Atanas Atanassov

In a concerning revelation, the ad hoc committee investigating the activities of Gleb Myshin uncovered that over the past three to four years, a staggering 343 candidates from the Russian Federation seeking Bulgarian citizenship were discovered to have submitted falsified documents.

Following the announcement of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Bulgarian political figures expressed shock, condemnation, and calls for justice.

Atanas Atanassov, co-leader of Democratic Bulgaria (DB), emphasized the urgent need for National Assembly's attention on reforming special services, citing critical challenges they face.

The politicians of the opposition who were wiretapped are not 32, as the co-chairman of "Democratic Bulgaria" Atanas Atanassov claims, but 82, told Nova TV lawyer Nikolay Hadzhigenov from "Stand Up! Mafiosi Out!"

The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) said on Tuesday that it has not issued a permission to use special intelligence means (SIM) on incumbent caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, nor on politicians mentioned by the media.

All documents related to politicians' wiretapping, if any such documents exist, must be declassified, GERB insists.
Toma Bikov of the until recently ruling party told a news briefing here on Saturday that the and those to blame must be held accountable if anything against the law had been done, and referred to competent authorities.

Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov confirmed for BTA late on Thursday that politicians were being wiretapped by two security agencies - the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the State Agency Technical Operations (SATO). Rashkov further said that he has received information about materials being destroyed at SANS.

69% of Bulgarians approve the reduction of party subsidies from BGN 11 to BGN 1 per vote.

This shows the data from a representative Trend study made on a "24 Hours" order, in the period 9-16 July.

The centre-right Reformist Bloc, the minority partner in the Bulgarian coalition government, has called for the resignation of Vladimir Pisanchev, head of the Bulgarian National Security Agency (SANS), after his address at a closed session of the parliament on anti-terror operations earlier this week.