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Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Gearing Up for Anticipated Recall of Ambassadors [Nov 09, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it is gearing up for the upcoming reshuffle of diplomatic staff. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vesela Cherneva assured that consultations were underway on the action plan for the expected recall of Bulgarian ambassadors exposed as collaborators of the communist regime's State Security (DS) and the subsequent ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Files Commission to Examine Mayoral Candidates' Ties to Communist Secret Services [Oct 13, 2011] Bulgaria's Files Commission is checking whether mayoral candidates participating in the October 23 elections have been agents or collaborators of the former Communist State Security (DS). The so called "Files Commission", which is in charge of investigating the past connection of public figures with the secret services of former communist regime before 1989, has vowed to come up with the results ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Exposes 4 Runners for President as Secret Police Agents [Sep 27, 2011] A bankrupt Bulgarian bank head and a former intelligence agent are two of four runners for president, who have been ? quite predictably - exposed as as state security agents and collaborators. Ventsislav Yosifov, former director of First Private Bank, which went bankrupt in 1999, collaborated to the State Security under the nickname Iliev, the special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Bans Ex-Communist Agents from Key Diplomatic Jobs [Jul 14, 2011] Employees of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry who were active as secret State Security agents during the Communist regime will no longer be allowed to take key diplomatic positions. The amendments to Bulgaria's Diplomatic Service Act were adopted at second reading Thursday. Bulgaria's 35 ambassadors proven to have been collaborators of the communist regime's secret service can now be removed from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Halfway to Banning Ex Spies from Serving as Ambassadors [Jun 24, 2011] Bulgaria's 35 ambassadors proven to have been collaborators of the communist regime's secret service will be removed from their posts, according amendments to the Diplomatic Service Act adopted by the Parliament at first reading. The much anticipated but still controversial "diplomatic lustration" legislation championed by Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov was adopted Thursday with 92 votes in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Starts Replacing Diplomats with Communist Ties [Jan 17, 2011] Bulgaria begins Monday the procedure of selecting new consuls general to replace those who were exposed as agents or collaborators to the former Communist State Security (DS). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Targets Major Agencies for Secret Service Collaborators [Aug 22, 2010] A special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, will expose officials working in major agencies, including the State Agency for National Security, Agriculture State Fund and the Commission for Protection of Personal Data, who have been as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria District Governors Enter State Security Agents Blacklist [Jul 13, 2010] special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has exposed twenty eight district governor and deputy district governor, who were in office from 1990 to 2010, as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Counter-Intelligence Heads Exposed as Communist Security Agents [May 14, 2010] Ivan Drashkov was not available for comment. Photo by BGNES special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has exposed two former heads of the country's counter-intelligence as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Counter-Intelligence Heads Exposed as Communist Security Agents [May 14, 2010] special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has exposed two former heads of the country's counter-intelligence as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria Secret Agents in National Protection Service [Apr 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Files Commission has released Tuesday the names of 73 high-ranking National Protection Service officials who have been collaborators of the former communist secret police. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Police Packed with State Security Collaborators [Apr 21, 2010] Bulgarias Files Commission has released the names of 70 Interior Ministry officials who were collaborators of the so called State Security, the secret police of the former communist regime. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Officials Exposed as State Security Agents (Novinite.com) [Mar 10, 2010] ? special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has exposed more than eighty officials from the interior ministry as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Printed Media Swarming with State Security Agents (Novinite.com) [Feb 17, 2010] ? special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has exposed another batch of local top journalists and media owners as state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Science Academy Swarming with State Security Agents (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] ? special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has announced that forty four members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have been state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Watchdog Members Exposed as State Security Agents (Novinite.com) [Jan 28, 2010] ? special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, has announced that five former members of the regulatory body for consumers' protection have been state security agents and collaborators. [via YahooNews] More >>