Interior minister

"The election process ended without any serious incidents. We pointed out several potential problems and our concerns were realized," said the Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev at a briefing.

According to him, it has become clear that with the return of the paper ballot, attempts to manipulate the vote are increasing.

Deputy chief secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Stanimir Stanev, admitted to the protection of Ministry of Internal Affairs officials for the crossing of migrants at the border in front of Nova TV.

Policewoman Simona Radeva from "First Police Station-Sofia" has been temporarily removed from her position, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced. She is said to have helped Georgi Semerdzhiev, who caused the accident on "Cherni Vrah Boulevard" in the capital, in which two young women died.

Albania's Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organised Crime, SPAK, on Tuesday said that a former Deputy Interior Minister from the ruling Socialist Party, Rovena Voda, was under house arrest for suspected bribery.

The operation of the internal security division of the Interior Ministry at the Third Police Department in Plovdiv is of a huge scale. As we have already informed - the Director of the Regional Police Department Samuil Hadzhiev was arrested. Later it turned out that another 12 police officers have been detained for practices which were appalling, to put it mildly.

The Interior Ministry informed what actions have been taken to ensure public order, security and the legality of the elections. 20,000 Interior Ministry employees will be guarding voters and polls on election day.