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Rompetrol Bulgaria issued a statement Saturday evening confirming that its CEO Sorin-Octavian Nichita has been arrested near Veliko Tarnovo over charges of mayhem and interference with police officers, and denouncing the actions of Bulgarian police. Nichita, along with a fellow Romanian citizen, were arrested in Arbanassi near Veliko Tarnovo after midnight […]

For the first time in history the first round Bulgarian National Football Championship will include a match between top teams and arch-rivals CSKA and Levski Sunday. The game, styled as the "eternal derby" of Bulgarian football, is to be played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Sofia police announced that it had taken all measures ne […]

Police in Veliko Tarnovo confirmed earlier reports that one of the two Romanians arrested for assaulting the security guards of the Bulgarian Parliament Speaker is a director of Rompetrol Bulgaria. According to the director of the Veliko Tarnovo Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, the person, named "Nikita Octavian" presented himself […]

Aston Villa's manager Martin O'Neill denied information that the team's captain, Bulgarian midfielder Stiliyan Petrov, has received offers from Liverpool. UK paper The Mirror reported Thursday that Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has offered GBP 7 M for Petrov. Saturday O'Neill expressed extreme satisfaction at Petrov's performance a […]

The Sofia District Court decided Saturday that Stanislava Dimitrova, the wife of sentenced Toplofikatsia Sofia heating utility head Valentin Dimitrov, shall remain under arrest, reported BGNES. Stanislava Dimimitrova was arrested Wednesday and charged with large-scale fraud and blackmailing. The tip-off was sent by a business lady whom the suspects pressed […]