Balgarianovinite.com The Varna District Court has resumed the case against Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev and municipal councillors Yordan Kateliev and Nikolay Stefanov, the court’s press office said on Tuesday.
Also standing trial are businessman Yordan Marinov and PR expert Antoaneta Petrova.
Proceedings were suspended on March 24 after Stefanov and Kateliev registered as candidates in the April 19 parliamentary elections. The court noted that, according to a decision by the Central Election Commission, neither was elected as an MP, meaning the grounds for suspending the case no longer apply.
The court has scheduled a preliminary hearing for June 30.
Kotsev was detained on July 8, 2025, and the case was taken over by the Sofia City Prosecution Office. On November 13, the prosecution filed an indictment with the Sofia City Court. Alongside Kotsev, four other defendants were charged with a total of 12 offenses. On November 19, the Supreme Court of Cassation ruled that the case should be heard by the Varna District Court rather than the Sofia City Court. Judge Svetla Daskalova was randomly drawn by the centralized case allocation system and was assigned to the case. On November 27, Kotsev was released on bail of BGN 200,000. Stefanov and Kateliev were also released on bail. Varna District Court Resumes Case against Mayor Blagomir Kotsev and Two Municipal Councillors 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-05 13:22:24 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