Testimony Links EU Prosecutor to Events Before Borissov’s Arrest
The name of European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi has surfaced in court proceedings related to the 2022 arrests of GERB leader Boyko Borissov, his PR Sevdelina Arnaudova, and former Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov. Testimony before the Sofia City Court indicated that shortly before the detentions, then-Prime Minister Kiril Petkov had referred to a conversation with Kövesi.
Vanya Georgieva, who at the time headed the Investigation Department at the National Police, told the court she could not fully recall the exact context in which Kövesi’s name was mentioned....