Sat, Nov 21 2009
GUILTY? Two court panels upheld guilty sentences on captain Ivo Ivanov, lieutenant Boris Mehandjiski, sergeants Georgi Kalinkov and Yanko Grahovski and senior officer Miroslav Pisov for the death of Angel ‘Chorata’ Dimitrov.
Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov
Ahmed Emin (45), head of the political cabinet of Ahmed Dogan, leader of the junior partner in the ruling coalition The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, was found dead on October 17 2008, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said Emin died from a gun shot and it was most likely a suicide case. Emin's body was found in a building in Sofia' Boyana neighborhood close to the house where Dogan lives.
The body of leading forensic pathologist, professor Stoicho Radanov (76), was found hanging at a kindergarten playground in Sofia's Ivan Vazov neighbourhood in the early hours of October 17 2008, news agencies reported. The Interior Ministry has identified the body as Radanov and said that most likely it was a case of suicide, Bulgarian-news agency Focus said.
On February 20, Sofia Military Court of Appeals (SMCA) returned for re-trial the case of five police officers that had been sentenced to a total of 91 years imprisonment for the death of Angel Dimitrov for reviewing. The SMCA said that the Sofia Military Court, which sentenced the policemen, had not been entirely objective. The five policemen were found guilty of causing the death of Dimitrov, dubbed Chorata, in Blagoevgrad in 2005.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.
This is not the Ministers task to make comment's like this whilst court proceedings are underway.
At best all he can and should say "sorry no comment as the case is currently before the Courts".