Milena Ivanova Stoycheva

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. 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

• Lukoil Neftochim among applicants to a circular-economy procedure. Lukoil Neftochim was among the applicants, along with 800 other firms, to the procedure "Support for the transition to a circular economy in enterprises" (our translation) under the Recovery and Resilience Plan. The minister said the ministry had signed no contract and given no funding to the company, that it had no right to stop a firm from applying, and that the sanctions measure against Russia could be triggered at the forthcoming evaluation. No final outcome has been found. — Mediapool, 1 Mar 2024

Corruption and scandals

• Foreign trips – 51 days. GERB leader Boyko Borisov said her foreign trips – 51 days – were nearly double those of Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel. She replied on BNT that each of her trips was tied to a concrete result. No inspection or sanction has been found. — 24 Chasa, 28 Feb 2024
• Over 36 days on business trips. GERB MP Desislava Trifonova told the parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy and Innovation that the minister had been on business trips for over 36 days since taking office. Deputy minister Veselina Mincheva replied that a business trip is an official engagement during which an assigned task is carried out, and that a report is filed after each one. Nothing further has been found. — Flagman.bg, 2 Dec 2023