Evtim Petrov Miloshev
Positions
Minister of Culture since 8 May 2026: elected by the 52nd National Assembly (decision, State Gazette No. 43/2026).
Public record
Compiled from publications and official records as of 18.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.
Russia
- Mitrofanova. A photo appeared in anti-Russian Facebook groups showing him talking to the Russian ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova; when and on what occasion it was taken is unknown. — News.bg, 08.05.2026
Corruption and scandals
- BGN 700,000 from the Film Centre. In July 2025 the National Film Centre granted BGN 700,000 for his directing debut "The Thessaloniki Miracle-Worker"; the screenwriter is his wife Hristina Apostolova, the producer Pavel Vesnakov. As Minister of Culture he is now responsible for the Film Centre. — Actualno, 16.07.2025
- The Toto and BNT. In 2020 Bulgarian National Television contracted his firm Dream Team Group EOOD to produce the state lottery draws, at BGN 10,944 incl. VAT per broadcast. — Sega, 21.05.2020
- The National Palace of Culture. He appointed as its executive director Iya Petkova-Angelova, wife of a Progressive Bulgaria MP and daughter of Todor Petkov, "the last communist mayor of Plovdiv before 10 November 1989" (our translation). — Mediapool, 17.07.2026
- Shipka. The Radev government paid an advance of about EUR 3 m to the firm repairing the Freedom Monument on Shipka, owned by the wife of the late DPS MP Kamen Kostadinov. — Mediapool, 02.10.2026 According to Vazrazhdane the advance was released on Miloshev's report. — BTA, 2026
Other
- The forged letter. Before his appointment an open letter against him was circulated in the name of over 200 cultural figures; Mediapool established that the letter was forged: several of the named signatories had not signed it. — Mediapool, 28.04.2026
Sources: decision of the National Assembly of 08.05.2026; biography and photo: gov.bg (17.10.2026).
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