EU ROUND UP – BULGARIA STRIVES TO FIGHT REPUTATION AS HOTBED FOR CORRUPTION
January 28th, 2022
Bulgaria’s new government has promised to fight corruption and challenge the country’s reputation as the European Union’s (EU) worst blackspot for graft. The new Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov defeated former PM Boyko Borissov last November amidst demonstrations against government corruption. Petkov told the Bulgarian government following his appointment last month (December 2021) that there will be “zero tolerance for…every lev [the country’s currency] that goes in the wrong place".
This promise of action comes as Bulgarian police, ...
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