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Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetanov charged in eavesdropping case

June 12, 2013June 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, interior minister in the Boiko Borissov government that resigned in February, was formally charged on June 12 with

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Socialist move for power shift over anti-organised crime squad takes first step in Parliament

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Two days after Bulgaria’s socialist party-appointed government came to power, the National Assembly approved the first reading of legislation moving

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Bulgarian Parliament votes Oresharski cabinet into power

May 29, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kristian Vigenin, Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Tsvetlin Yovchev

With the votes of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Bulgaria’s 42nd National

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Bulgaria’s former deputy PM Tsvetanov says he is giving up his immunity from prosecution

May 21, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsvetan Tsvetanov, formerly deputy prime minister in the Boiko Borissov cabinet and the subject of allegations in connection with illegal

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Tsvetanov ‘ready to give up immunity from prosecution after elections are over’

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after prosecutors said that they had enough evidence to charge former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov with crimes in

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Eavesdropping controversy: Immunity protects Tsvetanov from criminal charges – for now

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Prosecutors allege that Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, currently the campaign chief for Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, committed crimes

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Volleys in political trench warfare after Naidenov says Tsvetanov bugged everyone

April 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Within a few hours of former cabinet minister Miroslav Naidenov alleging that Tsvetan Tsvetanov had been behind illegal eavesdropping on

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Prosecutors question Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetanov for five hours

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Sofia city prosecutors questioned Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov for close to five hours on April 23 in connection

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Eavesdropping on the Bulgarian mind

April 19, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A week into the official election campaigning period, Boiko Borissov’s GERB either has a lead of a few per cent

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