Bulgarian Parliament extends deadline for probe into alleged graft in issuing citizenship


Bulgaria’s National Assembly agreed on March 27 to extend by three months the deadline for an ad hoc committee investigating allegations in European and Bulgarian media about corruption in granting citizenship to foreigners. The committee was set up by a December 14 decision following the arrest in October of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad head …

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Zaev: Sofia hasn’t asked for help in its Bulgarian passports probe


Sofia has not asked for collaboration with Macedonian authorities on its Bulgarian passports probe, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Bulgarian reporters during his visit to Lisbon, Portugal. “We know full well that many Macedonians have Bulgarian passports and that we have Bulgarians in Macedonia,” PM Zaev said. “We have no problem with this, but if there’s …

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