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Head of Bulgaria's State Forestry Agency fired

Wed, Jul 29 2009 19:57 CET byRene Beekman 1180 Views 3 Comments
Head of Bulgaria's State Forestry Agency fired

Photo: Velko Angelov

Parliament fired Stefan Yuroukov, head of the State Forestry Agency (SFA) on July 29 2009, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said.

Yuroukov was accused of signing 47 orders for land swap-deals in the 10 days after Parliament imposed a moratorium on January 16 2009 and before the moratorium went into effect.

At the time, experts said that the State assessment had priced the land at between 0.24 leva and 27 leva a sq km, while market prices could reach 100 leva a km.

Yuroukov is to be replaced by Georgi Kostov, currently head of the forestry department at the Forestry University in Sofia.

The changes were intended to create an active, open and transparent management of the country's forestry, which currently has the image of being corrupt, a Parliament media statement said.

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Anonymous jeff Sat, Aug 01 2009 22:24 CET
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more crime and corruption, no action by the last government, as normal, I wonder why?

Anonymous Raptor Fri, Jul 31 2009 08:58 CET
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Why isn't he arrested for abuse of power/office..?

Anonymous Jordan Wed, Jul 29 2009 20:55 CET
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Bravo

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