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Head of Bulgarian history museum to publish book of his file as a State Security agent

January 21, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The State Security files on Bozhidar Dimitrov, the controversial head of Bulgaria’s National History Museum, are to be published as

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Bulgaria 

New website offers details of Bulgaria’s communist-era State Security agents

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

A new website, agentibg.com, was launched on November 24, offering searchable details of people identified as having worked for Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Tardiness in opening communist secret service files a big mistake in Bulgaria’s transition, President Plevneliev says

November 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

Opening the files of Bulgaria’s communist-era secret service State Security late was a big mistake in the country’s transition, President

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Bulgaria 

Twelve former State Security agents in Bulgaria’s new National Assembly

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission

Twelve members of Bulgaria’s 240-member 43rd National Assembly, that took office on October 27, formerly worked for the country’s communist-era secret

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry permanent secretary dismissed

October 9, 2014October 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry’s highest official, permanent secretary Georgi Dimitrov, has been dismissed, the ministry said on October 9. Dimitrov,

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Bulgaria 

Dossier Commission names credit millionaires, bankers linked to communist-era State Security

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body that discloses people in public life that had links to the country’s communist-era State Security

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Bulgaria 

Another former State Security agent withdraws as candidate in Bulgaria’s elections

September 21, 2014September 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Dossier Commission

A candidate MP in Bulgaria’s October parliamentary elections has withdrawn after being identified as a former agent of the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: 12 candidates named as former communist secret service agents

May 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, European elections 2014

Twelve of the candidate MEPs in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections were agents of communist-era secret service State

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria nominates former State Security agent for EU diplomatic posting – report

February 7, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Kristian Vigenin, Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has nominated Branimir Radev, a former secret agent of the country’s communist-era security services, for

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