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Bulgaria's President: Buying New Fighter Jets Urgent [Apr 11, 2012] Bulgaria needs to modernize its air force urgently in order to guarantee its national security and alliance commitments, according to President Rosen Plevneliev. The President, who is by Constitution, the commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian armed forces, spoke at a Military Aviation Conference in Sofia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Air Force. Plevneliev noted several major ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'First Lady' Resents National Security 'Watch' [Feb 02, 2012] Bulgaria's "First Lady," Yuliyana Plevnelieva continues to refuse to comply with the National Security Services, NSO, and with her new status. The information was reported by the Bulgarian "Standard" daily, writing that Plevnelieva insists on picking herself groceries and produce for her husband and children and cooking for them and resents the constant checks of her purchases and meals by NSO ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Dismisses Belene Nuclear Plant Scandal as 'Political Talk' [Apr 06, 2011] The newly signed document between Bulgaria and Russia for the construction of the Belene nuclear plant, which caused a scandal among Bulgarian ministers, is no threat to the country's national security, according to PM Boyko Borisov. He commented on the signed annex 12 with the Russian "Atomstroyexport" regarding the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Danube town of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Keen on Keeping Chief Secretary [Feb 22, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, says he worked hard to create a really good team at the Interior Ministry and would not want to part with its Chief Secretary, Kalin Georgiev. Tsvetanov spoke Tuesday in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, in the heels of reports Georgiev would be the most likely new Director of the State Agency for National Security, DANS ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Mladenov: Afghanistan Direct Threat for Bulgaria [Oct 27, 2010] "Bulgaria has troops in Afghanistan not because of America, NATO , the EU, but because of its own national security," the minister told a conference in Sofia entitled "Europe for Afghanistan : From Understanding to Support." [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's FBI to Probe Black Sea Coast Power Outage [Jul 26, 2010] Bulgaria's police and State Agency for National Security (DANS) are to probe the power outage that left thousands along the country's Black Sea coast without electricity. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FBI Enter Offices of Electric Power Supplier EVN [Apr 13, 2010] Plain clothes employees of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) have entered customer centers of the electric power supplier EVN Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FBI Find Large-scale Violations at Maritsa-Iztok Mines (Novinite.com) [Mar 30, 2010] Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) has found violations in the Maritsa ? Iztok mines for BGN 19 M committed only in the last 2 years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Major Conflict of Interest Exposed in Bulgaria Classified Project (Novinite.com) [Mar 13, 2010] Bulgaria Transport Minister, Alexander Tsvetkov, exposed large-scale conflict of interests in public tenders for facilities related to national security. [via YahooNews] More >>

Aleksei Petrov: Bulgaria Interior Resorts to Communist Repression (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria's former undercover agent of the State Agency for National Security (DANS), Aleksei Petrov, reiterated Thursday the trail against him is political repression. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Analysts See US Missile Shield in Bulgaria as Clear Threat (Novinite.com) [Feb 13, 2010] The reactions of leading Russian analysts and the Russian media to the possibility of including Bulgaria in the US missile shield range from outright feelings of threat to Russia?s national security to thinking that the Obama Administration takes serious the threats from Iran. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Prosecutor Admits Working with Busted DANS Agent (Novinite.com) [Feb 11, 2010] Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, admitted that Aleksei Petrov, as an agent of the State Agency for National Security (DANS), had worked with the Prosecutor's Office. [via YahooNews] More >>