Mon, May 21 2012
Businessman Dimitar Tadarukov was appointed head of the State Fund Agriculture.
Movement for Rights and Freedom (MRF) suggested Tadarukov for the position and discussed his nomination with Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, mediapool.bg said.
Tadarukov's appointment was not a surprise, mediapool.bg said. For weeks rumours said that he will receive the position after the previous chairperson was dismissed.
Political agreements in the ruling tripartite coalition put the fund under the power of MRF and the party chose Tadarukov as manager.
Tadarukov is considered close to MRF leader Ahmed Dogan. Before his appointment, he was head of the only state-owned bank in Bulgaria, Encouragement Bank.
Former head of the fund Assen Droumev was dismissed and accused of malfeasance in March 2007.
Assen Droumev, former head of the state Agriculture Fund, paid companies 49 million leva although they did not meet the criteria to receive such money.
The funding is provided under the foreign military sales programme of the US army's Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
The UK nationals were arrested after throwing beer bottles at people after being refused entry to a restaurant that had closed for the night.
Restoration and development projects include Madara Horseman, Arbanassi fortress, Magura cave.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg and his spouse Margarita opened a new heating and insulation system at the Tsar Ferdinand Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases in Iskrets, a project implemented thanks to the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia and the Nando Peretti Foundation.
According to the law's provisions, the commission will have the power to investigate individuals without prior notification and would not require a criminal conviction in order to launch an investigation.