
Bulgaria: Mayor of Petrich indicted for fraud involving cultural heritage museum
European Public Prosecutor's Office
(Luxembourg, 21 October 2026) – The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment at the Sofia City Court against the mayor of Petrich, a municipality at the border with Greece, accused of fraud involving the reconstruction of a building to convert it into a cultural heritage museum under an EU-funded project. At issue is a project to showcase the shared cultural heritage of Bulgaria and Greece, as part of the ‘Cultural Dipole in Cross-Border Area’ initiative, co-financed with €646 857,59 by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the 2014-2020 INTERREG V-A Greece-Bulgaria Cooperation Programme.





