Balgarianovinite.com Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev said he would be in his office on Monday for the first time since July 8. “I will walk to work and will be there at 8:30am as always,” he said on Facebook late on Sunday.
He briefly performed his duties as mayor while in custody in Sofia.
“I expect my first working day to be long, so I will be happy to welcome the people of Varna on the steps of City Hall around 19:00. I look forward to being among you again,” Kotsev wrote.
Protests against the government’s budget proposal for 2026 are planned across Bulgaria on Monday evening, including in Varna, Kotsev also said.
Kotsev was released on November 28, having been held in custody in Sofia and Varna since his arrest on July 8 in a corruption and office abuse case. He has denied any wrongdoing. His defence lawyer, Ina Lulcheva, said that the main purpose of Kotsev’s detention has been to remove him from office.
Kotsev’s Continue the Change party insist that his arrest is part of a government campaign targeting the opposition. Large-scale protests in his support have been staged in Varna, Sofia and other major cities. The Renew Europe group in the European Parliament where Continue the Change is affiliated, sees Kotsev’s extended detention as “an onslaught on democratic institutions and rule of law in Bulgaria”. Varna Mayor to Return to His Office Monday 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-01 09:06:00 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