Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev and municipal councilors Yordan Kateliyev and Nikolay Stefanov will remain in custody following a ruling by the Sofia Court of Appeal after a marathon hearing that stretched into the early hours of Friday morning. The court upheld the detention orders issued by a lower court, citing sufficient grounds to believe that the accused may hinder the ongoing investigation. Businessman Ivaylo Marinov, who was also charged in the case, was released on bail due to a weaker