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Evtim Kostadinov (R), who heads the body in charge of the state security services files, gave a press conference on Wednesday to mark two years since the establishment of the commission. File photo by Sofia Photo Agency
A special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, said it has probed the past of a total of 72 000 Bulgarians since its establishment two years ago. Two thousand and twelve of them have been confirmed to be former state security agents and collaborators.
The list of Secret Services collaborators features Socialist President Georgi Parvanov, former constitutional judges, supreme magistrates, investigators, members of parliament, prominent and well-known former and current Bulgaria journalists.
The files of the former Committee for State Security are a thorny issue in Bulgaria, especially when it comes to the past of high-ranking officials.
Bulgaria's communist-era security service is believed to have remained potent after the fall of communism with the ex-operatives closely linked to the political and business establishment.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced in a statement on its website that it will no longer appoint retired State Security cops to the political cabinet of Minister Teodora Genchovska.
I thank our colleagues from "There Is Such a People" and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for taking swift measures and people with files of a past in ‘State Security’ that have been announced in the media will not be appointed or will be released if they
There will not be a single State Security (DS) adviser on the team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), said Toshko Yordanov, chairman of the parliamentary group of "There Is Such a People".
Unprecedentedly, for the first time since its creation, the Dossier Commission began publishing the dossier of Agent Sabina on its website, behind the alias is the world-renowned philosopher Julia Kristeva.
The world-renowned philosopher, psychologist, linguist and researcher, Julia Krasteva, was a collaborator of the First State Department of Foreign Intelligence with the alias Sabina, reports Kapital.
Albania’s government has made public the files of the sinister Directorate of State Security Sigurimi from the time ofthe communist dictator Enver Hoxha, reported BGNES.
I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
Head of the Military Medical Academy (MMA) Major General Prof.
The Ministry of Finance has revised its autumn forecast for economic development.
Bulgarian police arrested a Russian citizen and two Lithuanians on suspicion of exporting “sensitive information” from the Arsenal military plant in Kazanlak.
The government has changed its order requiring state-owned companies to pay a dividend to the budget.
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