The Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior breached the terms of a grant agreement by using European Union money to buy SUVs from older stocks instead of new all-terrain police cars, according to an investigation closed recently by OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, the office said on February 1.
OLAF has recommended the recovery of nearly six million euro in European funds and that criminal proceedings could be considered against officials of the Interior Ministry.
The episode took place at the time that Plamen Uzunov was Interior Minister in the caretaker government appointed by President Roumen Radev and headed by Ognyan Gerdzhikov and that was in office from January to May 2017.
МИД вызвал посла Болгарии из-за высылки российского дипломата
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Китай: стариков приобщат к новейшим технологиям
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Россия вышлет болгарского дипломата
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Saturday, December 19, 2020 10:06:00 AM
Bulgaria has declared persona non grata a Russian military attache who works at the Russian Embassy in Sofia. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the diplomat must leave the country within 72 hours.
According to the Bulgarian Prosecutor s Office, he collected information that constitutes state secrets, in particular, about the number of U.S. troops stationed in Bulgaria.
According to the website of the Russian Embassy, the position of military attaché is occupied by Vasily Sazanovich. According to TASS, this is the sixth Russian diplomat expelled from the country in the last two years. The Russian Embassy noted that the Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures.