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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 [...]

DISCREET POLITICAL ARRANGEMENTS 

A councillor from the American embassy in Bulgaria, Christopher Dell, [...]

LOGISTIC PREPARATIONS FOR STRIKE AGAINST SERBS 

As NATO forces took action against Serbs earlier this week [...]

The first International Computer Virus Conference is being organized in [...]

Only a few months ago there was an international meeting [...]