ALL ARTICLES - BULGARIA

• FRANCE - Intelligence Academy advertises for new director 

• LEBANON - Berri joins push to extend Ibrahim's mandate 

• RUSSIA - Intelligence at forefront of fight against drones 

• UNITED STATES - CIA publication review process questioned

• BULGARIA - Internal security under scrutiny 

Sacked intelligence chief under US sanctions calls out Russian influence 

On the interim government's advice, President Rumen Radev has made a string of dismissals as the country heads into the 11 July elections. Those sacked included top intelligence officers who are ready to denounce Russian influence in the country, along with political opposition led by former prime minister Boyko Borisov.

US sanctions spurs Bulgaria's intelligence into action 

The US sanctions have shaken Sofia's political world to the core and its embarrassed intelligence services have been forced to take a hard look at their own intelligence control bureau infiltrated by oligarchs.

LASA Engineering revives Erik Prince's militarized agricultural aircraft 

LASA Engineering, which was founded by Erik Prince but is now owned by a Bulgarian aviation firm, is touting itself as an ITAR-free alternative to the companies that convert agricultural planes for anti-guerrilla deployment.

How Bulgarians and Israelis Deal with IEDs 

Even though improvised explosive devices (IED) have become the major threat to troops in Iraq, only two systems to neutralize [...]

Have Gangsters Under-mined the Country? 

A secret report on ties between the underworld and politicians [...]

Organized Crime 

Security was tightened and police forces mobilized following the killing [...]

Can the Bulgarians be Trusted? 

European security services are wondering about the honesty and reliability of their counterparts in Bulgaria. In the past, the Bulgarians had links with organized crime.

In the Firing Line 

As soon as he takes up office next January 22, Bulgaria’s new ex-Communist president, Georgi Parvanov , is expected to [...]

Joint Data Bank For Intelligence Services 

Bulgaria has proposed setting up a joint data bank for [...]

Sofia Cleans Up Its Act 

Anxious to gain favor with its European Union neighbors, the new Bulgarian government is determined to dampen criticism about the high level of corruption in its civil service. But will purges be enough to gain the trust of donors?

Bulgarians Bank on Energy Resources 

Leaders of the National Simeon II Movement that came to power in the June 13 elections are seeking to capitalize [...]

Europe Blind to Bulgarian Risk 

A call by a number of European politicians for a lifting of visa requirements for Bulgarian nationals has stirred deep [...]

Accusations fly in Leading Bulgarian Circles 

In early May, the boss of the unit that fights [...]

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS PUSH 

Bulgarian interior minister Emanuil Yordanov put East Europe's cooperation with several western intelligence agencies on a concrete footing in Sofia [...]

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES CRACK DOWN ON ARMS TRAFFIC 

Several western intelligence agencies have long been calling for tighter [...]

CHERNOY'S EMPIRE 

Police forces in the U.S., Switzerland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are particularly interested at the moment in Misha [...]

RICHARD MONROE MILES 

President Bill Clinton has proposed Richard Monroe Miles as the new U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria starting in September. The appointment [...]

SOFIA THE SPY CAPITAL 

Western intelligence agencies swarmed into the Bulgarian capital of Sofia from the very moment NATO launched its Allied Force operation [...]