News about public finance control, institutional oversight, audits, inspections, and transparency.
Oversight and accountability
Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition is looking into contracts between online platforms and the merchants who sell through them, checking for clauses that could hurt competition and stop buyers from…
Oversight and accountability
From October 6 to 12, inspectors from the agency will check the origin and paperwork of potatoes at five of Bulgaria's biggest retail chains and…
Oversight and accountability
The commission has approved the rules under which the company will sell prescription drugs for which the group is Bulgaria's only distributor.
Oversight and accountability
The Consumer Protection Commission says it will publish the results of its checks at 200 petrol stations next week. It has also begun inspecting food…
Oversight and accountability
Inspectors will check actual prices of dairy, fruit, and vegetables to find out why their costs have increased without reason.
Oversight and accountability
The National Revenue Agency and the Food Safety Agency are watching 40 meat warehouses across Bulgaria, six of them near Burgas. A check in the…
Oversight and accountability
Bulgaria's tax agency has been checking meat transport and storage since September 1. It has frozen assets worth about 78,000 euros in 11 cases, the…
Oversight and accountability
Six of the 10 people tested in Croatia had raised levels of the best-known PFAS compound, says MEP Gordan Bosanac.
Oversight and accountability
Tax officials are tracking goods from Turkey, China and other countries from the moment they enter Bulgaria until they reach the final buyer, to flag…
Oversight and accountability
An upgraded National Health Control System goes live on October 1, the health ministry says, covering more than 1,800 inspectors across 28 regions.
Oversight and accountability
Chains taking part in the "Basket of Care" scheme are asking small producers to cut their prices to cover the discounts, according to complaints the…
Oversight and accountability
Bulgaria's tax agency, the NRA, says it already gets data on Bulgarians' income and property abroad through exchanges with foreign tax offices.
Oversight and accountability
The Bulgarian Retail Association wants the government to scrap a draft plan for setting the "fair value" of goods, drawn up by the economy ministry.
Oversight and accountability
Inspectors checked 13 shops selling food from Turkey. In five of them they found goods with no Bulgarian label and no paperwork showing where the…
Oversight and accountability
Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition is widening its probe into the wholesale fuel market. It has asked seven companies and the…
