State Agency for National Security

During a specialised operation on Friday, Bulgarian authorities busted a printing house for the production of counterfeit EUR 100 banknotes.

The operation was conducted by police officers from the regional directorates of the interior ministry in Pleven and Veliko Tarnovo as well as officials of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) and Europol.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will convene the consultative council for national security on Thursday.

Domestic security and counter-intelligence agency DANS has said it is looking into suspicions of money laundering possibly done by Bulgarian businesses.

The State Agency for National Security (DANS) is conducting an inspection at Kintex, a state-owned company dealing with weapons trade, the Bulgarian National Radio has said.

Short of being a perquisition, the activities carried out at Kintex are related to deals done by the company, the public broadcaster quotes DANS sources as saying.

Bulgarian authorities have been conducting large-scale inspections of petrol stations over the weekend.

As of Sunday, authorities prevented the distribution of nearly 29 000 litres of fuel, the interior ministry's press service informs.

Petrol stations in Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Pleven and Harmanli were shut down for selling low quality fuel.

A Ukrainian national has been detained in Bulgaria who the prosecution believes to have masterminded the attack against former security agent Alexei Petrov, the Bulgarian National Television has said.

Interior Ministry sources cited by other media outlets suggest several Ukrainians have been arrested as well in relation to the case, but the number is not specified.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has reiterated his intention not to announce his plans for the presidential election this year before the summer.

Plevneliev assumed office in 2012, and a new vote is due this October.

The Bulgarian prosecuting authorities have indicted Canadian citizen Hassan el Hajj Hassan and Australian national Meliad Farah on terrorism charges in connection with the the deadly bombing at Burgas Sarafovo Airport in 2012, 24 Chasa daily reported on Friday.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and her Chinese counterpart Guo Shengkun signed on Monday an agreement on jointly preventing and combating crime.

The legal framework for cooperation in the area of law enforcement between Bulgaria and China was last updated in 1996.

Bulgarian authorities busted a large-scale money laundering scheme, which had harmed more than ten companies in six countries.

The operation was carried out by the interior ministry and the State Agency for National Security (DANS) under the supervision of the district prosecutor's office in Plovdiv and in cooperation with law enforcement agencies of other EU member states.