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The new Minister of Culture counted: his predecessor Minekov gave BGN 75,650 for advisers and PR services




VELISLAV MINEKOV


Velislav Minekov is probably the most generous Minister of Culture, as for the 6 months of his administration he has paid BGN 75,650 under civil contracts to advisers to his political cabinet.

The data are official and were provided by the new Minister of Culture Atanas Atanasov, after GERB MP Toma Bikov asked in writing what employment and civil contracts were concluded by the caretaker Minister from May to December 2021.

Atanas Atanasov’s answer was uploaded on the parliament’s website, but due to the law on personal data, there are no numbers and names. That is why “24 Chasa” asked MP Bikov for clarification. It is clear from the report that during the 6 months four people supported the political cabinet of the caretaker minister on a civil contract. One of them received the impressive sum of BGN 31,600 three times in 6 months, which is an average of BGN 5,266. It is not known who signed this civil contract and for what advice he was invited.

Most likely, the second adviser mentioned in the report as “assisting the Ministry of Culture in public relations” is Evelina Kirilova, who joined the service team with a successful career in companies and television BTV, Nova and BNT. The value of her advice is BGN 36,150, received from the end of June to the middle of December 2021. The amount was paid through 5 civil contracts with the Ministry of Culture for 7 months. As in August, the contract is for BGN 5,200, in September and October – BGN 10,325, and from June to August – BGN 13,825. In November and December, Kirilova received two transfers of BGN 3,500 each.

Apparently, the latter amount was common for advisers to the political cabinet. 2 more contracts can be seen from the official report. One is again for BGN 3,500 and is for consulting services for the development and improvement of e-government at the Ministry of Culture. A consultant in the field of performing arts received a salary of BGN 4,400 for two months. According to unofficial information, this is Vasil Vassilev, the director of the Pleven Theater, who is among the candidates for director of the National Theater.

The amount of civil contracts with the caretaker Minister differs sharply from the average salary in his department – a little over BGN 1,000.

Minekov himself is fighting to increase the ministry’s budget for 2022 from BGN 244 million to BGN 363 million due to the “critical situation” and the likelihood that the culture system will collapse. The caretaker Minister of Culture also pointed to the deficit in the ministry as a reason to demand the expulsion of GERB from the headquarters, which is located on two floors in one of the administrative buildings of the National Palace of Culture. Probably because of this, Bikov wanted to know what sums were paid to the advisers in Minekov’s political cabinet.

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