Ivan Geshev News Today

In an interview with RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov blamed the U.S.-sanctioned oligarch Delyan Peevski for the recent government collapse and said the influential politician was the " biggest evil in Bulgaria."

Investigator Boyko Atanassov had been advised and urged by a colleague from the Prosecutor’s Office to take unpaid leave for at least six months, until the “lion changes its den”, as the caller has said. This is what he told Bivol. Atanassov explained that this advice had been "explained" with a concern "to not have…

A poem by one of Bulgaria's literary greats is recited by schoolchildren to this day. However, a recent wave of disinformation claims Sofia is planning to scrap it. The fake news was hatched and spread online, mainly by pro-Kremlin websites and politicians.

SOFIA -- In 2013, oligarch Delyan Peevski's appointment as head of Bulgaria's counterintelligence agency sparked mass protests over fears that th

For years, he was mostly known as an oligarch and media mogul, who rarely appeared in public and is sanctioned by the U.S. for his "extensive role in corruption in Bulgaria." But now, Delyan Peevski is coming out of the shadows and is increasingly a more influential presence.

Wealthy individuals, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, are abusing the law to stifle critical reporting. However, journalists are fighting back.

Influenced by Russian propaganda, Bulgarias pro-Kremlin parties are amplifying anti-euro disinformation. However, the countrys ongoing rule of law problems render it unfit for immediate euro

Reversing negative perceptions—both local and international—about Bulgaria’s judiciary and proving that reform of the justice system is viable and sustainable will take some time. On the surface, Bulgaria—the EU’s poorest member state, perennially struggling to combat corruption—made its first tentative steps towards long-needed judicial reform this summer. Notably, at the end of July, a cross-party […]

Sinister allegations involving high-level State Capture-style plots stretching across several countries, including South Africa and Russia, now underpin the assassination of Krasimir Kamenov in Cape Town about three months ago.

Nearly four months ago, Krasimir Kamenov and three other people from Bulgaria were murdered at a Cape Town home. Some strange reports have since surfaced.