Minchev

A court in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-biggest city, has overturned the removal from office of Radi Minchev, the mayor of the southern town of Perushtitsa.

The Plovdiv Court of Appeals believes there is not enough evidence that Michev might interfere with an ongoing investigation if he remains at his post, according to BGNES wire service.

Radi Minchev, the mayor of the southern Bulgarian town of Perushtitsa, were detained in an ongoing corruption investigation on Tuesday, authorities said.

Bulgarian politicians and experts have taken a hard line on the Islamist terror attacks in Brussels, which killed 34 people on Tuesday, blaming them on failed policies of multiculturalism.

The election of Mihail Mikov as head of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will maintain the status quo at the party, political analysts told bTV channel on Monday.