May 18 (SeeNews) - Controversial Bulgarian businessman and member of parliament Delyan Peevski has acquired local companies Balkan Media Group, Bio Water, Bio Water Investment and NSN Investment, documents published on parliament's website indicated.
Peevski acquired 50% of Balkan Media Group, 50% of Bio Water, 50% of Bio Water Investment and 10% of NSN Investment, he said in a conflict of interest statement published on the National Assembly website.
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The deals were not entered in the Trade Registry by Wednesday.
According to Trade Registry data, Peevski owns 10% of NSN Investments and his mother, Irena Krasteva, controls the remainder. Peevski and Krasteva hold equal stakes in trade companies Bio Water and Bio Water Investments, whereas a physical person - Nayden Todorov - is the sole owner of Balkan Media Group, according to the Trade Registry.
In February, Peevski said he would exit all companies owned by him in the country citing attempts to intentionally discredit his business by involving him in political intrigues.
That same month he said he is selling his stake in local tobacco major Bulgartabac Holding to an undisclosed buyer. At the time Peevski owned an unrevealed stake in Bulgarian Stock Exchange-listed Bulgartabac through Tobacco Investment, wholly owned by NSN Investment.
A month later Peevski said NSN Investment, which won a tender to acquire the assets of insolvent local fertiliser plant Chimco, is withdrawing from the deal.
Peevski, whose appointment as national security chief for a day in 2014 triggered widespread protests against corruption, has also been allegedly affiliated with collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), Bulgaria's largest telecom operator by revenue, BTC, as well as to various businesses that have been winning large public contracts. Bulgaria's government has recently scrapped a number of suspicious public procurement orders, many of them awarded to companies affiliated with Peevski.