The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... other right-wing party, Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB), led by former UDF prime minister Ivan Kostov, and said he would work on forging ties with other right-wing formations.The signing of the coalition agreement with the DSB caused serious turmoil within the UDF ahead of elections to the Bulgarian parliament on July 24 2009.Dimitrov was widely criticised for joining forces...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Ivan Kostov, Co-Chair of Bulgaria's rightist Blue Coalition, said Sunday the ruling party GERB was paying serious attention to the advice it got from its partners. GERB of PM Borisov has 116 MPs out of 240, and even though it technically formed a "minority government", it is backed by nationalist Ataka party with 21 MPs, rightist Blue Coalition with 15 MPs, and conservative...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Vasil Bozhkov, who is believed to be the richest Bulgarian and businessman formerly widely involved in the gambling business, has slammed the country's government over Thursday's gambling tax hike. "Under pressure by an unbalanced Finance Minister and Ivan Kostov, an outright lier and the father of corruption in Bulgaria, a genocide against the Bulgarian business is being performed....
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Union of Democratic Forces leader Martin Dimitrov and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov.Maslarova was minister of labour and social policy in the 2005 to 2009 cabinet headed by her party leader, Sergei Stanishev.Maslarova is accused of abusing her office in connection with the awarding of a contract, for an excessive sum of money, to refurbish a social services centre...
