Veselin Vuchkov

Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova is currently in the US to hold talks with heads if domestic security agencies.

She is set to meet the chairs of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as US Attorney General Eric Holder according to a statement from the Interior Ministry.

The Bulgarian government proposed to the President to issue a decree for the appointment of Dimitar Georgiev as chairperson of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).

This became clear after the regular meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, the government's press service reports.

Bulgaria's Parliament has voted to terminate the term in office of MP Veselin Vuchkov, former Interior Minister.

The early termination of Vuchkov's term in office as MP was approved by 130 MPs, woth 4 votes against and 9 abstentions, according to reports of investor.bg.

Vuchkov's resignation from the post of Interior Minister was approved on Wednesday.

Georgi Kostov has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry, the President's press office announced on Wednesday.

President Rosen Plevneliev has signed a decree accepting the resignation of Svetlozar Lazarov and appointing Kostov to the top post, the press office said in a statement.

Lawmakers have voted to approve current Deputy PM Rumyana Bachvarova as the country's next Interior Minister.

This comes after Veselin Vuchkov stepped down last week over his disagreement with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the rest of the cabinet on key reshuffles at his ministry.

Bachvarova will now be both Deputy PM on coalition policy and Interior Minister.

The dismissal from office of Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov and the appointment of Rumyana Bachvarova are to be voted in Bulgarian Parliament Wednesday.

The proposal for Vuchkov's dismissal has been submitted for consideration by the Council of Ministers on Monday, after Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced it late last week.

Bulgaria's Parliament approved on Wednesday, March 11, the appointment of Rumyana Bachvarova as Interior Minister.

This followed the resignation of her predecessor Veselin Vuchkov over disagreement with Prime Minister on personal reshuffles at his institutions.

Bulgaria's government has proposed to Parliament to dismiss Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov, BGNES news outlet reported on Monday.

The minority coalition cabinet led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov also proposed to lawmakers to elect Deputy Prime Minister Rumyana Bachvarova as new Interior Minister.

Lazarov and Pisanchev, as already became clear, represent a model that we in GERB have been fighting against.

These were the words of Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov who submitted his resignation on March 4 and added that the ruling center-right party has put a lot of efforts into launching the long-anticipated government reform. 

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV), one of the parties supporting the coalition government, approved the resignation of its leader, former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.

This was announced by Parvanov himself, following a three-hour meeting of the national council of the party on Friday.