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Bulgaria's Police Syndicates Set for New Strike (Novinite.com) [Mar 14, 2010] Bulgaria?s police syndicates have announced that a new strike is going to take place on Saturday, March 20. The Syndicate Federation of the Interior Ministry Employees are staging the protest under the slogan ?Let?s Bring the Interior Ministry back to the People.? [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 Interior Claims Immense Successes against Mafia (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgaria?s Interior Ministry has arrested a sizable portion of the top criminals which, in its words, ?torture? the country?s society. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Customs Agency Swoops on 1,4 Tons of Illicit Alcohol (Novinite.com) [Mar 06, 2010] Bulgaria Customs Agency officials and Plovdiv regional police officers have seized more than 1 400 liters of alcohol without excise labels. They mounted their early morning raid following a tip-off about storage and distribution of illicit alcohol, the Interior Ministry has announced on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Interior vs. Judiciary: Who Is Right in the War of Bulgaria?s Government Branches? (Novinite.com) [Mar 06, 2010] ?We capture them, and they let them go!? has become a catch phrase in Bulgaria in the last few years. The quote, expectedly, belongs to current Prime Minister Boyko Borisov but it dates back to his term as Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry (2001-2005). [via YahooNews] More >>

Judge: Bulgaria Judiciary, Interior Ministry Enjoy Good Relations (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] There are no problems between Bulgaria?s courts and Interior Ministry, according to the Chair of the Sofia City Court, Georgi Kolev. Kolev participated Friday in the signing of a protocol for cooperation between the Sofia City Court and the US Embassy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutor: Teamwork Led to Migration Director Arrest (Novinite.com) [Feb 16, 2010] Deputy Sofia Prosecutor, Roman Vasilev, has praised the new model of ?teamwork? between Bulgaria?s Prosecutor?s Office, the Interior Ministry, and the State National Security Agency DANS. [via YahooNews] More >>

10 Men Arrested by Bulgaria Police in 'Octopus' Special Operation (Novinite.com) [Feb 10, 2010] This has been announced by the Chief Secretary of Bulgaria?s Interior Ministry Kalin Georgiev shortly before 8 am Wednesday, about an hour after Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov made an announcement about the Octopus operation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Bust Organized Crime Group in 'Octopus' Special Operation (Novinite.com) [Feb 10, 2010] Bulgaria?s Interior Ministry has detained members of a large-scale organized crime group in Sofia in a special operation codenamed ?Octopus? carried out overnight. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Thanks UK for Police Cooperation (Novinite.com) [Feb 08, 2010] Bulgarian Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has thanked the UK for helping Bulgaria boost its cooperation with Europol. Tsvetanov is part of a delegation led by PM Boyko Borisov. On Monday he met with his UK counterpart Alan Johnson, the press center of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Call for PM Meeting over 'Increasing Problems' (Novinite.com) [Feb 08, 2010] Disgruntled police officers are seeking a meeting with Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov over problems in the Interior Ministry, Ivan Savov from the union federation at the Interior Ministry reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister: Corrupt Employees Must Be Fired (Novinite.com) [Feb 02, 2010] Bulgaria Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has said that all institutions in Bulgaria should use the Interior Ministry as an example of how to recognize their mistakes and to make a proper self-assessment. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Authorities Vow to End Organized Crime in 1 Year (Novinite.com) [Jan 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, and Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velechev, vowed to end organized crime in the country in just one year. They spoke Monday at the national meeting of the Interior Ministry leadership, in the presence of Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Authorities Vow to End Organized Crime in 1 Year (Novinite.com) [Jan 18, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, and Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velechev, during the national meeting of the Interior Ministry leadership Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Bust Top Crime Boss over Journalist Murder (Novinite.com) [Jan 05, 2010] Bulgaria?s Interior Ministry special task team has arrested one of the notorious Marguin brothers over the murder of controversial radio host, Bobi Tsankov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Launches New Mass Anti-Criminal Action (Novinite.com) [Jan 04, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Ministry Chief Secretary, Kalin Georgiev, says "The Impudent" operation is history and a new one titled "The Thieves" is under way. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM: Black Days Ahead for Neighborhood Bandits (Novinite.com) [Jan 04, 2010] Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has stated that the coming days will be ?black? for neighborhood bandits as he announced the start of the ?Operation Apashite? by the Interior ministry. [via YahooNews] More >>