EU Investigates Alleged Fraud in Bulgarian Church Restoration Project

The European Public Prosecutor's Office conducted ten searches across Bulgarian cities, including Burgas, Petrich, Rila, and Sofia, on Wednesday. The searches are part of an investigation into alleged fraud related to EU subsidies for the restoration of a 12th-century church in the Rila municipality.

The investigation focuses on a public procurement project from 2017, which involved the restoration of frescoes and architectural features of the church, a significant cultural and historical landmark in Bulgaria....