National Service for Protection

By decisions adopted at a meeting today, the Commission for Combating Corruption and Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Property has initiated proceedings for establishing a conflict of interest with respect to six senior public officials under Art. 6 para. 1 of the anti-corruption law, said the Commission's press office quoted by Focus News Agency. These persons are:

The head of Bulgaria's anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, has been assigned bodyguards from the National Service for Protection because of threats received against him, reports BNT.

A concrete threat has forced the Desislava Radeva, the First Lady of Bulgaria to be placed under personal guard from the National Service for Protection (NSO), the institution says.

In a statement, the NSO has noted that members of the Bulgarian President's family can use protection in case a specific threat has been established, including in cases of terrorism.

State prosecutors found evidence about a planned attack on Peevski while investigating an attempt to kill former security agent Alexey Petrov, who was shot at with two grenade launchers in Sofia in October 2015, the ministry said on Monday.

Controversial Bulgarian MP Delyan Peevski will now be protected by a national agency after data was received of a planned attack against him, the Interior Ministry has said.

Bulgarian MPs adopted at first reading on Wednesday, the structural bill, which regulates the activities of the security services.

The bill, which had been tabled by the ruling GERB party, garnered the support of 114 MPs, 32 opposed it, while one abstained.

The Bulgarian Parliament is to hold its first plenary sitting on Wednesday after the Easter recess, which lasted for twelve days.

The priorities of the third political season third of the 43rd National Assembly, will be bills on key reforms promised by the government, daily Dnevnik reports.

A threat to Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) leader Lyutvi Mestan emerged during the term of the former legislature, the National Service for Protection (NSO) said.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki has announced the names of ten advisers who are to enter his team, the Council of Ministers' press office said.

Georgi Georgiev, a former Deputy Minister of Regional Development (2001-2003) and former Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2001-2003), will become Bliznashki's Chief of Staff.