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Bulgaria Nominates 24 New Ambassadors [Jan 26, 2012] Bulgaria will appoint a total of 24 new Ambassadors in its major diplomatic reshuffle that aims to replace many envoys exposed as agents of the former State Security, the secret service of the Bulgarian communist regime. Bulgaria's new President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov agreed upon a list of 24 new Ambassadors during their meeting Wednesday. The list (see below) was ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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 Names New Military Attaches to Ukraine, US [Feb 08, 2011] Dincho Karamunchev and Stefan Yanev will be Bulgaria's new military attaches to the Ukraine and the US, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday. They receive their appointment after the recall of Volodya Tsvetanov and Valentin Tsankov over recent revelations that the two have been agents of the former Communist State Security (DS). The decision for the change had been approved by the Defense ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Recalls Military Attaches from US, Ukraine [Feb 02, 2011] Bulgaria's Defense Ministry is working on recalling the country's military attaches to the US and the Ukraine, Valentin Tsankov and Volodya Tsvetanov. The news was reported Wednesday by the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR. The reason behind the move is the recent revelation that the two have been agents of the former Communist State Security (DS). ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Cop Accuses President of Anti-cabinet Plot [Jan 24, 2011] Former agents of the Communist State Security (DS), including President Georgi Parvanov, and Aleksei Petrov, are behind attacks on the Bulgarian cabinet. The claim was made by Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who spoke Monday in an interview for the private TV channel bTV. Tsvetanov was adamant the discrediting taped conversations between key Bulgarian political figures, which leaked 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's Top Cop: Ruling Party Closing Page of Ex Agents Files [Dec 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has stated that the ruling party GERB will close the page with files of agents of the former Communist State Security. [via YahooNews] More >>

Interior Minister: Ex Agents Should Not Represent Bulgaria [Dec 17, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Photo by BGNES Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has expressed his opinion that people who have collaborated with the former State Security should not represent the country abroad and be involved in foreign policy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Right-wing Leader Supports Removal of Discredited Diplomats [Dec 17, 2010] Bulgaria's ruling party GERB has to clean the country from the agents of the former State Security because they are like an anchor to the past, the leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party, Ivan Kostov , said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex-Foreign Minister not Surprised by Diplomats with Communist State Security Past [Dec 15, 2010] Bulgaria's former Foreign Minister Solomon Passy. Photo by BGNES The list with Bulgarian Ambassadors and Consuls, who have been agents of the former Communist State Security , has been known by all recent Foreign Ministers. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'Murder Bureau' Targeted Emigre Dissidents [Jul 30, 2010] Bulgaria's Communist-era security agency, the dreaded Committee for State Security, maintained a top secret unit in charge of kidnapping, discrediting and killing of Bulgarian ?gr?around the world long before the notorious assassination of writer Georgi Markov in London in 1978, it can be revealed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Security Agency Claims Success after Dismissing 600 [Jul 19, 2010] Bulgaria's National State Security Agency (DANS) has announced its success for the first half of 2010 and the dismissal of 600 employees. The achievement of better results is in direct proportion to the personnel policy of the agency and the optimization of the staff, DANS has reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Security Agency Claims Success after Dismissing 600 [Jul 19, 2010] Bulgaria's National State Security Agency ( DANS ) has announced its success for the first half of 2010 and the dismissal of 600 employees. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Security Agency to Sue Conservatives over Defamation [Jul 19, 2010] Bulgaria's National State Security Agency (DANS) has announced its decision to sue the conservative party Order, Law and Justice (RZS) over defamation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex PM Faces Fine for Losing Confidential Reports [Jul 07, 2010] Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev will face charges over allegedly displaced confidential reports by the National State Security Agency (DANS). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Probes Past of Nabbed Former Agent [May 20, 2010] A parliamentary body, which monitors Bulgaria's National State Security Agency (DANS), will continue to probe the career of a former undercover agent and an alleged ringleader of a crime group, who was arrested ealrier this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Future Bulgaria Magistrates to be Inspected by Security Agency [May 17, 2010] Head of Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court (VAS), Kosntantin Pnechev, has proposed that a Judicial State Security Agency be set up to probe into the morale of future magistrates. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Probes Past of Nabbed Former Agent [Apr 29, 2010] A parliamentary body, which monitors Bulgaria's National State Security Agency (DANS), will continue to probe the career of a former undercover agent and an alleged ringleader of a crime group, who was arrested ealrier this year. [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 >>