had used wire-taps in the course of the investigation against Galev.
Controversial businessman Plamen Galev was detained by the police for 72 hours, Interior Ministry sources confirmed to Bulgarian-language Dnevnik daily on December 5 2008. Galev, commonly referred by Bulgarian media as one of the "Galevi brothers", was detained shortly after he was declared as "wanted" by the police for having assaulted a journalist from his home town of Doupnitsa in southwestern Bulgaria.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.