Interior Ministry

A sum of around BGFN 150 000 has disappeared from a bank vault in the Lozenets district of Sofia.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev has submitted a tip-off to the prosecuting authority against his predecessor Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

The information was confirmed by the Interior Ministry, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

BELGRADE - The overall crime rate in Serbia dropped by 22 percent in the period between April and June, and most of the crimes were committed in Belgrade, Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday.

News agency editor assaulted in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- The FoNet news agency has announced that its editor Davor Pašalić was assaulted and brutally beaten by hooligans.

The agency said that Pašalić was attacked by three men in the night between Wednesday and Thursday near his apartment in New Belgrade.

Romania's Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) has decided that, depending on the NATO's final decision, Romania will contribute some 200 troops and 50 police and gendarme officers to the training, counselling and assistance mission in Afghanistan.

An attempt to smuggle 70 kilograms of antiques has been prevented through a joint operation of the State Agency for National Security, the Interior Ministry and the Customs agency.

The artifacts have been seized from a vehicle with Bulgarian registration at the checkpoint Vidin – Danube Bridge.

Current Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lazarov was re-appointed for a five-year term, reports Dnevnik.bg. 

The government decision for the appointment was taken in accordance with the new Interior Ministry Act, which came into effect yesterday, said Interior Ministry Tsvetlin Yovchev.

The Interior Ministry is Bulgaria's largest employer with 49 000 employees, reports the 24 Chasa daily. 

BELGRADE -Nikola Tesla Airport Director Velimir Radosavljevic has been arrested on suspicion of abuse of office on Wednesday, Tanjug learns at the Interior Ministry (MUP).

Radosavljevic is suspected of concluding a detrimental business deal with the Wizz Air company, thus causing a loss to the Belgrade-based airport Nikola Tesla.

Photo Tanjug/R. Prelic (archive)

Arrests at Belgrade Land Development Public Agency

BELGRADE -- The police on Tuesday arrested the chairman of the Commission with the Belgrade Land Development Public Agency and two members of the commission.