Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
A Bulgarian court has postponed yet again the trial against Mario Nikolov and eight other defendants over the draining of EUR 8 M from the EU SAPARD program. The trial was halted after Nikolov's lawyer failed to turn up in court due to illness. Mario Nikolov's trial began on February 19; he is accused of numerous violations of the EU SAPARD program. ...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Sofia City Court postponed yet again the trial against Mario Nikolov and eight other defendants over the draining of EUR 8 M from the EU SAPARD program. The trial was halted after a lawyer of one of the defendants failed to turn up in court due to illness. Three new witnesses had to take the stand on Friday....
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The deceased mafia boss Philip Naydenov a.k.a Fatik, has been implicated in the trial against 7 people for laundering EU SAPARD Program funds, including Mario Nikolov and Lyudmil Stoykov. ...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Bulgaria Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has hit back at President Georgi Parvanov for suggesting that the new GERB government is targeting former PM Sergey Stanishev instead of mafia bosses. Tsvetanov, speaking after he submitted an integrated strategy to combat corruption and organized crime to Parliament, criticized Parvanov for not giving a view on people like Lyudmil Stoykov and Mario...
