Balgarianovinite.com The claim that “on April 5, 2024, Desislava Atanasova travelled with [Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader] Delyan Peevski from Sofia’s Vasil Levski Airport to Dubai on a private aircraft operated by Hyperion Aviation” is false, Constitutional Court Judge Desislava Atanasova said in a statement sent to the media Friday. She attached supporting documents intended to provide an objective clarification of the facts and circumstances surrounding her travel in her capacity as a Constitutional Court judge.
The statement was issued in response to what Atanasova described as false claims made by Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev in Parliament on July 2, 2026.
Atanasova said she has requested and obtained a certificate from the Ministry of the Interior regarding her travel abroad between April 5 and April 8, 2024. “The data recorded in the Interior Ministry’s Integrated Information System ‘Inquiries’ certifies my crossings through the border checkpoints of the Republic of Bulgaria,” Atanasova said.
She noted that she left Bulgaria on April 5, 2024, on scheduled flight TK 1032 operated by Turkish Airlines and returned on April 8, 2024, on scheduled flight TK 1031, also operated by Turkish Airlines.
“On the dates in question, I travelled on the Sofia-Istanbul-Sofia route on scheduled commercial flights and remained exclusively on the territory of the Republic of Turkiye, as is also confirmed by the entries in my passport,” Atanasova said.
As reported, during a parliamentary hearing on July 2, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said authorities had established that Delyan Peevski and Desislava Atanasova travelled together on a flight from Sofia to Dubai on April 5, 2024. Demerdzhiev later corrected his statement, saying he had relied on an anti-organized crime report containing an incorrect date. He said the report had mistakenly stated that the flight took place four days before Atanasova took office as a Constitutional Court judge, whereas she had in fact assumed office on January 26, several months before the flight. Constitutional Court Judge Atanasova Denies Claim She Flew with MRF Leader Peevski to Dubai 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-03 11:15:01 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law