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Bulgaria to Appoint 24 New Ambassadors Abroad [Jan 25, 2012] Bulgaria will appoint a total of 24 new Ambassadors in its major diplomatic reshuffle that aims to replace many envoys exposed as former Communist State Security agents. Bulgaria's new President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov agreed upon a list of 24 new Ambassadors during their meeting early on Wednesday, dnevnik.bg reports. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court, the Rubber Plant in the Living Room [Nov 25, 2011] In the course of two days, Bulgaria's Constitutional Court (KS) made headlines. In a November 22 decision, KS revoked revoked a set of amendments to the Diplomatic Service Act banning former State Security agents from taking up key diplomatic posts. In a November 24 decision, KS admitted the request for a substantive examination of the legality of the end-October presidential elections filed by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Go Ahead with Diplomatic Lustration Despite Court Ruling - Minister [Nov 23, 2011] Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has expressed regret over Wednesday's decision of the Constitutional Court (KS) obstructing the anticipated recall of Bulgarian diplomats abroad exposed as former Communist State Security agents. "The decision of the Constitutional Court revoking the amendments to the Diplomatic Service Act concerning people with proven ties to the secret services of the ... [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 President Vetoes Ban on Spies among Diplomats [Jul 28, 2011] Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov has imposed a veto on legal amendments, which ban former State Security agents from the times of the Communist regime to take up key diplomatic positions. Following the presidential veto, the amendments will be transferred back to parliament for further debates. In his motives President Parvanov says that several amendments of the bill adopted on July 14 ... [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 Abstains from Blocking Ex-Communist Agents from Diplomatic Missions [Apr 06, 2011] With most of the attending MP abstaining from voting, the Bulgarian Parliament did not accept the rightist Blue Coalition's propositions to prohibit former communist State Security agents from working in diplomatic missions abroad. The first proposition, which concerned only diplomats, received 16 votes for, 20 against and 61 MP abstained. The second one, which all employees in diplomatic ... [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 >>

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 >>