Bulgarian PM vows transparency on security chief issue By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's prime minister pledged on Monday to seek wide public support in picking a new head of state security after street protests forced the two-week old Socialist-led government to ditch its original candidate. Thousands of Bulgarians rallied to demand the government's resignation after it named a powerful media figure to the highly sensitive post ...
June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Bulgarian parliament elects media mogul as powerful security chief, stirring public outrage SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday and prompted the president to demand the decision be immediately reversed.
June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
President Bush in Reuters UK We strongly support the release of the Bulgarian nurses in Libya,Bush told a news conference in Sofia. "It's a high priority for our country." "Together with the EU, the United States is contributing to a fund to provide assistance...
Ivailo Kalfin in Forbes Led by the firm conviction in the innocence of the Bulgarian citizens sentenced in Libya and fulfilling his constitutional rights, the President signed a decree for pardon and releases them of their sentences,Kalfin said.
Sergei Stanishev in USA Today The fact that Libya's Supreme Judiciary Council session was called in such a short term after the latest court ruling shows the efforts of the Bulgarian government, the European Commission and the EU countries,Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei...