The Giovanni Falcone Awards are presented to police officers and magistrates in the southwestern city of Blagoevgrad. The city’s Mayor Atanas Kambitov (left) and Italy’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Stefano Baldi present the award to Gergana Kyurkchiyska (middle), who is a Prosecutor at the Oryahovo Regional Prosecution Office. Giovanni Falcone was an Italian magistrate, who paid with his life while defending professional positions to limit the influence of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. The awards are held under Falconi’s motto “Cowards die every day, the brave – only once!” (BTA)
