Bulgaria - New security chief must have no link to spying on journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is worried by all the controversy surrounding the still undecided appointment of a new head of Bulgaria's DANS, the state security agency that is supposed to combat corruption and organized crime. A February 2009 report by Reporters Without Borders already criticized many of the agency's practices, which have included tapping journalists' telephones illegally in order to identify their sources. “We urge Bulgaria's government and parliament to take all the time they (...)

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