Kalin Angelov Kamenov

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 01.11.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Corruption and scandals

• Three cars bought for social services. The economic-crime unit of the Vratsa regional police directorate says that, after a publication in an online outlet, it checked three cars bought by Vratsa municipality in two public procurements: one Volkswagen Touareg and two Ford Kuga, intended for the social services Център за обществена подкрепа and Асистентска подкрепа. According to the police, the technical parameters in the tenders restricted the circle of bidders and matched the "personal wishes for equipment" (our translation) of the people who later drove the cars. The cars did not visit the social units and, according to the data collected, were used by the mayor and two deputy mayors. The police put the damage at over EUR 170,000. The file was sent to the Vratsa District Prosecutor's Office with an opinion that pre-trial proceedings be opened under Art. 282(1) of the Criminal Code. The Искра report contains no reply from the mayor and gives no decision by the prosecutor's office. — Iskra, 18.09.2026
• Indictment over trolleybuses from Belarus. Mediapool reports that the European Public Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment in the Sofia District Court against the owner of a company suspected of fraud in a EUR 4.5 million procurement of nine trolleybuses for Vratsa, financed by the Cohesion Fund. The prosecutor's office does not name the company; according to Mediapool's check it is Авто Инженеринг Холдинг Груп, to which Vratsa municipality awarded contracts totalling BGN 32 million. The supplier declared that the trolleybuses came from a Polish firm, but they were bought from a Belarusian state company, later sanctioned by the EU over the war in Ukraine. According to Mediapool the investigation showed that the trolleybuses were sold at nearly twice the acquisition price, which is "a clear case of excessive price inflation" (our translation). The article gives no court ruling in the case. Mediapool notes that Kalin Kamenov of GERB has been mayor of Vratsa since 2015, but does not name him as a suspect. — Mediapool, 11.02.2025