BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Commission will condemn Bulgaria's corrupt administration and judiciary in a scathing report next week on Sofia's handling of

The European Commission is to bar four Bulgarian agencies from handling EU funds because of corruption. The decision is contained in a draft report seen by

By Oana Lungescu The European Commission is planning to block almost $1bn in funds for Bulgaria as a penalty for failing to tackle corruption and organised

For some time critics have claimed that EU money was flowing into Bulgaria's organized-crime coffers, not to its people. Now the European Commission -- in a

Bulgaria has attacked the European Commission over a leaked report which alleges high-levels of corruption and mismanagement of EU funds.

The European Commission has announced it will block $1 billion in aid to Bulgaria for failing to restrain corruption and organized crime.

Bulgaria has received important financial and technical support from the European Union in the pre-accession period and is eligible for continued high

Brussels. For years the Bulgarian government has been promising Brussels and its own citizens that it would fight organized crime and corruption.

Bulgaria risks losing billions of euros in European Union aid to modernise roads, railways and ports as a result of corruption and mismanagement of

BRUSSELS - AP The European Commission could freeze hundreds of millions of euros in assistance for Bulgaria next week because of its spending irregularities

In a withering indictment to be released next week, the European Commission accuses Bulgaria of high-level corruption and maladministration in the handling

High level corruption and organised crime exacerbates these problems of general weakness in administrative and judicial capacity.