Sun, Nov 22 2009
About a dozen Bulgarian meat processing companies will have to pay back the subsidies they have received under the EU’s Sapard programme after the prosecution discovered absorption violations, State Fund Agriculture chief Kalina Ilieva told the Bulgarian Parliament's committee on agriculture on September 9 2009.
The EC will unblock millions of euro in Sapard funds, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov says on September 7 2009 after meeting the European Agriculture Commissioner.
Bulgaria is facing no threat of having to pay back 637 million euro in advance payments under the EU’s operational programmes, European Commission spokesperson Dennis Abbott said on August 27 2009.
Former head of the fund's communications working-group with European Union and Olaf appointed head of the Agriculture Fund.
Bulgaria was likely to lose 130 million leva in funds allocated under the European Union's pre-accession aid programme Sapard for 2008.
Defendant running for Parliament puts a case involving EU funds' embezzlement on hold despite his party's wish to remove him from its election ticket.
Bulgarian prosecutors were investigating more cases of alleged embezzlement of European Union funds by companies linked to controversial businessmen Mario Nikolov and Lyudmil Stoykov.
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.