District Police Directorate
Interior Ministry's Secretary General Zhivko Kotsev Resigns
The Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that Chief Commissioner Zhivko Kotsev, who serves as the Secretary General of the ministry, has submitted his resignation.
The 52-year-old Kotsev was appointed to this post on September 8 last year at the proposal of the Council of Ministers. He was the director of the regional directorate of the Ministry of the Interior-Sofia.
Bulgarian Ministry of Interior Works at Full Capacity to Detect the Killing of Journalist in Ruse
There is no suspect yet for the brutal murder of the journalist Viktoria Marinova from the city of Rousse. Investigators are looking into all possible versions of the murder, Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov and Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said on 8th of October. They arrived in the city to get acquainted with the work of the forensic workers.
VIDEO: PKK militants filmed during attack on police
The district governor of Yüksekova district of Hakkari has shared security footages of an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack to the District Police Directorate.
Chief of Police in Bulgaria's Smolyan Removed from Office
Evgeni Vasilev, Chief of Police in Bulgaria's town of Smolyan has been removed from office, Darik news website reports.
Disciplinary proceeding has been opened against Vasilev, and there is an ongoing inspection conducted in the District Police Directorate, deputy caretaker minister and former chief of police in Smolyan Kiril Hadzhihristev confirmed.